Tuesday, August 31, 2010
August, 2010
Long runs: 20, 18, 15
Best tempo: 5 @ 8:25/mi
I've felt sluggish for most of about the last 2 weeks now. I hope that means I'm working myself over pretty good, and the bounce will come back when I taper. Fortunately I've been relatively injury free. I've had a nagging knee thing, but that's been going on since High Cliff, and it hasn't gotten any worse. So I'm not worried about it, yet.
My weight is high. About 8 pounds higher than where I would have loved for it to be right now, but about 4 pounds higher than what I would be okay with. Jamie and I are vowing to eat better between now and race day.
Nothing significant happened in August. It's the first non-winter month since 2005 that I haven't raced, at all.
Lake Country Half Marathon this Saturday. First status check in a really, really long time.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Not-so-good run report.
I'm not sure if it was because:
a) I was unprepared for the warm day.
b) The mild case of insomnia I've been battling.
c) The after effects of a migraine (thanks to astignatism - since I was 10) I had on Thursday and Friday.
d) A rather severe hiatal hernia/GERD flare-up this weekend (something I've had for about 10 years - I had to make a real quick exit at wedding reception friday night, which was a little embarassing, and painful).
e) A combination of all of the above.
Whatever it was, I'm posting this and moving past it. Posting helps. Then I'll continue to prepare the best that I can.
I still got 18 miles in, and I'm at roughly 162 miles for the month, which still has enough time in it for a couple of shorter runs. So I'm happy with my totals. I'm not sold on the quality having equal parts as quantity though. I'll have to work on that.

Next weekend is the Lake Country Half Marathon. I hope to run hard, but not too hard, and start to gain an understanding of what I should be shooting for in October at the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon.
Tuesday, August 17, 2010
Scary Situation
Jamie tells the story a lot better than I, because I wasn't there until a few minutes after the incident. Needless to say we are shocked and relieved. It's not that I needed to be reminded of how much I love my family, but this puts things back into perspective.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Longest run since Ironman
Jamie asked me with less than a mile to go if I wanted to push it and make it an "even 20". I told her to ask again in a bit. I was feeling okay, but knew that could change quick. At the last moment I recommended tacking on a couple, and I'm glad we did. After careful measurement, we hit 20 miles right on the button, and did it in exactly 3:20:00, or 10-minute miles on my watch. I didn't stop my watch at intersections though, so I suppose we ran it just a tad quicker.

It's nice to get my first of at least two 20s out of the way before the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon. I feel slightly more prepared now, but boy my right ITB and left achilles are sore (normal for me). R.I.C.E. and I'll be fine. I also like that 40+ miles should be relatively easy this week, which should put me ahead of pace for my goal of 150 this month.
Don't forget I'm raising funds for the InStep Icebreaker Indoor Gold Medal Challenge. If you purchased a print, or any of my prints for that matter, I'll take 10% off the fundraiser prices.
Saturday, August 14, 2010
Rockstar Recovery

Saturday, August 7, 2010
Why I Bondi Band.
Flames!

Skulls and tribal!
The only complaint that I have is when picking out patterns online, there is really no way to tell what kind of fabric it's going to come on. Mine come from many different types of fabric, some of which aren't as light and breathable as I would like for them to be. They all claim to be "wicking", but there is a little confusion on the weight, or thickness of the material. It's kind of a crap-shoot there.
They are also available in a variety of phrases in addition to patterns, but I'm not personally big on the phrase versions.
I don't think I've ever been to a major running expo where Bondi Bands weren't being sold, and they can also be purchased online. I've also been known to buy in bulk and resell them, so let me know if you want a discount.
Give them a try!
Thursday, August 5, 2010
Racevine.com Shirt Giveaway Winner
Lisa, email your shipping address to jason[at]clydesdalerunning[dot]com.
