Monday, April 30, 2012

Monday Lunch Run

Good run - I like this new route - I had heavy legs today - not sure why they just felt heavy - once again I ran as fast as I could and was just so slow - I felt well but got a little winded in the middle of the run - everything was fine no problems no pain just slow - I have a Dentist appointment this afternoon and did not want to miss my run today since I will likely not make it ti Tir na nOg tonight - it was still a good run -

Monday Lunch Run

Saturday, April 28, 2012

Galloway Pre-Season Run

Good run - nice weather but a little cool - smaller group than I thought would show up but still a nice crowd - we had five there for the Tapirs - Meri and I did 9 miles everyone else ran less - felt good and ran well but I bit slow  - it was really nice to see some old friends - there was a meeting after the run at Rons home for team leaders - I learn some things and enjoyed the meeting - Looking forward to the kickoff - the session with Jeff and the new season -

Galloway Pre-Season Run

Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Wednesday Lunch Run

Good run - I ran as fast as I felt I could without hurting myself -  I felt good but I bit winded and my legs are a little sore now - the new route is about 2 miles which is great - I do need to do it faster to get safely inside my lunch time time limit - well something to work on - the hill starting a W Johnson up St Marys is difficult - something else to work on - the new Kinsens 4 feel great - no problems no pain everything seems to have healed up - Looking forward to the Galloway pre-season Group run Saturday

Wednesday Lunch Run

Monday, April 23, 2012

Flying Pirate Half Marathon

I am very pleased I did this race and the challenge however it was not a good race for me - I started out well but just did not seem to be able to run a fast as I wanted to and in spite of trying I just got slower and slower the whole race - I usually run a very consistent pace during the race and this time I just kept going slower and slower every mile and when I hit the woods section it just got worse - I am looking forward to doing this route again and doing it better - it did rain before, during and after the race - I got so very bad chaffing due to being WET the whole run - I will have to take precautions against this from now on -

Flying Pirate Half Marathon

Sunday, April 22, 2012

First Flight 5K

Great race - neat route - interesting area one HILL which was unexpected but interesting - we run the monument hill at the Wright Brother Monument - ran well had a good time - no pain no problems - nice medal - good crowd - good support - I liked this little race.

First Flight 5K

Thursday, April 19, 2012

Thursday Lunch Run

Good run - felt good and ran well - better pace than yesterday but still slow - added a bit to the route and after looking at the map I see how I can add a bit more next time - would like to get this to a 2 miles run - shoe feeling better and better - no problems no pain - Looking forward to the Flying Pirate race and the trip with Bert and maybe Meri also Geo and Lesley

Thursday Lunch Run

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Wednesday Lunch Time Run

Well long time since I have done a lunch run  and my first run since riding CNC - I got pretty badly sunburned at CNC - I just did not expect to get that much Sun - I usually do not burn much but I guess since I have not been riding much I did not have much Sun to start with - I felt poorly until today so I have been taking it easy - busy tonight so I decided to do a lunch run today - only problem with them is I am limited to about 25 minutes so I have time to change and clean up - I felt good and thought I was running a good pace but the Forerunner thought other wise - well it still felt good and I enjoyed the run - got to try out and break in my new Kinsei 4s - they felt real good - my Kinsei 3s do not feel worn out and I will continue to use them for trails and wet runs as long as they feel good - Looking forward to the Flying Pirate Half and 5K this weekend - I will likely run Thursday at lunch also - I know I can not do anything to improve my readiness for this weekend but I have run so little lately -

Wednesday Lunch Time Run

Saturday, April 14, 2012

CNC Spring Saturday Ride

Great ride - nice route , pretty but some very rough roads - road with Leah - we had a fun ride - I am pretty sure this is the first Century I have ever done where i rode the whole thing with someone else - Leah was a pleasure to ride with - Turlte2 pro-formed well but at about mile 91 developed a clicking sound from the rear wheel - I examined her carefully after the ride expecting to find a broken spoke but found none - I examined everything I could think of but could not find any problem - I tightened up everything I could and will just see how she does - I could not reproduce the sound - I got a bit cooked by the sun but I have gotten some Aloe based stuff to help it heal and some SPF 100+sports sun block for tomorrow - hopefully it will keep me from getting worse -

CNC Spring Saturday Ride

Friday, April 13, 2012

CNC Spring Friday ride

Great ride - good weather - well done event - it was bit cool at the start but it warmed up but never got hot - we did have a lot of wind and it really did change from NE during the first half of the ride to W for the second half making it a head wind most of the day - I did not have great legs today but felt good and had a good ride - when I left the last rest stop Turtle felt funny - after about 3/4 of a mile I stopped and reach back to check the rear tire - it was soft not flat but not fully inflated either - I turned around and went back to the rest stop hopping to get help - the guy there was helpful except he did not have any 26 tubes and had never seen of worked on a trike - I did get back on the road a about 45 minutes later and did fine come ing in fact I had better legs then than earlier and rode well coming home - I rode most of the time with Leah and Wayne when I could keep up with them - after the ride I got a nice hot shower the rested a bit to let the line for dinner shorten - dinner was fried shrimp, fish, hush puppies, baked potatoes, cole slaw and banana pudding - I confess I had a mess of shrimp and a large helping of the slaw - I did get as much of the breading off the shrimp as I could but the were large and good and I enjoyed them the slaw was also good - I also had some pudding - should not have enter some of that stuff but I did enjoy it - I was able to get the wireless password of where I am staying which is nice and also allowing me to post this while it is fresh and to post my photos from today - planning on a century Saturday with Leah -

CNC Spring Friday ride

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

Tuesday Evening Team CBC Ride #1

Nice ride - my first time form this starting point - third time doing this ride - the route was wonderful - this is a bit of a drive for me but the ride was worthy it and I do plan to do it on a regular basics - Turtle2 preformed well - we had a good size group and everyone seemed to have a good ride -

Tuesday Evening Team CBC Ride #1

Monday, April 9, 2012

Tir na nOg Club Run #61

Good run - felt real good tonight and I pushed the pace - i did not run as fast as I could but I was pushing the pace hard and I did well - my goal for now is to run a 14:45 and I did a 14:44 - it felt good - it was beautiful evening and a nice run - I ran solo - missing Meri tonight - saw Jon before the run and Jon and Emily with Farsat after the run - also saw Jerry and Susan along with several other friends -

Tir na nOg Club Run #61

Saturday, April 7, 2012

MS 2012 Spring Fling Ride

Good ride - a bit cool at the start but it warmed up nicely - not as big a group as I expected but a nice crowd - saw a lot of friend and got several comment about my weight lose - took Turtle 2 - I have decided I will likely ride her on group ride and Turtle 3 when I am riding solo - I do like to go fast somethings and like riding with the group instead of behind it - no problem Turtle 2 preformed very well and I had a good ride - no food I could eat but they had a nice gathering after the ride - the one rest stop i did hit was good - well stocked and friendly - I did just 30 niles I felt it was the right distance since this is a bout my 5th ride this year and 30 miles is the longest - met the running group after the ride to see how they were and how the new route was - everyone seems to really like the new route -

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MS 2012 Spring Fling Ride

Thursday, April 5, 2012

SlowSpokes Ride #2

Ok well not one of my best rides - I am having a lot of trouble being so slow - it is not to bad being slow but I find it hard to have the whole group have to repeatedly wait for me every time I have to climb a hill - I like riding this ride but I am not sure I can continue and even after repeated asking them not to wait they still do - I know it must be effecting everyone else's ride just because I am so slow - I made some progress - three years ago I could only climb a hill at 2-3 mph now I can climb most of them at 4 - 6 mph which is a nice improvement but it is still dam slow - I really like riding Turtle3 but I guess I will just have to ride her when I am riding solo and go back to riding Turtle2 for grip rides - I really wanted to be able to ride with out the Bionx assist - I also am not very fond of this new route - I know it has to be but still - also it started raining about the time we turned around so it was wet and cold on the way home

SlowSpokes Ride #2

Monday, April 2, 2012

Tir na nOg Club Run #60

Nice run - ran with Meri - really missing running with Emily - we really did a recover run which is what we both needed - it was so nice out tonight - it was just a good time - also saw Jon, Cara and several friends

Tir na nOg Club Run #60

Sunday, April 1, 2012

Raleigh Rocks Half Marathon

Good race - nice event - smaller than I expected but nice - weather was good very good considering the storm that went through the area last night, we had hail in Garner - I enjoyed the race and felt the race was well done - I had no problem with the route and liked it - I was able to get a fair number of photos of other runners running toward me on the two out and back portions - I had had several people tell me that the race was not very good in the past but I found it to be fine not perfect but pretty good - the water station near mile 7 was packed up when I got there - this was the same water stop for mile 11 or so but there was water at about mile nine - I fell sure that most of the runner would not have seen this just us BOTPs (back of the packers) and I also feel if you are a BOTP one should know this can happen and make sure you care water and everything else you might need - at about mile 12 some guy came riding toward me carrying about a dozen bottles of water and was offering them to the runner who were still out there - I took one - I thought this was pretty cool - I heard at the finish line it was the race director on the bike, i do not know if this was true - there did not seem to be any medical aid stations but there were medics on bikes riding around - there were only about 5 bands along the route - I was expecting more but all were still there playing when I went by which was very cool - the medal is pretty nice and I like it - I would recommend this race - this is my sixth race in six week and i believe it is taking a toil on me - I push as hard as I could and got a much slower time than i had hoped for but I did finish and that is always good - next two weeks is some weekend cycling with some recover running during the weeks -

Raleigh Rocks Half Marathon