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This time of year sucks

Published February 14th, 2009 in training, brewery, football, beer, Diane, Running | 1 Comment »

You know that time where it’s after football season, and before summer.  The dreary days of February are the worst.  It’s still cold, which makes it harder to run outside, and there’s no football to watch!  There are very few races to run, and if you belong to a fitness center, it’s packed.  The only thing that I have going is drinking beer.  But I’m afraid for some of these micro brewers around here.  With the economic conditions being what they are, I hope they all survive.  I know Diane and I are doing our part in supporting the micro brews.  You should see our recycle trash can.  It’s full of empty beer bottles.  I usually try and support the local (meaning Colorado) breweries, and right now I’m drinking a Red Truck IPA from Palisade Brewery in Palisade, Colorado.  Mmmm……tasty.  Diane is drinking a Single Track which is from the Boulder Brewing Co in Boulder, Colorado.

I did run 10 miles this morning, and I feel great.  I took it easy and my goal was to be around a 9:00 minute pace.  I ended at a 9:03 pace.  Is that cool or what?  I ran the first 5 miles with a guy I know, Ted, and he pooped out so I had to run the last 5 by myself.  But it felt good and my knee feels fine.  I’m trying to stick to the plan that’s outlined in the book, Run Less, Run Faster, and for the most part, I’ve been able to.  One thing that they stress in the book is cross training, and I really haven’t done any of that yet.  But Diane and I joined this fitness center near here so I’m going to go and use the stationary bike as my exercise for cross training.   I am digging the run less part :).  As it is, I only run 3 days a week.  It’s 13 weeks to go until my half marathon, and I believe that training this way will help prevent any more knee issues, and, I hope, will keep me fresher.  Actually taking a shower will keep me fresher.

Catching Up

Published July 4th, 2008 in Georgetown Idaho Springs Half, brewery, OBX Marathon, marathon, beer | 2 Comments »

I know that I haven’t written anything in awhile, but I do have many excuses. I just won’t share those with you.

Other than house hunting and doing my training runs, nothing much else is new. It seems like my marathon, The OBX is such a long way off, that I haven’t been too serious in my training yet. I’ve been putting in the miles, but I haven’t been able to actually “get into it” if you know what I mean. Does anyone else ever get that way, and what do you do to get yourself out of that funk? I think what I need is to actually do a race, whether it’s a 5K, 10K, or a half and I’m leaning towards doing a half for sure. So it looks like I will do the Georgetown to Idaho Springs half marathon on August 9th. I did it last year with a sore calf, and ended up really hurting it and not being able to run for 2 weeks. It’s a nice little half marathon though, although they don’t serve real beer at the finish. Last year they had some non alcoholic beer to drink. What’s the point of that? However, you can always walk about a block away to a great micro brewery called Tommy Knocker Brewery. Make sure to get the sampler which will give you a taste of all their beers. I like The Pick Axe Ale myself.