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I eat, therefore I am

Published September 19th, 2009 in knee, wedding, training, marathon, Jason, beer, North Carolina | 1 Comment »

Wow.  It’s amazing to me that when I’m not running, I eat like a pig.  This past week was a “no running zone” week.  I decided not to run and see if my knee would heal up.  I finally headed out today, one week after my last run, and ran 14 miles.  So far so good.  The proof in the pudding will be tomorrow.  If my knee is going to explode again, it will happen tomorrow.  Right now it feels fine.  So I didn’t run all week, and I was starving.  I would eat breakfast and be hungry an hour later.  I would eat lunch and look around to see what else I could stuff in my face.  Luckily at dinner, I would eat and then drink 6 beers and not really be all that hungry.  Maybe I should be drinking beer all day?  I’m hoping my knee is going to be okay because I’m almost at the peak of my training.  Next Saturday I do 22 miles, and then 2 weeks after that, I do 24.  Eight weeks from now is the marathon and if I lose any more days because of my knee, it’s going to really set me back.  Blah, blah, blah.  Woe is me.

On a lighter note, my son Jason got engaged this weekend and it looks like the wedding will be next summer.  Mmmm….maybe I could work that around some marathon in North Carolina?

Somewhat Back

Published August 23rd, 2008 in Rock and Roll Marathon Arizona, OBX Marathon, marathon, North Carolina | 1 Comment »

I finally started running again this week.  My knee feels better and I did 15 miles altogether.   Today I did 6 miles and although it was a bit of a struggle, I pulled through.  My knee hurt in some spots during my run, but for the most part it was fine.  I’m pleased with the way things are progressing, and at this point, I think I can still got to North Carolina for the OBX Marathon, but I will only do the half.  My 2 boys were only going to do the half anyway, so this doesn’t work out too bad.  Maybe I’ll shoot for a later marathon such as the Rock in Roll Marathon in Arizona in January?

One Week to Go

Published December 1st, 2007 in Thunder Road, marathon, Michael, Jason, North Carolina | 4 Comments »

The Charlotte Thunder Road Marathon is next weekend finally. It seems like Jason, Michael, and I have been talking about this forever. Now that it’s here, I’m not ready! Well, I’m sorta ready. I kind of slacked this week because Jason and Michael flew into town to pick up my car, so I missed out on 2 days of running. Not their fault of course, I just got lazy. I ran an easy 12 miles today, and I’ll run a couple more times before I fly to North Carolina. It should be interesting to run at sea level for once. I’m hoping that training at altitude will really help me to have a good race time. I’m shooting for 1 hour and 49 minutes for my leg of the relay (13.1 miles).

The Relay

Published October 24th, 2007 in Michael, Jason, North Carolina, Running | 2 Comments »

Jason and Michael (my 2 sons for those of you who may be reading this and don’t know) and myself are going to be running a marathon relay in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 8th.  I am running 13.1 miles, then Michael runs 3.1 miles, and then Jason finishes with a 10 miler.  It should be a lot of fun and it will be cool running a relay with my2 sons.  Hopefully the next time we run, we will all run together.  Jason and Michael are going to be running a half marathon on Nov 4, so it will be interesting to see how they do.  Jason has been training hard, and I know with Michaels work schedule, it’s hard for him to be consistent in his training, but he should be able to do it, just maybe not as fast as he wants.