Week ending 24NOV2019

A bit of a crash of a week, with the Achilles really flaring up and the travel.  The running is more for my head than my fitness. 

Really hard for me not to run the Mall though.






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Monday - 3 miles on the mill in the AM.
Tuesday - 3 miles on the mill in the AM.
Tuesday - 5 and change miles on the Mall in the PM.
Wednesday - 3.3 miles in the AM
Thursday - off
Friday - back to CO - 3.1 miles in the PM

Saturday - 6.4 miles in the afternoon
Sunday - 10.4 miles, most of it with Greg and Gabby.


Saw Mark P on Saturday at his shop, and got some e-stim on the Achilles.  Also putting some various salves and balms on it and using a cork lift in the heel on that side.



Low mileage week but that is what it is.  No Turkey Trot ambitions here this year as I am just trying to keep it all together with duct tape and bailing wire.

Week ending 17NOV2019

Blur of a week.  Came into it from CT and into ATL.  Did a spin back home for a few days but then ended up back in DC on Sunday.

My Achilles is pissed enough that I'll officially budge and call it an injury.  I took Saturday off from running (biked a bunch instead) but I failed on the discipline on Sunday - as I had to run the Mall again.

MON PM - 7.4 miles

TUE PM - 5.1 miles on the hotel treadmill.  It was raining out and I really didn't have the gear or the heart to do that in the dark.
WED PM - back in CO, 3.7 miles right hitting the door getting home.

Went and played a mic up at 300 Suns on Wednesday night.  Even decided to throw down a bit of Post Malone in the jam circle.

THUR AM - 5.2 miles with Greg and Braun.

Another four and a half in the afternoon after watching Lauren sign her letter of intent to UNLV.  Woot woot.


Friday - stupid to run but I did - 8.3 miles around practice.
Saturday - no running but got in 20 plus on the bike.  Dumbly underdressed and had to bike harder to stay warm enough.
Sunday - 6.2 miles on the Mall.




I’ll have to figure this foot thing out.  It might need time off but I don’t know … meh. 

Another week.

Some pix from last week.  60 something miles.

Week of 03NOV2019

Over the weekend I picked this up.  Really stoked about it.  Now I just need to play at a level that goes with that kind of guitar.


On Wednesday I headed up to 300 Suns in Longmont, intending to get some more work on an open mic.  It turned out to be a jam circle.  I felt like I walked into a dojo and delightfully got my ass kicked.  Completely different vibe and type of work.  I sang nothing, went for the ride and played along.



Oh yeah ... running ...



MON - 10 miles - actually moved pretty well on this one, despite the snow.

TUE - 8.3 miles - mid day, sort of felt forced.  But fine enough.

WED - a slow 5.4 miles in the single digits.  Quite the icy face and beard.

THU AM - jogged to the track with the shovel.  Cleared lane one for the afternoon kids for the workout.  Then watched the plows hit the football field and push all the snow back into lane one.  Jogged home.  4 miles.

THU PM  - jogged while the kids did their workout.  5.1 miles.

FRI AM - 6.1 miles, including a good number with Greg

FRI PM - 6.0 miles as a part of practice.  Stopped to do core and stretch with the kids and the last mile home sucked - the Achilles was tight as a E string.

SAT - pissed off Achilles, but made a fair round of it.  10.2 miles.

SUN - with Greg and Abby - 10 miles in the ice and mud.  Good run.  Rubber bands were bearable.



Fair week of jogging.  Not ready to go after any "q" at this point, and probably just jogging to for some balance.

Post brewing in here about how I can see how I have become one of several guys I knew when I was younger.  Traveling consultant.  50 something runner grumbling about injuries and talks about days gone by.  Pretty guitar and fair musician but sort of a hack at it too.  Coach on the sideline in suburbia taking pix of the furniture in the back yard when it snows.  Looking for my glasses when they are planted on the top of my head.  And a host of other sort of expected stuff.  I am good with it all.  I just didn't expect it, even though I drove right to it. 

Week of 21-27OCT2019

A week in Arden Hills, a ‘burb of the MSP area.  Long days, meaning that anything I was getting for a run was pretty much early or late, or in the dark. 

MON AM – 5.7 miles
MON PM – 5.5  miles

TUE AM – 5 miles.  Nothing in the evening due to a work dinner. 

WED AM – 4.1 miles. 
WED PM – 4 miles.  Found my way into a near by park at sunset.  It was nice. 

THUR AM – dragging.  4.1 miles.  This one was rough.
THUR PM – found my way into the park nearby, worked through a couple of phone calls while jogging and got in 7 miles. 

FRI AM – 5 miles.  We got a little later start and so I was actually able to get some running in the light.  Even though it was in the 20s, the light seemed to help the pace a bit compared to the other recent mornings.  5 miles.

SAT – 4 and change moving around at the XC State meet. 

Bolted back up from CoS to the north side of town (that stretch of I25 sucks) and then played a bit with these guys and got some sound work in.

Sunday AM I forgot we put a gate at the bottom of the stairs to keep the dogs from going up stairs.  I wasn’t looking, and took a spill through, banging me up and putting a nice puncture hole in my right lower leg.  Still a klutz after all these years.   

Got in a dozen plush in the light snow.  Felt good. 

I got in city 8 this week in the so called 20 city project.

57 miles on the week.  A bit better of week of running with travel compared to some of the prior weeks.  No workouts but I am okay with that.  The Haglund-Achilles mess is still a mess but I work with it I guess. 

Week 13-20OCT2019

Another week in Draper UT.  Missed Thursday but got over 50 on the week.  The left Achilles is still less than thrilled but I only am half listening to it.  I am not doing anything of significant quality right now – I just don’t have the gumption to get up for that right now. 

I head out MSP this week, so another week of the same is expected.

 

JZ got me turned onto NF.  I am not a rap fan but I have been enjoying some of his stuff.

See we've all got somethin' that we've trapped inside
That we try to suffocate you know hoping it dies
Try to hold it under water
But it always survives
Then it comes up out of nowhere like an evil surprise
Then it hovers over you to tell you millions of lies
You don't relate to that, must not be as crazy I am

The point I'm makin is the mind is a powerful place
And what you feed it can affect you in a powerful way
It's pretty cool right? Yeah, but it's not always safe
Just hang with me this will only take a moment okay

Just think about it for a second if you look at your face
Every day when you get up and think you'll never be great
You'll never be great
Not because you're not but the hate
Will always find a way to cut you up and murder your faith

MON AM – 5 miles

TUE PM – 10 miles

WED AM – 5.1 miles
WED PM – 5 miles

THU – off

FRI – 6 miles

SAT – back in CO – 10.2 miles

SUN – 10.1 miles.  Traveled to MSP Iater in the AM.

Week of 07-13OCT2019

MON AM - 4.1 miles in the 40s and the dark in Draper.  Slow and morning dragging as expected

MON PM - 6.8 miles.


TUES AM 5.1 miles

TUES PM - 5 miles - felt pretty good

WED - zero.  Was at the plant at 4:30 AM.  Worked late.  Long day.

THU AM - colder than I was prepared for (low 20s) so it was a short one on the hotel treadmill.  3.3 miles.  Biz dinner in the evening

FRI AM - 4 more treadmill miles.  Back to CO in the evening.

SAT AM - practice with the Eagles.  Girls won the conference meet easily yesterday with 43 points.

SAT evening - worked the sound board for Spare Change.


SUN - Achilles ain't happy.  Gut is not happy (too much fun last night at the show I guess).  8.1 miles.  That will make me happier.   Back to SLC tonight.