Putting y'alls gift card to good use!

Greetings fellow runners. During my run today in the hot sun, I realized I needed something desperately...water. The only problem is that there is no water available on my route, and I hate carrying something while I run. I came to the realization that I while I am just able to run ten miles without water...there is no way I will be able to do nineteen. To Runner's World I went! I bought a nifty water bottle belt and a new pair of non-short running shorts. I immediately had to come home and thank you guys again for the great gift! I plan on putting the remainder of the balance towards some new shoes. Keep up the great training...soon we'll all be back out there on the road!

Drew

Here he is.....Pre!

Andy, you are so right...it is time for the reermergence of Mr. Prefontaine. Let the inspiration flow over you all as chocolate syrup flows over ice cream. Keep up the good work everyone. Hopefully we will all be bootless soon!

Drew

Way to go!

Glad to see the un-cool (e.g. bootless) ones are still running, despite the lack of Prefontaine blog appearances. (Way to go on getting some nice long runs in, Andy!) It looks like a fantastic time to be running (right now), but it'll be even more fun Saturday (if you enjoy swimming)!

Remember kids, rain travels at a speed relative to that of those it affects. The faster you run, the slower it travels, therefore, the drier you'll be! In other words, the velocity of rain is inversely proportional to the cumulate velocity and acceleration (and similarly, deceleration) of organic beings Simple, eh?(1)

In other news:

... Birch Bay is a month away! (e.g. Suicide.) Wheeee!




(1): Lin, Andy, The Way Things Are, According to Andy, 42

Injury Update

Yo Peeps! I checked in with the foot dr. yesterday afternoon. I need to wear my air cast for another week...and then I can't get back to walking for excercise (a.k.a. training) for two more weeks after that. So, I have three weeks from yesterday until I can continue training by walking. However, she said I can ride a bike or swim right now if I want--problem is I don't have access to a gym currently...that may be changing soon though...

I'm working on not getting too discouraged or frustrated by this setback. My foot has gotten better in the last few weeks, and everything points to me being able to achieve my goal for the 1/2 marathon in May. It may not be the performance it could have been, but it seems I should still be able to have a completion. There is always later in the year for an improved performance.

Good/Bad/Ugly. Again.

The Good: Doc says orthotics might help. They're covered under insurance.

The Bad: I didn't get a boot out of my appointment.

The Ugly: My ankles and knees are killing me (thankfully they're still attached and in one piece). Orthotics'll take two weeks.

In other news, Spring Training is underway. I can smell the grass already...

Life on Life's Terms

When I went in to the dr. on Tuesday I found out I needed to wear an air cast boot thing just like Heidi for two weeks. Then, hopefully, my foot will have healed and I can resume training. So, a total of three weeks (I hope) of training lost. I'm more concerned with how much momentum I will have lost/backsliding my body will have done. Seems unlikely I'll be able to pick up where I left off and have no effect to my pace/distance I'm able to do comfortably. But, I will just hope for the best case scenario in terms of training time lost, and do the best I can with what I have. Living life on life's terms...all we can do. Birch Bay should be interesting... ;) Keep working hard peeps!!! Train extra for me! :)

Love em or Leave em

Great job yesterday at your 5k Shelly and Andy! You did your team proud! Also, it was nice having all of us together at a race again. Have a great week of training everyone, I hope I will get the go ahead to join you!