Monday, November 20, 2006

Hmmm...This is What I've Been up to, Lately

Update for the last week or so:
I went to Texas for my annual (job-related) training down at Texas A & M. I was there all of last week. We packed two weeks worth of training into 4 days, basically.

The weekend before I went to Texas, the Trail Nerds had a fun little trail run on Veteran's Day. Details Here. I was the race director, but I got to run in the event, too. We had a flag ceremony and played the Star Spangled Banner prior to the start of the race.

I ran every day when I was down in Texas, but only for 30-minutes each morning. When you run at 4:30 a.m., you tend to see some interesting characters. On Tuesday morning I saw one guy running with a parka and shorts, wearing knee-high white socks, carrying a 6-foot long wooden pole...I didn't ask.

This past weekend, I ran 9 miles on trails at SM Park on Saturday. Kyle and a newbie showed up. On Sunday, I ran with a gaggle of the Trail Nerds at (hilly) WyCo Park. Kyle and I opted for two loops, for a total of 20 tough miles. I didn't take-in enough calories prior to the run and I bonked BIG TIME! I was light-headed and spacey for the last 5 miles of the run. It took me a couple of hours to recover. I have to start eating better before my long runs!

Because of work issues and travel, I've neglected my weightlifting for 2 weeks, but I was back at it on Monday morning. I plan to "stay with the program" for the foreseeable future.

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Here are some photos from our Vet's day race:

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The start of the Vet's Day trail race on a cold Saturday morning. This photo by Dick Ross at www.seekcrun.com


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The footing sucked, somewhat. It was a fun time, though.
What madman would design a course like this?
Guilty, as charged.

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At times, the trail was hard to find and hilly as hell.

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Running across an open area.

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Stacy is finished!!! We even had chip timing, courtesy of Raul Flores.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

looks like a nice trail run. Happy Thanksgiving and I look forward to seeing you on Sunday at Dude..

Sarah said...

Looks like it was a crazy fun trail race! : )

shliknik said...

Good times! Even though I don't get to run the trail anymore, I still recognize every hill and turn in the pics.

I'll see you in Feb. though!

D said...

You guys are so hard core!

Barb said...

Wow! That looks like fun! Happy Thanksgiving!