If you only use the words "only" and "10k" in that order

I love that ad. Its so me. yeah I always use the words only and 10k in that order. What it does not say before those words I always say "I will not run it because its". hehehe. I kept that ad nice and flat until this week. oh well.

2 weeks until a 50k I am so excited.

Sunday. Sunday Sunday ( monster truck voice)

I can't wait for Sunday, and yet I dread it.

Saturday is my test from hell. I am studing over and over again and I might know it all and ready to go but I really do not know until I see the exam. I so want to pass it. God this sucks.

why can't I find a gf. I knew a girl I was getting close with but she basicly told me off last night. nothing worse than in your week from hell having a cute girl not like you. Then she posts a vry sexy pic on the net.


I want to scream but its too late at night to do it.

He is not out yet.

Today I got a call. I got a second interview with a company in Glenview. It is alot more than I want to Caterpillar. The Commute will suck though but if I get up earlier it might not be so bad, and I would not have to move. I could in the near future but not right away. Hopely I will have a big decision to make.

Money with Cat is great but this other company money is unknown and I would get to stay in the area. Saturday for the first time I felt that Julie Bane actually likes me. I do not mean like a bf type but as a person. That really means alot to me. Also its almost 1 week after my comps so I can study and show them I am a real big Java expert. Its something I like to get into anyways.

I think tomorrow I might stop out for a quick bite with the gang, but I am not going to run. I need to study. I had a going away party for this girl I thought was really cute and who I wish I had a picture or 2 of but I also realise why say goodbye to someone I will never see again. She is the reason I always bring my camera to any party I go too. Her cousin used to like me but not anymore. Maybe its for the best since it never would have worked out.

This may be the end of running for me.

This may very well be the end.

I got a job offer that pays really well. nothing something I want to do but pay is extremely good. What does that mean? means I will have to move to Peoria. I got some friends there so that is not too bad. Those girls are great.

I know so many wonderful people lately. I love my fellow Alpine Runners. I love John d, Reen, Lora, Julie A, and Beth. What also makes me very sad though is that

" We have individuals that average 5:30 to 10:00 minute pace" this is sunday morning I guess group runs. I can not do that. I am going to be lost out there and thrown back into non running club world. Maybe I can get to 10:30 by june but lets be real. Maybe I want just run with Lora and John when he stops being a whimp. I want to be there when reen runs her first mile.

Good news is I can still go on the bus trip. If I am going to go out it should be the way I came in. Marathon.

What R? PR

I talked to people in the club tonight and they seem to all agree that I did PR. My new half marathon PR is 2:41:16. I just walked tonight and I am glad I did. my right foot was hurting during the race and it was hurting tonight night too.

my Valde idea is simple. take my weight - his weight and I get an extra minute for every lbs more that he has. This means if I weight like 120 lbs more than him I get 2 horus more than him. ok maybe not that much but he is so light. I think it would actually be a good race thing.
heheh I told Pat that it was winner take all and he thought I was talking about Julia as a prize. If she was the prize maybe I would beat him accross the line.

back so I can write more

Well my crazy weekend is over. No more running a half marathon and then in 1 1/2 hours I had to change, shower and get my ass to Peoria.

Well Satuday I did not eat alot for dinner. That was probably a mistake but I was not that hungry. I did not sleep well. In fact I had a crazy dream that I ran my half marathon and that I did not have my watch since my battery was dead. I finished the race and I was still well rested and that I missed pring by 2 minutes. I said to myself if I only had my watch I would have PRed. That I could have easly taken off a couple of minutes to ahve "PR"ed. Well next morning it was 6:30 and time to leave. I figure if I get there before 7:00 I get a decent parking spot which was true. Even then the lot was starting to get full. Well I remember my watch and sure enough the battery was dead. I normally charge it via the computer but I did quickly find my wall charger and I decided to charge it via the wall. This way I could let it charge and still get a good spot. Well I was charging it for about an hour and the battery had only 1 bar but said it should last 6 hours. I wanted atleast 7 hours but it was getting late and I wanted to trash talk my ravial named Valde, more about that in my next post. So when the race is about to start and turned on the GPS and what do you know it said only 3 hours of battery left. I did not know what I was going to do. in the race. I thought about walking alone said with Jane and finish in 3:20 like she did. Most every half I did last year I did in 2:51:00 or a there about. I figure I would not be able to do that again. Well needless to say I was running my race and I figured pretty quickly I had a shot of beating my pr. my avg mile might not that that great but I did get delayed by 32 - 33 seconds at the start. If they chipped Timed it I would have broken my pr by 30 seconds.

mile by mile break down
Mile Pace
1 11:59 (not bad considering first .05 took 30 seconds)
2 12:17
3 11:24
4 12:50
5 11:41
6 12:53
7 12:50
8 12:13
9 11:10
10 12:45
11 12:41
12 12:08
13 12:13
.25 2:34 (10:12 pace)

13:25 2:41:46
unoffical half marathon time 2:41:13.

did run .1 over so I did not run my tangents all that well. maybe that is part of the error also.

Its not a Official Pr but I hope when Lora see it she will know that I was running that race for her, and I really did have my best run ever in a half marathon.

Sunday Bloody Sunday

Well Cary came and went. I greatly missed lora and her driving force. She has really inspired me to be a better runner and a better person. We all know better runners are better people after all. :)

Well how did I do today? Best way is to compare how I did today, Last year, and my pr.

Ly 2:51:00
PR 2:41:44
Ty 2:41:46

I was 9:14 seconds faster than last year and only 2 secs behind my pr. Now one thing to remember is I start in the back about 30 secs. So in many ways. This was a PR for me unofficially. Also its a much tougher course. I also felt alot better at the end then I normally do. I would say this day was all and all a success, and probably my best half marathon run I have had ever. I just hope this means by August I will blow away my pr and finish around 2:30:00. Its my goal. It was my goal last year also but I think this yeah I might be able to reach it. I am also about 10 lbs heavier this year than last year so I really did alot better.

3rd day

"Monday one day, Tuesday two day, wendesday what day thursday day. The thrid day."
- Joey Tribiani

Its been awhile. I been so busy. Today I have an all day interview. Yesterday its was my sister's birthday. I bought like 4 workout shirts for $2.77 each. This girl and I seem to be getting close and now she is in Mexico for 2 weeks? What is a boy to do. Her friend though is the girl I like too. I mean I not sure if I want to date her friend but she is cool.

Wednesday I was really tired and I did not get to the gym. I took the day off. Thursday being my sister's birthday and I had to buy a new shirt. Of course they had no long sleeved shirts in my size. The shirt I had which was like a wringly shirt has disappeared. So I could only use my short sleaved shirt. I will not take my coat off.

Catapillar never got back to me so not sure if I will be going there Sunday night.

Monday one day, Tuesday to day

Well lora wants me to eat more veggies. maybe she is right. I did not ahve the salad at Yogi's but I did have the grilled chicken.

bowl of total
glass of orange juice
double meat turkey sandwhich from white hen. (I love them but they are not as good as giants foods was)
32 oz coke ( I been like addict to it lately)
single serverng of sunchips
grilled chicken sandwhich
chips and salsa

still not eough veggies or fruit. I need to get more apples. Also need to eat more salads with my meals. We got more salad today. yeah salad.

I am down 14 lbs since snow fun run. yeah me. I am also stronger so I know I lose more fat. I am down like more atleast 15 lbs of fat.

EArlier at about 12 I lifted for like 1 1/2 hours. I then at 6:30 I ran a little over 5 miles and I did that in little less than 1 hour. I did quite well despite having lifted and well they call it the hills . I added 40 more lbs to my slide so I am up to like 350 lbs on the slide. I hope to be over the 400 lbs mark very soon.

Just Another Manic Monday

Sunday:

ok food intake for sunday.
Chicken Cassadia
Pizza Pudgy pie ( grilled cheese with pizza sauce)
French Toast
Chicken Cassadia ( out of salad was going to have the big one)
Handful of grapes

Yes I always use whole wheat bread. the Bread I use barely has any cals.

Sunday. I was so tired I think from Saturday I just did not seem to have the energy to work out. I got to the gym and I had less than 2 hours. I lifted for about 1 1/2 hours and then went home. I really work hard to work the legs. I know they get worked when I run but I figure since I am running I want them to be in the perfect condition. I have had issues when I ran my ultra that my upper body had issues, but my legs were burning so I figure some tired arms are not as bad as exhausted legs.


Monday
Chicken Cassia again. ( last of the chicken and cheese)
Hamburger
1/4 lb hotdog
36 ounces of coke ( divided up into 22 and 12 within like 1 1/2 hours)
some pork thing with croutons and bacon on it and with a salad
Can of Campells Chicken noodle soup.

Ok Today is the rest day. I still try to follow the rule of the daily walking. People I guess in NY tend to walk about 4 miles a day. So I on rest days to still walk 4 miles since I do not move much around the house. I should not do them all at once but I will if need be. I am trying to decide if I should walk 4 miles everyday even on days I run. It might be too much but also might be exactly what I need to do to compete with those who are working. I know maybe I am being anal but I want to lose weight, look great, and finished a marathon with a 3 as the first number someday. Even if not a 3 I would like a low 4.

Angry Johny

Ok. Well my "saturday wife" wants to know what I am eating everyday. She wants me eating only good things. I call her me saturday wife because she pushes me to run father and not give up. Its just what a wife does, pushes her man to be more successful. I am only her running partner but still. I run with her up to 50k. After that its all about Julie A. :)

What did I eat saturday
2 shread wheat biscuits + milk
Bagel with egg and cheese
16 oz coke
1 chicken Casadia.
Kaba beef. Its some Korean food. Its really good.
bowl of potato chips. ( atleast we did not get the krispy Kreme John talked about)

I got John's Karokia machine going. Its fun. Also fixed it so his tv will play through his stereo system. I spent like 7 hours with him that night. It was fun. Even though I had my house to myself I ironicly was only home for 2 hours between 7 am to 11 pm.

In that time I was home Allstate called and I got 2 interviews with them next week. yeah me

My day with Lora

Saturday,

what a great day. Lora was great and bagels was great. I had a great run 7.74 miles.

let us compare this week and last week
mile lw Pace Cals avg hr tw Pace Cals Avg HR
Mile 1 12:42 290 146 11:01 280 159
Mile 2 13:47 260 139 11:34 301 165
Mile 3 14:37 242 135 11:56 258 170
Mile 4 15:58 223 127 11:43 242 168
Mile 5 16:53 244 120 12:21 243 166
Mile 6 15:36 252 129 13:29 282 161
Mile 7 13:05 257 163
Mile 8 16:12 206 140 <- .74 miles only

I walked the l;ast .74 miles or so that is why I listed the 7 miles seperate
totals distance Time Avg Pace Total Cals Avg heart Rate
last wk 6.01 mi 1:29:44 14:56 min/mi 1513 132
this wk 7.74 mi 1:37:13 12:33 min/mi 2069 162
t wk 7.00 mi 1:25:11 12:16 min/mi 1863 164

What a difference 1 week and of course Lora makes

I only burtn 350 cals more this week and most came from body fat last week. For my 7 mile running I actually did 7 mile 4 mins than my 6 miles from last week. That is huge. Also my avg heart rare being 164. Now might not help for weightlose but does help for my edurance and with my 50k coming up this is great. I am out getting into better shape.

My weekly work outs have been great. Today was great since we really had to work to keep ourselves slow. I am surprised since I been stuggling. I started struggling 6 and picked up at 7 but we had a few walking breaks. We still were not that far off. We on on target thought 6 miles and only 1 min behind after 7 miles. I got kinda hurt and that is another reason for the slow down. My back behind the knee was tight and really hurt. I did not want to hurt myself.

Taking the Plunge

Well,

This week I signed up for both the shamrock shuffle 8k and the spring 50k. I was really debating about the 8k but I have my big test the day before and I figure what way to celebrat never having to learn again with a nice 8k run and get to listen to a band that you used to like in high school.

Ice age is out since I will be graduating from college that day. I been thinking about having people over the day after graduation but not sure. I guess it depends on if I have a job and am able to pay for it. Ok maybe I just want an excuse to rent a keg of beer. REmember you never buy beer you only rent it.

Ice age being out is good and bad. Good that next weekend is the bus trip. Bad that a cute girl I know will probably be there. When I mean cute I mean single and potentially available.

I am also Lallalapalooza bound. I am one of the 15,000 to 30,000 people who go the first 30,000 tickets. They were only $45 for 3 days and over 160 bands. Hopely I will have a job and be able to take friday and monday off. I would like to stay near grant park those 3 days. I think it would be fun. Plus you can get more sleep that way.