Red Dirt Harriers

The fuck you talking about man. This damned body of mine is just not holding up its side of the fucking equation. I feed it, nurture it, and abuse it and yet it never seems to come out stronger and faster. I ran 15:41 at Brookhaven this morning with a 3:00 first k which means that I ran really poorly the rest of the way. My heal, which went from being manageable to pretty fucking awful early this week, had a slight limiting effect but that really wasn't the problem, I just felt tight. I most peeved by the fact that I backed off the last week or so and never felt good and I put in alot of work in hopes of a good Brookhaven run. (end of tyrade) Anyway, I move forward with some ideas for future summer training ideas. I may have made a mistake by trying to run high volume and high intensity work throughout the Oklahoma summer, but I still maintain that this is all an investment for the future (unless I have succeeded in rupturing my plantar) and I really know I'm fit although with ...

Heading to T-town this weekend for the Riverside 5k and maybe a little clean fun afterwards. I'll consider myself lucky if I run sub 15:25 and break even in financial expenditures. Odds of my success

So our highlights from the trip begin in Santa Fe, NM where we stopped at a Trader Joe's for the sake of our inner yuppy and I bought: 1 loaf of supremeley dense bread, 1 pound of dark chocolate, 2 cans of peanut butter, and 2 sixers of beer. We also stopped by the plaza and St. Johns College, which is a nice funky little place where they were hosting a summer class from Seattle Pacific and we noticed ads requesting transportation across the country with strangers and numerous volunteer opportunities. From there, we headed to our first overnight spot, Abiquiu Lake, about an hour north of SF. We stayed at a new campsite with full amenities and lots of RVs running their generators. Bill and I hit up a jog in the warm, but dry darkness. In the morning after a cup of french press coffee, we headed out for a longer run to check the area. The altitude was probably aroung 6k' but there were lots of roads to explore and evidently we missed out on a really nice dirt road running for mil...

I'll get to a much more detailed rundown of my vacation time to Colorado and Neuvo Mexico but I'm lazy just now so we'll go with a rundown of the training since being back in triple digit heat and swamp-fest humidity. On a side note, I am going to note that it felt easier running at 9,000+ feet of altitude than in the weather of the Sooner state so when it cools off here... who knows what's possible. Thursday I tried to do a 6 mile progression but it was tough. Ran 33:50 with like a 6:00 first mile and 5:20 last on the 3 mile Chatacqua > Berry loop. Tough and I couldn't pee until mid afternoon (badly dehydrated). Did hit up Louie's for beers where we saw lots of very badly behaving 30-somethings and Bobby Stoops. Prositutes may or may not have joined the fray at one point. Friday went an easy 11 with Skolnick exploring the river trails, which are in pretty good shape albeit lots of loose sand. Saturday, I went Kenyan Style and tripled 6,4,7 so as to include a...