I try every day to be as green as I can and reduce my carbon foot print.  Everything gets recycled in my house.  I got this great aluminum H2O bottle at Old navy.  Looks like a Sigg, but only $7.50.  I’m trying to reduce the amount of plastic in my life.   
I headed to fitclub to [...]

My rough weekend consisted of; an early Friday morning sprint swim, followed by Friday night with Brooks and Dunn, and ZZ top.  Saturday a 4 mile run to sweat out the evil.   Not much else to speak of. 
Now this might not have a lot to do with training and racing, but it is relevant.  Today was fee [...]

Better than yesterday, that’s how I would describe today.  My run felt ok. My legs were tight from the track work out yesterday, but I had to get a run in.  I did a 1 mile warm up, and then 4miles at my 10k pace.  I was able to maintain this pace, but it felt [...]

I went to Wednesday night track practice early tonight.  Reily had football at 1800.  I did a 1 mile warm up, and then 5×1k @ 5k pace.  I wanted to do each one at a 6:30-6:45 pace.  The first three I kept in this range, although each one was slower, and the last 2, well, [...]

Derick and I did a nice 7mile run today.  We didn’t start as early as planned.  I was being lazy.  It’s nice when you have a training partner to push you out the door. It was staring to warm up out side, and the route we took was nice and hilly.  Not Washington park hilly, like St. Louis [...]

Friday was the first full rest day I’ve taken off in, I think, 3 weeks.  I spent the day at work and then driving all afternoon. I guess thats rest. 
Today my weight routine consisted of moving heavy boxes out of an office, into a truck and then in to a new office. (I am such a great [...]

 The parade run was everything I expected it to be. I was worried about parking, so I got there around 1630.   I registered and got my chip.  I was so glad Allison was an early bird too. 
I wanted to do 2- 6:30miles.  I started running and looked at my garmin “6:00 min/miles”  too fast.  You [...]

Wow, I actually got up Early this morning and went to the pool.  I have been slacking on my AM workouts.  I went to fit club south and swam a straight 1.5miles.  Didn’t have to think to hard.  Just swim.  It did feel like some one put lead in my legs. 
After work I did a [...]

A dark gloomy sky had me questioning if my run would happen tonight.  I went to fitclub south after work to do 1730 powerzone.  I left my Ipod in the car, on the charger in case it rained.  I  was hoping it would pass by the time class finished. 
After powerzone I went out side to [...]

I woke early, well as early as I could, so I could get a long bike ride in before it got too hot.  I drove over  to the Wabash trail, by BJ , and parked.  I rode from there behind Panther west, across veterans, down Toronto road.  I went around the lake, via WLSD, to ELSD, [...]