My friend Scott asked me if I would like to join him and a few others on a run starting at 2:00 a.m. and run till around 5:30. I jumped at the opportunity. Scott is someone I really look up to in the running world. He wins races he enters, but he is the most humble person I know. More than that, he gives back to the sport by coaching a Team in Training group.
We started a few minutes after 2:00 and Scott mapped out a 3/4 mile loop that we ran. The idea of it is that if you needed a break you could just pick everyone up on the next loop or walk in the opposite direction and pick everyone up that way. It worked great.
Everyone traded stories and the best thing was, that most of them were not related to running. Scott had a great refrigerator story, so did Adam, but I did not get to hear that one, because I took a break to fill my water bottle.
Adam gave Scott some pointers about running Leadville. The best advice he gave him is be careful of the elevation. The race itself is not that difficult. Adam said he DNF'd both times he attempted it. Being from Kansas it is a huge disadvantage for us doing higher elavation races.
I cut out at 5:30ish and hung out for a few minutes until Scott and a few others were meeting the TNT group for a training run. I came home and took a nap. Got up around 1:00 and headed back out to finish the miles I needed for today.
I ended up getting 21 miles in about 3:30.
I got ready and Patsy headed out with me. We ran around 2 1/2 miles together and she said that she wasn't going to go much farther before she was going to turn around and head home. I took off and got to the 4 mile mark and started back home.
I had went through over half of my two bottles by that point. I knew that it was not going to be a fun time getting back home. The temp had to be aroung 95 by then. I was three miles from home and I had around 18 oz. of Infinit left.
I could conserve it and make it last till close to the end, or drink it all at once and not have any fluids for the remainder of the run. I conserved it. I got home and drank two quarts of water and jumped into a cold shower.
I ran 8 miles in 1:50:35.
Saturday, June 30, 2012
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Back to training
I have taken a good amount of time off training letting my Achillles heal and thank God it feels great. I went to the Y last night and did a shoulder and calf workout.
Today I went out to acclimate myself to the 100+ temps we are having here in Kansas. I was doing pretty good through 2 miles of running and then I was losing energry. Minus last Saturday's run, I have not ran in two weeks, so I belive that was a contributing factor. I did some walk/running and then I just decided to power walk the rest.
I went 5.06 miles in 1:05:15.
I am going to the Y tonight and doing a Core Express class and then I will do a chest and back workout.
I am really excited. Patsy found a personal trainer at the South Y. He specializes in strength, endurance and agility training. He told her that you don't get many guarantees in life, but he guarantees she will get faster. He's going to train us together and I cannot wait to get started next week. He also claims to help build mental endurance as well. So I can go 105 miles next time. I have been looking for ways to get faster and stronger for my running. I believe that it is going to help immensely.
It's a 6 week 16 sessions, so it's going to be pretty intense.
Today I went out to acclimate myself to the 100+ temps we are having here in Kansas. I was doing pretty good through 2 miles of running and then I was losing energry. Minus last Saturday's run, I have not ran in two weeks, so I belive that was a contributing factor. I did some walk/running and then I just decided to power walk the rest.
I went 5.06 miles in 1:05:15.
I am going to the Y tonight and doing a Core Express class and then I will do a chest and back workout.
I am really excited. Patsy found a personal trainer at the South Y. He specializes in strength, endurance and agility training. He told her that you don't get many guarantees in life, but he guarantees she will get faster. He's going to train us together and I cannot wait to get started next week. He also claims to help build mental endurance as well. So I can go 105 miles next time. I have been looking for ways to get faster and stronger for my running. I believe that it is going to help immensely.
It's a 6 week 16 sessions, so it's going to be pretty intense.
Black Hills 100 Crew/Pacer Report
I had an awesome weekend playing in the Black Hills of South Dakota. We arrived on Thrusday evening and went to a very nice Lodge in Deadwood where we were treated to a incredible dinner. Went back to the Hotel and crashed.
Friday morning we drove to all the crew access aid-stations locations and wandered up the trails a little ways.
We later drove to Mt. Rushmore.
Mark thought all a long that his pre-race meeting was 4:30. It was 3:30 and he missed most of it. From what I heard from other runners, they didn't really give them any pertinent information that they didn't already have from the website.
Mark said the prerace meal did not look that appetizing, so he suggested that we look for something else. He asked the front desk and they suggested Rosco's. It was pretty good. We all decided to call it an early evening and let our runners (Mark &Willie) get some good sleep.
Patsy and I sat in the the hotel room and just watched TV. We both were having problems getting to sleep and we finallly went down around 1:45 am I believe. 4:45 came awfully early. The hotel opened the breakfast bar early because a lot of the runners stayed there. So we got something to eat and headed to the starting line.
I saw a lady wearing a Rockin K shirt this year that did the marathon and a guy wearing a Free States shirt from this year. I did not catch either one of their names, but it was cool running into them. At the second crew aid station I saw Theresa Wheeler, a local running acquaintance and through out the day till her turn a round. She ended up getting second in the 100K. Congrats to her.
It was a very hot day for South Dakota standards. It got up to around 93 degrees. The only good thing is, that it was a dry heat. That gave a little relief. Mark and Willie stayed to their plan to take it easy through the first fifty miles and that is what they did. It would take them a little over three hours to go 12 miles. A combination of the heat and the elevation played a big part in that.
At one of the aid stations Patsy and I climbed to the top of the ridge. We crossed the trail twice and had to climb through a barbed wire fence, but it was well worth it. This is the view.
There was an area on the way down that had a little throat and we went out on the rock ledge. Unfortunately you really can't see the depth, but it was really beautiful. It was an 80 minute round trip from the street to the top of the ridge and back down. Well worth the work.
At the turn around, both of them decided that they could not continue any farther. Willy was under trained and Mark had some health risk issues that concerned him. I was supposed to pick up Mark at the turn around to pace him back home. Beings that did not work out, we had been hanging out at the aid stations with Al from Ontario since mile 17 and his wife, Linda that was a little ahead of Mark and Willie all day and asked her if she would like a pacer.
She said "sure". I picked her up at the 57 mile mark and we made it out of the next aid station which was 7 miles away in an hour and forty-five minutes. We left and headed to the next stop. Everything was going perfect and we got to an intersection and wasn't sure where to go. She made a decision and we ended up off the course even though it was a good trail.
As they were driving back to Ontario when she finished the course, Al went back to the hotel and Patsy was going to crew for us. We didn't have a car, but another couple we met at the hotel had a rental car. Stephanie was attempting her first 100 mile race and her boyfriend, Daniel was going to pace her the last 42 miles, so Daniel was going to have Patsy drive his car, and it was a win for everyone. Stephanie however, dropped at mile 57. So Patsy went back to the hotel with them and by the start finish to drop off Annoying Bob who also dropped at mile 57 and then came back to the aid station.
We ended up going a couple miles before we realized that we were not on the course. We back tracked to the place where we went off course and ended up going down the trail that led us back to the aid station that we had just left. She looked down at her watch and we were twenty minutes from the cut off for the next aid station and we were about 6.5 miles away.
She was devastated. She still wanted to press on, so we kept going and finally made it to the next aid station 50 minutes after the cut off. We had some choice words for the volunteers, but we knew it was not going to do any good complaining to them how that portion of the trail was marked at all. That would need to be taken up with the race director himself. I found out that people were coming in and complaining about the very spot we got lost.
They told us we could continue, but the aid stations would be closed up and there was not a very good chance that they would give her an official finish missing a cut off time. There was no doubt in my mind that she would have finished under the cutoff time of the race. We had 8 hours to do 29 miles. I was confident that she could do it and I was ready to get her there. She was heading for a negative split on a hard course.
What seemed like a night where everything went wrong, actually didn't. Mark, Willie, Stephanie and Linda all left healthy and looking forward to their next races, except maybe Willie, Dan and Steve were the only disappointed ones because neither got to run as much as they wanted to.
Patsy took us back to the hotel and I ate breakfast and took a shower and a couple hour nap. We got up and did some more sight seeing and Mark showed me part of the Lean Horse 100 trail. When we were in Hill City, we went down a street that had tons of shops. We stopped and roamed around for a little while. They were really cool, but expensive.
Took Mark to Nemo where we raved about the burgers they had. He said they lived up to our hype. Went back to the hotel and did not have any problem going to sleep. Got up Monday morning and Mark took us to the airport and got ready for a long road back home.
This was my first time crewing and pacing and I really enjoyed it. Being able to help your runner and tend to their needs was a lot of fun. Runners are dead in the water without a good crew. I firmly believe that.
Thanks Mark and Carolyn for a unforgettable weekend in the Black Hills. Maybe some day I will return and run through the Black Hills.
Friday morning we drove to all the crew access aid-stations locations and wandered up the trails a little ways.
We later drove to Mt. Rushmore.
Mark thought all a long that his pre-race meeting was 4:30. It was 3:30 and he missed most of it. From what I heard from other runners, they didn't really give them any pertinent information that they didn't already have from the website.
Mark said the prerace meal did not look that appetizing, so he suggested that we look for something else. He asked the front desk and they suggested Rosco's. It was pretty good. We all decided to call it an early evening and let our runners (Mark &Willie) get some good sleep.
Patsy and I sat in the the hotel room and just watched TV. We both were having problems getting to sleep and we finallly went down around 1:45 am I believe. 4:45 came awfully early. The hotel opened the breakfast bar early because a lot of the runners stayed there. So we got something to eat and headed to the starting line.
I saw a lady wearing a Rockin K shirt this year that did the marathon and a guy wearing a Free States shirt from this year. I did not catch either one of their names, but it was cool running into them. At the second crew aid station I saw Theresa Wheeler, a local running acquaintance and through out the day till her turn a round. She ended up getting second in the 100K. Congrats to her.
It was a very hot day for South Dakota standards. It got up to around 93 degrees. The only good thing is, that it was a dry heat. That gave a little relief. Mark and Willie stayed to their plan to take it easy through the first fifty miles and that is what they did. It would take them a little over three hours to go 12 miles. A combination of the heat and the elevation played a big part in that.
At one of the aid stations Patsy and I climbed to the top of the ridge. We crossed the trail twice and had to climb through a barbed wire fence, but it was well worth it. This is the view.
There was an area on the way down that had a little throat and we went out on the rock ledge. Unfortunately you really can't see the depth, but it was really beautiful. It was an 80 minute round trip from the street to the top of the ridge and back down. Well worth the work.
At the turn around, both of them decided that they could not continue any farther. Willy was under trained and Mark had some health risk issues that concerned him. I was supposed to pick up Mark at the turn around to pace him back home. Beings that did not work out, we had been hanging out at the aid stations with Al from Ontario since mile 17 and his wife, Linda that was a little ahead of Mark and Willie all day and asked her if she would like a pacer.
She said "sure". I picked her up at the 57 mile mark and we made it out of the next aid station which was 7 miles away in an hour and forty-five minutes. We left and headed to the next stop. Everything was going perfect and we got to an intersection and wasn't sure where to go. She made a decision and we ended up off the course even though it was a good trail.
As they were driving back to Ontario when she finished the course, Al went back to the hotel and Patsy was going to crew for us. We didn't have a car, but another couple we met at the hotel had a rental car. Stephanie was attempting her first 100 mile race and her boyfriend, Daniel was going to pace her the last 42 miles, so Daniel was going to have Patsy drive his car, and it was a win for everyone. Stephanie however, dropped at mile 57. So Patsy went back to the hotel with them and by the start finish to drop off Annoying Bob who also dropped at mile 57 and then came back to the aid station.
We ended up going a couple miles before we realized that we were not on the course. We back tracked to the place where we went off course and ended up going down the trail that led us back to the aid station that we had just left. She looked down at her watch and we were twenty minutes from the cut off for the next aid station and we were about 6.5 miles away.
She was devastated. She still wanted to press on, so we kept going and finally made it to the next aid station 50 minutes after the cut off. We had some choice words for the volunteers, but we knew it was not going to do any good complaining to them how that portion of the trail was marked at all. That would need to be taken up with the race director himself. I found out that people were coming in and complaining about the very spot we got lost.
They told us we could continue, but the aid stations would be closed up and there was not a very good chance that they would give her an official finish missing a cut off time. There was no doubt in my mind that she would have finished under the cutoff time of the race. We had 8 hours to do 29 miles. I was confident that she could do it and I was ready to get her there. She was heading for a negative split on a hard course.
What seemed like a night where everything went wrong, actually didn't. Mark, Willie, Stephanie and Linda all left healthy and looking forward to their next races, except maybe Willie, Dan and Steve were the only disappointed ones because neither got to run as much as they wanted to.
Patsy took us back to the hotel and I ate breakfast and took a shower and a couple hour nap. We got up and did some more sight seeing and Mark showed me part of the Lean Horse 100 trail. When we were in Hill City, we went down a street that had tons of shops. We stopped and roamed around for a little while. They were really cool, but expensive.
Took Mark to Nemo where we raved about the burgers they had. He said they lived up to our hype. Went back to the hotel and did not have any problem going to sleep. Got up Monday morning and Mark took us to the airport and got ready for a long road back home.
This was my first time crewing and pacing and I really enjoyed it. Being able to help your runner and tend to their needs was a lot of fun. Runners are dead in the water without a good crew. I firmly believe that.
Friday, June 15, 2012
Catch up
I have really dropped the ball posting this week. I want to catch you up on what I did the last 7 days. Last Saturday I ran Storm the Dam Half-marathon Trail Race for the fourth year in a row. I have ran this race every year since it started.
I ran the race with Patsy and we had a great time enjoying the trail. The only part that we don't like is from mile 8-10. This is just a field mowed down. There are clumps of grass and hoof impressions all over from riding in muddy conditions.
This is the famous Sheila's loop. Patsy's best friend Sheila ran it 3 years ago and really hated that area also. So Patsy gave it that name. The first 3 miles is ran on private land and it is technical single track trails and then you climb the hill to the top of the dam and run along the top for a mile or so then you enter Sheila's loop.
You then follow the far West side the Eldorado lake up a hill and do a 1 mile loop that is similar to Sheila's loop, but not as long, then you go into my favorite part of the course. There are two very wooded trail heads that are very beautiful to run in. You then run through a camping area over a bridge to the finish.
Ran 13.1 miles in 3:04:42
I went to the Y four times this week. I was able to get in a full body workout and went to two Core Express classes. I did not run at all this week letting my Achilles heal up. Going to do a couple of short runs next week to knock off the rust. Will be heading the Sturgis, SD this Thursday to pace my friend at Black Hills 100. I get to run the last 50 miles with him. Very stoked to see him complete his first 100 mile finish!!
I almost forgot. I ran home from work this last Monday. The rest of the days I have been walking. The starter is out on my car, so Patsy is taking me and I am walking home.
Ran 5.25 miles in 50:59.
I ran the race with Patsy and we had a great time enjoying the trail. The only part that we don't like is from mile 8-10. This is just a field mowed down. There are clumps of grass and hoof impressions all over from riding in muddy conditions.
This is the famous Sheila's loop. Patsy's best friend Sheila ran it 3 years ago and really hated that area also. So Patsy gave it that name. The first 3 miles is ran on private land and it is technical single track trails and then you climb the hill to the top of the dam and run along the top for a mile or so then you enter Sheila's loop.
You then follow the far West side the Eldorado lake up a hill and do a 1 mile loop that is similar to Sheila's loop, but not as long, then you go into my favorite part of the course. There are two very wooded trail heads that are very beautiful to run in. You then run through a camping area over a bridge to the finish.
Ran 13.1 miles in 3:04:42
I went to the Y four times this week. I was able to get in a full body workout and went to two Core Express classes. I did not run at all this week letting my Achilles heal up. Going to do a couple of short runs next week to knock off the rust. Will be heading the Sturgis, SD this Thursday to pace my friend at Black Hills 100. I get to run the last 50 miles with him. Very stoked to see him complete his first 100 mile finish!!
I almost forgot. I ran home from work this last Monday. The rest of the days I have been walking. The starter is out on my car, so Patsy is taking me and I am walking home.
Ran 5.25 miles in 50:59.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Thursday training
I have a good word of advice for you all out there. Don't go to Popeye's and have spicy tenders, mashed potato's and biscuits, then within an hour, go try to run. I went to the Y and attempted to do a training run on a full stomach.
I did real good up to around 4.5 miles and it all went down hill from there. I had planned to do 10 miles. I decided to stop at 8.35 miles. I was doing too many walk breaks. The food was way to heavy on my stomach to keep a good pace for any length of time. I figured another 1.65 miles would take me another 25 minutes and I was ready to get off the treadmill.
I am doing a half marathon this Saturday, then I am going to really back off on training a lot. My Achilles is not doing well and I need to let it heal up before I go pace my friend Mark Berry at Black Hills 100 in two weeks. So I will not be post many runs, only cross training workouts.
Like I said I ran 8.35 miles in 1:20:10
I did real good up to around 4.5 miles and it all went down hill from there. I had planned to do 10 miles. I decided to stop at 8.35 miles. I was doing too many walk breaks. The food was way to heavy on my stomach to keep a good pace for any length of time. I figured another 1.65 miles would take me another 25 minutes and I was ready to get off the treadmill.
I am doing a half marathon this Saturday, then I am going to really back off on training a lot. My Achilles is not doing well and I need to let it heal up before I go pace my friend Mark Berry at Black Hills 100 in two weeks. So I will not be post many runs, only cross training workouts.
Like I said I ran 8.35 miles in 1:20:10
Training thus far this week.
Tuesday I got to go out on the trail. With the rain we had a few days ago it still had some mud to deal with. A day after doing a lower body workout, I was quite sore. I felt like I was wearing a parachute on my back trying to pull myself. Every step was a struggle. I managed to stay around a 10:30 mile mile.
Wednesday was very busy, so I was not able to get to the Y till around 7:30 last night and hit the treadmill. for my run. The treadmill is a moral booster for me. I run better on a treadmill than I ever do outside. Bad part about it is, there is not a whole lot of time between the two runs. Very sad I know.
Tuesday 8 miles in 1:23:10
Wednesday 12 miles 1:37:01
Wednesday was very busy, so I was not able to get to the Y till around 7:30 last night and hit the treadmill. for my run. The treadmill is a moral booster for me. I run better on a treadmill than I ever do outside. Bad part about it is, there is not a whole lot of time between the two runs. Very sad I know.
Tuesday 8 miles in 1:23:10
Wednesday 12 miles 1:37:01
Monday, June 4, 2012
Monday Cross Training
Went to the Y today to do some cross training. I went to the Core Express class and then I did a complete lower body workout. Worked my quads, hams and calves. I really don't know what each exercise is called, so I will spare you all the agony details of explaining what I did. I did do three different types of exercises per muscle group.
Planning to run tomorrow. I have been fighting a nagging pain in my achilles for the last couple of weeks. I am taking ibuprofen every four hours to take away any inflammation which is helping a lot. I am thinking about running to work the next few days. That way I am only running 5.25 miles at one time even though it will be twice, there will be a long break in between. I am hopping that it will not aggravate the Achilles.
Planning to run tomorrow. I have been fighting a nagging pain in my achilles for the last couple of weeks. I am taking ibuprofen every four hours to take away any inflammation which is helping a lot. I am thinking about running to work the next few days. That way I am only running 5.25 miles at one time even though it will be twice, there will be a long break in between. I am hopping that it will not aggravate the Achilles.
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Saturday River Run/long run
Did something pretty special this morning. Got to run the River Run (2 mile) with Whitney, my youngest daughter. She did great. We both wore matching clothes. We have had the same shorts for sometime, but we went and found some royal blue running shirts.
We were laughing at all the people running in place and doing all the non-sense that runners do before a typical road race. It is ridiculous. We were off and could not start running till after we crossed the starting line.
The whole race we did nothing but dodge walkers and slow people. It was terrible. About a mile and a half into the run, Whitney had the use the restroom, so we stopped and we were off to the finish. Stopped in the food tent and had some bread, fruit and I had a breakfast burrito.
Whitney got one of the metals to add to our collection. I think she had a good time. I was glad to share that time with her. After that we went home and I got ready to go out for the rest of my training run. I left straight up 11:00 and was off on yet another tour around Wichita.
Was able to keep my pace at a 10:30 minute pace all day. Took very few walking breaks and my water stops were a lot faster than they have been as of late. Patsy texted me around 24 miles into my run and asked me if I would like anything. I requested a p,b&j sandwich a banana and some ice water.
She showed up at 28 miles and I figured out that I was farther away from home than the distance that I had planned to do today. So I decided to ride home with her and convinced her to go for a run so I can finish the miles I needed for today. She really did not fell good today, but she agreed to go.
She had a pretty rough time, but she told me she was glad I drug her out. Nothing was going right for her which I can relate with more than you know. I really felt bad I drug her out.
I ran 40 miles in 8:01:47.
We were laughing at all the people running in place and doing all the non-sense that runners do before a typical road race. It is ridiculous. We were off and could not start running till after we crossed the starting line.
The whole race we did nothing but dodge walkers and slow people. It was terrible. About a mile and a half into the run, Whitney had the use the restroom, so we stopped and we were off to the finish. Stopped in the food tent and had some bread, fruit and I had a breakfast burrito.
Whitney got one of the metals to add to our collection. I think she had a good time. I was glad to share that time with her. After that we went home and I got ready to go out for the rest of my training run. I left straight up 11:00 and was off on yet another tour around Wichita.
Was able to keep my pace at a 10:30 minute pace all day. Took very few walking breaks and my water stops were a lot faster than they have been as of late. Patsy texted me around 24 miles into my run and asked me if I would like anything. I requested a p,b&j sandwich a banana and some ice water.
She showed up at 28 miles and I figured out that I was farther away from home than the distance that I had planned to do today. So I decided to ride home with her and convinced her to go for a run so I can finish the miles I needed for today. She really did not fell good today, but she agreed to go.
She had a pretty rough time, but she told me she was glad I drug her out. Nothing was going right for her which I can relate with more than you know. I really felt bad I drug her out.
I ran 40 miles in 8:01:47.
Friday Cross-training
Patsy wanted to go to the South Y for a group class, so I decided to hit the weight room. I did an upper body workout. I did shoulders earlier this week, so I did back, chest, biceps and triceps.
Wednesday Training
Well I thought I would be able to be the rain that was headed our way, but I was wrong. It started raining on me about 2 miles into my run. I was running from my house to the Keeper of the Plains. The rain came down pretty heavy, but that did not bother me all that much.
I ran out of it and it was pretty cool out, so my pace was pretty quick. Got to the turn a round point and I could see another round of rain coming from the West, so I bumped my pace up a little faster, thankfully I was having a great running day.
About 7 miles into the run it started to come down in 55 gallon drums and around 3 or 4 minutes after that, it started to hail. The first on that hit me square on the top of the head startled me and really hurt, but after I knew what it felt like, it wasn't so bad.
Just before it started hailing Patsy drove by and found me and asked if I was okay or wanted a ride home. At this point neither her nor I knew it was going to hail in the matter of a minute. I told her I an doing great, a little rain is not going to hurt anything.
She drove off and I thought I was not going to see her till I got home. She got down the rode and it started hailing and little did I know, she parked in a parking lot and waited for me to pick me up and rescue me. Glad for it too. It came down for quite a while and the stones got larger before it stopped.
I ran 8 miles in 1:09:24.
I ran out of it and it was pretty cool out, so my pace was pretty quick. Got to the turn a round point and I could see another round of rain coming from the West, so I bumped my pace up a little faster, thankfully I was having a great running day.
About 7 miles into the run it started to come down in 55 gallon drums and around 3 or 4 minutes after that, it started to hail. The first on that hit me square on the top of the head startled me and really hurt, but after I knew what it felt like, it wasn't so bad.
Just before it started hailing Patsy drove by and found me and asked if I was okay or wanted a ride home. At this point neither her nor I knew it was going to hail in the matter of a minute. I told her I an doing great, a little rain is not going to hurt anything.
She drove off and I thought I was not going to see her till I got home. She got down the rode and it started hailing and little did I know, she parked in a parking lot and waited for me to pick me up and rescue me. Glad for it too. It came down for quite a while and the stones got larger before it stopped.
I ran 8 miles in 1:09:24.
Tuesday training
Well today was not my best showing, but I got it done. I had stomach issues and had to make two pit stops. Never a fun thing to go through during a run. Pace was slower due to the heat which I think brought on the stomach issues.
I went out really strong and did not for see anything coming on. At the 3 mile mark it all went down hill. Got to the turn-a-round point in a little under 55 minutes and the way back took me around 72 minutes, but I did go a quarter mile further on the way back.
I ran into the weird old man again, but this time he had no clothes on but socks, shoes and his ball cap. It was disturbing. I was about done and I saw Patsy turning into the trail. I tried to yell at her, but the wind was too strong and I was to far away. So I started sprinting to catch her. I wanted to warn her about the naked old man.
As I thought ,she did not want to go back there on her own. So we ran back together back to the house and she finished her run on the treadmill at the Y. We went to the Core Express class and then I did a shoulder workout while Patsy ran.
I ran 10.32 in 2:07:07
I went out really strong and did not for see anything coming on. At the 3 mile mark it all went down hill. Got to the turn-a-round point in a little under 55 minutes and the way back took me around 72 minutes, but I did go a quarter mile further on the way back.
I ran into the weird old man again, but this time he had no clothes on but socks, shoes and his ball cap. It was disturbing. I was about done and I saw Patsy turning into the trail. I tried to yell at her, but the wind was too strong and I was to far away. So I started sprinting to catch her. I wanted to warn her about the naked old man.
As I thought ,she did not want to go back there on her own. So we ran back together back to the house and she finished her run on the treadmill at the Y. We went to the Core Express class and then I did a shoulder workout while Patsy ran.
I ran 10.32 in 2:07:07
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