wow, I really just spent the last hour figuring out how to put that picture in my header (thanks Kim and Mike!)......I need to go to bed.

Just got home from a rough 15 hour day at the office, which gives me enough time to sleep and do it all over again tomorrow. Our big event is tomorrow evening so hopefully things will settle down a bit after that.

Kim told me I need to post my goals for LBL, not wanting to get on her bad side, here they are!

1.) Finish my first 50 miler
2.)Qualify for western states by breaking 11 hours (which is the cut off time for this race)
3.) 9:58:12 is what I think I am capable of running, but I really don't know (don't ask me how I came up with that exact number!)


"I wish I could share the views I've seen."
-David Horton

I aggravated my leg yesterday wrestling around with my old man (he started it!) But it was probably better to find out that it still isn't 100 percent. I am not planning on running anymore until Saturday in hopes that It will be fully recovered. It is supposed to be 64 in Grand Rivers for the race!!!!!

"Running is a big question mark that's there each and every day. It asks you, 'Are you going to be a wimp or are you going to be strong today?'"
- Peter Maher, Irish-Canadian Olympian and sub-2:12 marathoner

5 miles, 7:12 pace

felt pretty good again today. My leg still feels a little wobbly but it doesn't hurt. I kept up a pretty good pace to give it a good test. Now if I could only keep up that pace for 21.2 more miles I could qualify for boston. I think I'll just wait until I turn 70, I can break 5 hours.

"Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional" -David Horton

2 miles, 7:30 pace

I had a pretty good run today. I still have discomfort in my shin ( but I wouldn't call it pain.) It didn't effect my stride. I am going to go a little long tomorrow as long as my leg doesn't hurt tomorrow morning when I wake up.

"We run, not because we think it is doing us good, but because we enjoy it and cannot help ourselves...The more restricted our society and work become, the more necessary it will be to find some outlet for this craving for freedom. No one can say, 'You must not run faster than this, or hump higher than that.' The human spirit is indomitable."
- Sir Roger Bannister

I am going to go out for a couple miles tomorrow and see how my leg is feeling.


"There is no glory in practice, but without practice there is no glory."

More Ice. still hurting. very impatient. Days off suck. could be worse.



"Life is short... running makes it seem longer."
Baron Hansen