Images...

Added the photo gallery plug in and now have a nice slide show running. Which leads me to our next run. Fourteen miles coming up...

Turkeys...

Well, the Turkey Genocide day is finally over. I was able to come out unscathed and actually lost two pounds over the week (can’t say that for the poor turkeys who not only gained weight but are no longer around).

I'm talking about real turkeys of course!

Almost 13....

November 17th, 2007.

My twin sons and I hit the 12.75 mile marker. One quarter of mile and we would have been at 13. That's Ok, don't want to overdo it.

Next run will be a short 6 miler and then we go to 14.5 or 15 on the following weekend.

Training has been great.

The creation of a smile.

Today was not a particularly cheerful morning. Did not get my regular 'beauty rest', so I was a little moody to say the least. After breakfast, I headed to the office continued on the tasks at hand from the day before and completed quite a few of them. I was still a little tired by noon and contemplated not going to the gym as I usually do during lunch. After a few minutes of self debate, I went any way.

I got into the zone... (I felt the need for speed), that meant all out sprints. I figured they would bring my mood up. I ran for a mere twenty-five minutes. With in that time I sprinted five times. at 7mph, 8mph, 9mph, 10mph and 9mph (treadmill speed). I was done, cooled down and was getting ready to leave.

I felt good, ready to tackle the rest of the day. I figured I obtained my money's worth. But something even better was about to occur. Unexpectedly, one of the members came up to me, commented on the difference she had noticed over time and asked me how much weight I had actually lost. She encouraged me to keep going. Those words could not have come at a better time. I'm in one of those dreaded plateaus. Someone actually cared enough to make a positive comment. And just like that, pulled me out of the lingering dark cloud. I hope that somewhere in the immediate future, I'm able to return the favor.

That is the creation of a smile.

Angels come in many forms :-)

To be sure this kind of thing should never go to one's head.

10% or so

As of November 2, 2007 , we are at ten miles and a quarter. The run went well. Went up Colima Road ( Whittier, Ca) and expect to use the hill for most of our training. Hill sprint repeats are next. Increasing to ten repeats this coming weekend (November 10th).

According to my schedule we should hit the twenty mile mark ahead of schedule. This may be the first time we do more than twenty miles in training. We'll see how it goes. We are increasing our mileage by ten per cent on alternate weekends. Everything seems good so far.