Master runner

8 - AM miles mostly solo till the last 2 with Jesse

10 - PM miles with Nate on draper dirt roads

Wow I met Eric D out at Draper Marina after work for a tempo and just before we took off I decided to make a donation the the port- a - pot and when I opened the door to my surprise I spotted a 45 Cal pistol sittin on the tp holder. I was shocked to see that it was chambered and ready to fire. I was mostly concerned with playground next to it and decided to take it back to my car and call the police.. As I exited and jogged over to my car my buddy gave me a strange look...ha 

I felt kinda weird jogging over to my car with a gun. We unloaded it and called 911 and waited like 30-45 min for the cops to show. I handed them over the gun and gave them my info and off we went for a tempo.. Eric went 3 and I continued on for 3 more..was really tired today and still feeling somewhat sick. 

6- solo pf Am miles

8- PM miles from draper marina did 4 with Eric

did a solo run out at lake draper. ran into a couple of out of town bikers that followed me over to the mt bike trails. they ended up tanking hard and i gave them directions to my car and when i made it back i gave them a ride down to Norman.. 2 middle age dudes that were here training at the postal training center in norman...Ronald from Cleveland and Charles from Chicago.  It was fun getting to know them on such a short run.

met Nate out at Draper for a hilly, drizzly, muddy road run.

easy mile till had some gi problemos

easy run with eric on the dirt roads after work

10 easy dirt road miles with J-Hat after work

met Ean and J-Hat down at the boathouse for a tempo..was warmer than i thought.

up pace long run with Nate around lake Hefner...saw a bald eagle over by the golf course.

solo base run

did some 1/4's at 10k pace and a follow up mile about 1/2 pace 

solo easy miles

Solo windy miles

easy hood miles with sophie

Met up with J-Hat bright and early and drove a hr or so up to Tulsa where we met up with Ean and picked up our race packets. We got a quick mile jog in and dropped our bags off and headed over to the start line.

It was pretty cold standing around for probably 10 minutes or so. The sun was coming up and it looked like it was going to be a beautiful day to run.

We shot out of there and I noticed about a 1/4 mile in Scotty D shooting up to the front. A few other quick starters went with him but fell off by the first mile. I was about 3rd place after the first 2 miles and was leading the marathon. 

I tucked in behind Mario going into the windy spots and really surged big going down a hill from 2-3 zipping by him and reeling in the 2nd place 1/2 guy Dan. I went by him from 2-3 and Mario and I swapped off going through mile 8. I slow just a bit at a water stop and he had maybe a 5-10 sec gap the rest of the way..I noticed he took a wrong turn and tried to holler at him to let him know that he was heading down the marathon course. The police escort finally broke the news to him and he was very upset. I hated it for him but really it was his own fault..the had about 5-6 big signs showing the direction of each race. I guess he didn't see them.

I basically ran the rest of the race solo. I had some gummy bears tucked away in my shorts in a zip lock I was saving for a snack on the back end. I actually fumbled them at mile 20 and just decided to continue on. Mile 22-23 was really windy. mile 23-24 was really hilly and mile 24-25 was pretty good with a downhill and marathoners cheering me on made it much easier to keep going. 

I saw a shiny quarter in the road at mile 25 and wanted to stop and pick it up but didn't. I was really excited when i made the last turn and started to realize I was fixing to win my first marathon. I was fixing to take down the all time master record in OK as well. (The main reason for running was to try and get the record.) I was pumping up the crowd and high fiving everyone that would. I cut the tape and was given a few minutes then a bunch of tv and newspaper people got my story. I waited for Ean and he was pretty happy coming across in sub 3. J-Hat had some stomach issues about mile 15.

Looking forward to going to CIM in a few weeks. I may have risked a slower time there but I don't think I would trade it for my first Marathon W and the all time master OK record. (44) single age record as well.

Easy solo miles on base.

easy miles with ean and eli. Stroller swapping 

easy miles around the hood and over to my mom's. 

Made my way up to Edmond bright and early to do the turkey trot. Most races around here really gouge prices for races which I am not a huge fan of. I figured 20 bucks race day morning was very acceptable. 

I basically wanted to get out before feasting and get a nice effort in. I told myself that if I was under 17 I would be good with it. 

We took off and I felt fairly good for having run a marathon 4 days before. I caught myself trying to slow several times and did small pickups. 

Arya took off from the gun and never looked back. I ran with Charlie to the turn around and drafted off a tall high school maybe college kid going into the wind and up the only hill. Riden took off up the hill and gapped us pretty good. I decided the kid I was drafting on was slowing down so I went around him and tried to catch up with Riden and Tanner.  The last mile or so was solo effort and the 1 mile fun run was a fiasco merging with the 5kers. 

I was pleased with my time and how well I felt.  

I had several friends PR and several really close to PRing. This race is probably the biggest 5k around and definitely draws the better completion. 

I did a long 7 mile cool down with Charlie and Arya after. Roger, Jordan, and Blake for a bit of it. 

Forgot to mention I ran the race in a coonskin cap. YEEYEE

had a nice group run around the lake. might near cold. 

easy dirt road miles with Ean. Draper

easy solo pf run...actually I ran with Danny for about a mile or so. He's gearing up for an ultra trail run this w/e

solo 8 miler on base

met ean out at south lakes for a couple miles after work...did a couple of strava segments for a pick up or two.