Master runner

Pf o&b

had a small group today..Roger, Jason, Alex, Nate and myself..seemed like everyone had something different in store so we all kinda did our own thing..

Nate and I were going to attempt a 12 mile tempo at some what of a marathon pace. with the wind and heat I knew it would be some slower..about 2 miles in Nate told me to go on and run my pace..not to wait on him..

I  ended up stopping at 3 water stops just to cool off. my stomach was a little upset and i didnt feel like drinking much but did swish some water around my mouth.

Ended up with 6:10 pace and felt like the effort i put in was pretty good for the day i had.

Pf dreadmill

Met up with Nate at Draper for some Draper dirt road running on a super windy day.. we knocked it out pretty good. This was his first time out to Draper dirt roads and he absolutely  loved it.  AP 6:49 into some freaky fast wind in some areas.

solo dirt road 10 mile out and back super nice out..ran with some tunes and just kept time on feet today.

Easy pf o&b

5 out and back on the river with Alex...ran into Andrew and Kels and her sisters, one of her sisters did an interview with me..she is doing a project in school on distance runners.

Today is Andrews birthday..

PF O&B to the lemon lot 

Met up with Alex, Ashley, Danny and Roger...saw J-hat take off.

Alex brought his boost that didn't fit for me to try out...they worked and I will purchase them at 1/2 price of his sale price which = cheap.

Roger, Ashley, Danny and I did a small warm up and then we got to our tempo's. 

Danny took off a few min earlier than Ashley and I and I paced her through the first 5 miles as she was going 6. 

She told me she had been fighting an Upper Respiratory infection this week and didn't know how she was going to do. I noticed her breathing a little hard today and tried to put in a few pickups to see if she would speed up but she seemed happy at her pace.

I picked it up a few miles till i hit the wind coming in from the N. boy howdy it felt like i hit a brick wall.  

With the heat and wind i feel like my effort was there. 

Caught up with Danny about mile 3. Alex about mile 7 and mile 9 after running the point.

did somewhat of a cool down with Danny and Ashley.

after work met jason for some draper dirt road running. sure was pretty out. all out tapering.

Ran out of Connor's place after work with Andrew, Ashley, Austin, and Connor.

had a nice crew meet out at Hefner for a good effort run. ap 6:37 

Got kind of crazy when SS drop down the last few miles... I let him go looking down at 5:11 pace and he was still bringing it down.. Dropped back and ran the last mile with Austin. 

got in a late run today...after work i headed down to ok runner and bought me a new garmin 220 and a pair of compression socks..then met J-hat, Scott, Ashley and Dan...

We did a out and back on the river Scott turned back a little earlier. 

Broke in my watch with 3 trials qualifiers and a super good friend. All very good runners. 

Pf track workout- 2mile w/u

10 x .25 with .15 recovery

2mile cd

solo- nice and cool out

Met Scott Smith after work on the river for a quick run. Wasn't planning on running this pace but it felt comfortable and good so i just went with it.

Gonna go out on a limb and say he will be the next OKC 1/2 champ ...bar any injury from here to there. Gonna even go out on a limb a bit further and say he will be the next 1/2 marathon record holder for OK open 1/2 state records. (current record is 66 min)

Getting pretty excited and ready for Boston.

Pretty bummed my buddy Jake won't be there.

Had a great ole big bunch of runners show up today..most did tempo's but i oped to go with Ean and run an easy loop. Marylynn and Eli showed up today for their inaugural run at Hefner..I got to push the stroller for a few miles..

really nice out for easy running. (Ean pulled his typical tank at the end of the run)--probably lost 10 lbs of sweat today

Hay's in the barn.  

took shanna out to ewp for a little evening run. started clouding up and we got outta there when the lightning started. 

flying out to bean town in the morning.

Easy shakeout with jerri d faulkinator around the commons and down to the finish line.

Took some time out in the park to talk with some squirrels 

Met up with jerri d faulkinator and dropped off our bags in the commons. Got up to Hopkinton about a hour later.. It was cold and the wind picked up a bit while we waited about another hr till we made our way down to the start. I was thankful I purchased the rain suit for my trip... Wore it all the way up to the start and used it as a portajohn right before the gun.

I got out feeling sluggish and waited for a pace to set in. I had a somewhat nauseous stomach but knew my tanks were empty so I wasn't too concerned. 

Went through 1/2 a little slower than what I originally had planned. I was fine with where i was and felt I could hang on to this pace even with the headwind we had.

Felt really strong on the hills and passed a lot of runners on the backside of the marathon.

What makes the Boston marathon so great is the crowd of spectators on the course and all the volunteers supporting the race...

Boston 2nd to none!!!

met up with ean/eli and scott for an easy series of out and backs on the river

easy pf o&b ... Starting ideas of jumping into the okc full on a whim.

easy miles around the hood with sophie...

So how to begin?? After Boston on I think about Tuesday while doing my run at work I felt really good and with the weather looking good i thought what the heck...Yolo. and when I checked the single age record book to see what I had to run to get it...that was the icing on the cake...Previous record was 2:41:50..

Well with pretty much no recovery at all I made my attempt today and was sucessful. 

The morning started out about 3:30 had me some expresso and grabbed a blueberry muffing and banana for the ride down. Parked the red sweat rocket right next to the pancake church where we usually meet. Everyone used the rocket for a quick drop. 

We got down on the start line with about 15 min to spar. OK Runner had a loaded gun today... and poor ol Coyote ville was at the losing end. 

I took out with Scotty D and went for about a mile with him and picked his brain as to what he wanted...I knew that I wasn't ready for that. So i fell in behind and tried to figure out what pace felt comfortable. I ran mostly in the 5:50-6:10 range give or take. 

It was really nice to have a bunch of familiar faces out on the course cheering your name. 

Think I will be taking a race break for a while and start focusing on base miles though the heat and maybe some quicker speed workouts.

Scotty D was full winner and OK Runner Girls took home the relay W.

Scott Smith (CR) the 1/2 along with Ashley Miller on the women side winners.

Eric and J-Hat both had PR's Roger not far off from PR.. Jimbo was back in action  

Met up with Ean, Kelsy and J-hat for an easy loop around Hefnage..pretty nice day out..Kelsy tried to put a hurtin on these old fellas.

good company and really enjoyed sharing some Ean stories afterwards.

pf o&b easy

pf run with a strava steal back on 1/2 mile loop

met andrew, ean and j-hat for an easy 6 more on the river after work.. made a detour downtown for andrew to go to the restroom. did an urban run through brick down on the river.