Master runner

EWP after work. did a 1.5 mile pick up at 5:30 for a mile then 5:20ish for a 1.5

Hot and windy super dehydroed

Pf solo progession 6:50-5:58 ap 6:18

came back at ss 6:43 5 out and back

5 miles around the house.

Cool temps arrived so did the wind...solo pf

Took a trip up to T town with Blake,Jason& Roger for a 10k race in mohawk park and finishing inside the Tulsa zoo. We met in n okc and jason drove us up bright and early. When we got to mohawk park we were in a nice line of traffic and i had to hop out early and relieve some butler black that was making me see yellow. 

This was a pretty big local race and the energy and super nice weather had feeling good. I knew that days like this dont come too often.

We took out of j hats car with about 30 min till gun time. Got in out stretches and followed the 5k ers around the park. By the time we got back around to the start line we had about 2 min but blake and jason were not back yet. I told the lady at the start that i had 2 friends coming up the road but she said she was starting on time and wasnt waiting.... Luckily they barely made it.

when the gun went off i tore out and felt really good. I had 2 motorcycle cops leading me around. 

I forgot my sunglasses and really could have used them. The road had a lot of cracks and uneven surfaces.

my 5k split on my watch was 16:34 and i took a quick glance back to see if anybody came with me. Nobody did. I ran into a lot of lap traffic at 7k - 8k and went through 8k at 26:40 then about 9 k i hit the 5k walkers and was right @ 30 min with a k to go and had a small hill to go up.. I glanced at my pace when i topped the hill and saw 5:30 pace but knew i had about a 1/2 k to go with some down hill. The cops peeled off and pointed me to the finish line. When i crossed i saw 1:xx:xx and stopped mu watch at 33:54 and knew i had ran my fastest 10k to date..

had a great time with some great friends... We all had our best 10k times..except for blake who hasnt been able to train as much. But he did meet his t run goal to get in the up front corral.

i won a nice new balance bag with a lot of goodies inside it. Have several more races planned for the month.

Did a loop around hefner after work then joined roger and jason for run with some hill sprints worked in.. Saw Ean and john boy wilp 

evening solo track workout wmh track. tired and after dinner. 6x 200 ; 4x400

solo pf out and back

Solo pf run with 8 x 15 sec fartleks

run with sophie in the drivin rain...

drove out to cushing, ok bright and early for the 25th annual run for mums.. signed up and did a easy jog around with some stretches and a quick port stop. I noticed Jenny and Scotty D came up as well and was somewhat surprised that Scotty was racing seeing how he was running the Praire Fire full tomorrow. I guess he was wanting the 200 bones to get him up there. 

I took off pretty hard from the get go and wanted to try and make a run at the 42 yr old single age record for OK (15:54) I knew this course was pretty good and I might have a shot at it. When i hit the hill and wind from mile 1-2 Scotty caught up with me and told me to tuck in as he did about half the work up the hill and into the wind. we turned back west into a neighborhood and the wind wasn't much of a factor. Scotty gapped me good on the down hill and I wasn't able to make up the gap. 

at mile #2 I was behind pace by a lot and knew deep down this wasn't gonna be the day. I was expecting to run much better. And know I have a much better 5k time in me...

on a positive note. I did win some mums and got a really cool looking t-shirt.

back to the grind...

ewp after church. was gonna go further but big ole storm blew in..double up tomorrow.

solo wet,windy&muddy run on Draper dirt roads..Was crazy wind coming back. I thought a few times i was going to flip over.

4592

met blake and jason for some repeats at the bluff.  i ran miles they did .75 's ; i hit all mine at 5:11- 5:23  didn't feel very motivated today but was glad i ran.

Pf out & back... Worked over and didnt get a run #2 in

warmed up with a nice crew and was gonna try and do a 6 mile tempo but cut it short when my glute tightened up on me. wasn't hitting the paces i was wanting too either due to the warm temps I think.

easy out and back on the dirt after a long day of work. on my feet all day the last 2 days..

met Ean at EWP for some easy miles in the evening.

went out to dirty bird for the chili trots. did a full 10k on the trail with a nice group. Scott Smith, Aaron, Amanda and David Wrenn we picked up Ean and Andrew about 5k. Aaron went 2 laps and Ean an I went with him but cut the 2nd lap short.

Had some good chili and nice company. I was chosen to be a judge this year...

really like the trails out there.

Pf 10 out and back solo..8x 15sec pickups on way back

met up with roger, jason and blake at bluff creek for some repeats. 

we did 6 x 800 with 800 recovery. 

Pf solo out& back

EWP. did a few easy then knocked down a CR for Strava around EWP CCW. then i jogged a lap then did 8 x 30 sec on/off and finished up with some easy miles. 

Boy howdy was it really nice out.

We had a nice crew meet up at N OKC and convoyed up to T town for some 15k  fun this great day.  I rode with Roger, Courtney and Geoffrey. We got up there and ran over to the bus stop to hit the restroom before getting our packets.  I thought we were going to have a homeless rumble throw down in there when Geoffrey opened up a stall with some homeless dude doing his thing...right after that some other dude did the same thing and things got really loud and we got outta there. ha

We went over to packet pick-up and i ran into Scott Smith and Brett Gotcher hanging out. Got my packet and snapped a few shots with them and the crew. 

After that we went back and put on our racing suits and got warmed up. It didn't seem to take too long with weather conditions at record highs today to get warmed up.

We got back and started right on time..the master race started 10 min before the open. (wish they would just start it all at 1 time) We tore out and I could tell by the first 1/2 mile that these were not PR conditions. The dude that came out from Oregon was in another class and clearly was the cream of the crop. Greg Mitchell put on a running display. 

It was too bad for me he was in my age group. Ran some with 2 dudes one from PA and the other from CO they were back and forth the whole way and I kept them in site for the  race.  Made a little ground on them towards the end on the last 2k of hills. (not enough to matter)

We took 2nd place team money and I was the top OK master. Was really proud of my team mates (Roger/Jason/myself on team). 

Team OK runner had a overall victory in the open race from Johnny Crain a new runner in OK and a assistant coach at OU. He edged out Brett Gotcher by 6 sec. Scott Smith took 5th place money and Geoffrey close to him. 

I hate sounding negative but the Tulsa Run of old was a much better organized race. Some small but irritating things I noticed this year at one of the longest run races in OK were. Water was the only thing offered to drink and they ran out of that. 5k timing mat was on the wrong side of the road. The awards was a crazy mess in which the overall open winners got zero recognition. The candy bars of old days were still gone. The course a lot harder.

I would really be surprised if the out of town masters will continue to come.

Had a nice Sunday crew meet at louie's parking lot on hefer lake.

i was there a few miles early. Ran with scott, roger, jason and geoffrey for a bit till his foot started bothering him and he turned back. 

The wind was pretty horrible it was hot.

had some weird lady hittin on us afterwards while jh and i were talking to connor.. Connor bailed on us!!

Solo pf run...out & back. Cloudy and a bit cooler. Felt really good.

Worked late a couple of hours..then dropped in on some draper dirt for the ride home...nice out. Cold air coming soon. 

Solo dirty 10

Solo pf easy

headed out to draper lake right after work for a quick ss run on the dirt roads..started out the first few miles a little easier till i warmed up. entire w/o ap (6:21) lovin the cool dry air. weather money

Pf'd with carl & bing .. Did a quick stava cr steal and then ran down to lemon lot and back

PM did a solid 3x 3mile work out with Connor 

did some easy jogging around red bud park .5 mile loop on crushed granite. Stole a strava cr too.