Master runner

Easy miles at work in the gym. Racing 12 km tomorrow.

Wasn't sure what to expect since i have been racing a bunch the last several weeks... with the cool weather and beautiful day i tried to take advantage of the race.

I did a couple of miles warm up with Roger and Andrew met up with us as we were stretching..We all 3 had PR's today. I was fortunate enough to get the single age (41 yr old) record for OK and missed the whole age group record by 2 sec...

 I went out in the lead and stayed there the entire race. There was a slight wind going out but not bad by any means. At the turn around, which was a little confusing because they had 3 cones set up , I was at 20:28. I ended up going around all 3 of them to make sure that I made the correct turn point.

I felt real comfortable with my pace and was thankful for the day we had..Really proud of Roger for getting on the OK record books too.  

Race for Hope 

Ended up going up to Edmond Dirt roads..Drove over and picked up Jake and Silas and we met Scott up at the starting spot. we took off at a so called easy pace and my legs were tired as all get out...i kept quiet and hoped they would loosen up. about mile 4-5 they loosened up and I started feeling much better. we had a nice run.

I Scared Jake and Silas with my infamous power slide into parkin spot..

Pf 12 met frankie mid run for a few

Did 8 on some new dirt roads at draper after work. found a lot more dirt to run on...thanks google earth.

met up with connor and andrew at hefner and we planned on doin a 4-5 mile tempo. we decided to just make a loop around hefner and through in a tempo towards the end. I ended up doing 6 mile tempo. Connor and I took off and stayed together till about the 1st mile and he fell off somewhat. i just continued on and got in 3 miles right at 17 min. then dropped it down to my marathon pace the last 3 miles. 

beautiful day to run.

did 3 on the dread at work and never felt wonderful...legs feelin beat up today. ended up doing some weights and core work. 

after work went out to draper for some new dirt roads i found on google earth. got in a little over 9 more and enjoyed the run. saw some big buck tracks 

met Danny out at Draper and did a 20 mile run on dirt roads. 10 out and back. beautiful running weather and good company.

Met eric at draper for an easy 8 mile loop on dirt roads

took advantage of being off today and ran with Sophie a mile around the hood..then went and picked up Scott and Jake and we headed out to Arcadia for a 12 mile run...Stopped by Pops and OK Runner afterwards and picked up a new pair of Adidas boost...got home and got a text from Eric and met him down at the river for a quick 8 in my new kicks...they felt nice even on tired legs.

Jumped on the dreadmill for a quick 5 at work.

planning on a few more tonight...tapering somewhat for tulsa in a couple of weeks

got in a quick run before running club..busy day

did a solo tempo out at hefner weather was nice minus the wind. did a 3.5 mile out and back with a cross wind on the s side of the lake and then the last 3 miles wind to back.. felt good. 10 miles at average 5:57  Just under 1 hr. 

Ran out of NHP with Roger, Blake, Connor, Andrew, Johnathan, and Peter we went out   7 and turned back the same route. I picked it up the last few miles...Love love love the adidas boost.. one thing i found out today though was my foot slides a bit when the streets are wet... will run in them Sunday if roads are dry...may not if its raining.

Met Eric, Connor and Scott down for a quick 10 miles on the river....beautiful day out...unseasonably warm. tapering back for my race this week.

Did3 on the trAil 2 on dread

10 x 400m 10k pace with 200 m recovery felt nice

ran a couple with the dashers 

ran around the hood testing out my shoes and race clothes. getting it narrowed down for T-town on Sunday. Tapper makin me feel fat. 

went with the Connor, Andrew, Kels, Phil and Doc for a little shake out before race. Doc, Connor and I did 5.

Well it was a cold, cold start. I felt really good till about mile 3 i had a little urge to go to the port and about mile 4 I started looking/ praying for a port... finally got to mile 5 at a water stop and unloaded...lost about 2 min. and tried not to panic too much i pretty much new deep down that my goal time was history... I did manage to win the masters out and took 5th place overall. Learned a few things along the way as well.. the runderwear I bought (Brooks) worked wonderfully. the cotton gloves i wore sucked after i got them wet and I couldn't use my hands to grab my gu's. I should have dressed warmer.  Tough race for me. 

did 5 miles easy on the dread mill at work. felt pretty good.

did a little 8 mile run before my big feast today...Happy Thanksgiving ever body.

did a bit over a mile with sophie and swoop in the am 

met up with jason, jake, katie and matthew for a lap around hefner. nice out

met at jakes and took off with jake, katie and marylon did a 8 mile loop out around hafer park and back then picked up jax and did a loop around uco with the buhlers. nice day for a run