Master runner

met a nice crew out at draper lake for a dirt road run..Stupid watch failed to charge so I was watchless again.. Luckily Nate gave me time and distance. 10 @ 7:19 ap

This week I have jury duty....hope I can keep the miles up.

1.15 out with sophie for a quick stroll in the hood..

met eric for a short workout on wmh track. alex and ethan did a workout eric set up for them... 

my legs were heavy and tired today. wasn't ready for a full out speed workout...

anxious to get back to high miles and digging into some serious marathon training again.

pf  rasy o&b

easy run on base

AM- did an out and back at work easy..

 PM - after work drove out to draper and did an easy 8 more on the dirt hills.

Welp...I threw out an invite on our fb tuesday page in case someone couldn't get a morning run in but didn't catch any takers..I went home after work and made a quick change into my run suit and dropped a couple of nuun powered water bottles at about 6 and 15 miles. I wasn't sure how I'd feel after gorging myself at breakfast with jalapeno pigs in a blanket washing it down with a couple of donuts and lunch with jalapeno pepperoni pizza and dr pepper. I did a slower mile on the top of the run and found out real quick that the port at the air field was gonna get visit... man it was super clean and well supplied..I rolled up a wad of tp just incase the urge hit again...lucky i was thinking ahead.. those jalapeños were really burning to get out of me at mile 12 i had to duck in the woods. 

I felt really comfortable running most miles in the mid to low 6 min pace. It was a beautiful day to be out. 

draper dirt road Sunday run with Eric and Nate

Pf easy o&b - AM

Met J-Hat out at Hefner for a quick loop after work - PM

after eating junk all day and getting in a couple of naps i got out and ran A few heartburning miles at ewp

had a nice crew out for a veterans day run...Austin Cookson and I did a nice tempo 4 miles out and back..he wanted to keep it at 6 min pace or better. We ended up with going 5:50 pace which was in some pretty stiff Oklahoma wind. 

Tanked up on some donuts afterwards.

ran over to the track and met maggie we did a mile and some 800's and got a few cool down miles in then i ran back

dropped the boys off at school and hit a quick fartlek run at ewp... Took off today to put in a new garage door opener. Today is my 22 year marriage anniversary.. Planning on some big miles tomorrow. Ss will be in town and Geoffry said he was coming out too.

had a good crew meet at Lake Hefner at 7 and we took off going Clockwise...We ran into the Landrunner group going CCW. It seemed almost like a huge race with about 300-400 runners. 

We had Jason x 3 and Scott Smith, Ean, and Andrew for a few miles.. Kels and Maryln started with us too.

Scott and Ean were doing a loop around Hefner and Jason's went out to Lake Overhosler the other 2 Jason turned back at 10 miles I continued on around the Lake and finished up going around Hefner...Oddly enough it was a tad over a Marathon. 

ran it all without anything till about mile 18 i took out and babied a vanilla cliff gu and then at mile 21 I stopped in a On Cue and grabbed a quick gatorade fountain drink.. I picked up the pace on the later miles just to give my legs a change of pace.. Felt really good for the whole run and was shocked at how well I felt afterwards.

met Nate out at lake draper for a quick 6 mile out and back on the dirt roads.

easy pf'n on base

did a solo run out at bluff creek right after work...i had 2 mile repeats in store and figured i would run at the best wind block i could find...ended up hitting them close enough in the stiff wind..did 3x 2miles with easy miles on the ends. 

had running crews every where and at all different times.. today i just wanted to get it done and get to the house.

pf o&b

met J-hat out at Hefner after work and did a tempo around the Lake..he went 10 and I did a bigger loop and knocked out 12. Weather was near perfect.. the air was low humidity and Low dew point. If I ever get air like this for a marathon I think good things will happen. 

J-hat had a really strong run as well. Pretty sure he had a PR around the lake. That's after a solid 20 mile long run Saturday. Trying to talk him in to running the Marathon at SA instead of the 1/2. keep telling him YOLO

We ran a cool down and ran into Blake and Roger and jogged back to Louie's with them and chatted a bit. Good seeing them getting back after it.

easy miles on the draper dirt roads after work...made a e-stop at the port on the air field on the way back.. did i mention i was extreely thankful for a well supplied and clean port.

went out to the red roads of lake draper after work and did a solo dirt road run. kept the pace moderate. Wind was stiff when going north. Broke out the beanie and gloves.

after work ran with Shonda around lake Hefner..she wanted 17 miler and she got 17.5 my watch had me at 16.8 but think she ran a bit further while I made a port stop..Met up with J-Hat at about 13 and he finished up with us.

Shonda is working up to run her first Marathon in Phoenix this coming Jan. This was her longest run.

easy out & back

did a 6 miler before lunch today..windy solo...worked in a few 30 sec fartleks.

Plan on turkey trotting up in Edmond tomorrow with a crew of family and friends.

No pressure race, just working up a good hunger before the feast.

Drove my sister and boy up to Edmond for the Edmond Turkey trot..we got there bright and early to sign up. I really enjoyed the fact that they didn't gouge prices up for a family event..20 bucks was a decent price for race day. 

We had a nice crew representing OK  RUNNER today. Eric and I were 1&2.

We took off and a kid that runs for St Greg's Univerity jumped out pretty quick and Eric, myself and a couple of coyotes were with us.. going though the first half Eric  through in a couple of good surges to see who was for real.. My plan was to ride behind the bigger kid and or the bigger coyote going into the wind. I would guess the wind to be 15-20 out of the south. 

At the turn around I hopped right behind the kid and Eric was behind the coyote going up the lone hill into the wind. As we topped the hill i noticed the kid falling off pace and Eric surged real good at the top and I hopped in behind the coyote. Eric seemed to make a move to take the lead for good and he did.

I ran with the coyote for maybe a 1/4 mile and he fell off pace then i tried to catch Eric but fell short of cutting the gap he built. Ran the remainder of the race into a good headwind and was about 5 sec behind my good friend and training partner Eric.. I was good with OK Runner going 1-2. J-hat, Roger and Blake all placed well in their ag and my sister did fairly well too. Was really happy to have my son out at least doing the course as a walk- run. Maybe it will lead to something more in the future..

Happy Thanksgiving everybody. Turkey and Pie time.

ran through okc with andrew and kels from the boathouse...easy pace..cold, wet and windy.

met J-Hat at NHP for a out and back long run. We ran in freezing rain with tree's snapping all around us. Epic cold run 

met a nice crew for a loop out at lake Hefner...J-Hat, Joe, Jesse, Josh, Danny and Myself. Picked up the last couple miles to stretch the legs out. cold and breezy

solo out and back on base.