Steve’s Excellent Adventure

Well, I just noticed my countdown on the left hand side of the blog, and it says I stated 6 months 6 days ago, and now have 6 months and 4 days left.  Yikes!  So how is it going? 

• My heel is still bugging me.  Was doing better, but I must have reinjured it.  Starting to use lots of ice, ibuprofen and REST.
• The rest thing is not good, as I have a half marathon coming up in May. 
• I was ahead of schedule, so maybe a rest will be OK, we will see.
• I am in the market for another pair of shoes.  You wear those things out fast when running a bunch.
• I haven’t lost very much weight yet, as I have been eating a lot of stuff (ice cream especially…Yes!)
• It has been a great winter to train.  Weather has been good, and it should be summer here soon.

Ran the Falcon Trail at the Air force Academy….and was it TOUGH.  Gnarly singletrack with a bunch of hills.  In fact, I know that I ran 2 miles up a hill, 1/2 way into the run.  Anyway, I had to walk the last mile or so.  Just too much for an old guy like me.  But I got 10 miles in anyway.  And what a beautiful day in Colorado.

And another great weather day in Colorado Springs.  In fact, it was pretty warm when running, and the pooch pooped out.  She is only good for 5-7 miles, in cold weather.  The heat just gets to her, BIG TIME.  So I ran the 10 mile route along Monument Creek, but had to walk the last mile or so, so the dog did not have a heart attack.  It was no fun, dragging her with me. So no more runs for pooch if it gets over 7 miles. The video has the usual stuff on it, but I included a little video update of my training on the end of it….