that was a good week, and it can only get better

so this is what i looked like doing the st albert 10 miler 3 years ago....pretty relaxed looking huh?...well, don't expect much of the same tomorrow....to be honest, while i feel strong enough to run a continuous 10 miles, definitley don't feel fast enuff.........so tomorrow will be a fun day....just running with friends, then getting out to eat....a lot, which at this point, is the whole point..........this has actually been a good week, a couple of spins on the new cannondale, some pretty good runs, some stair repeats...and a couple trips to the pool, and all felt wonderful.....for some reason i've still been feeling sickly, spitting up a bunch of phlem ever so often....a nose full of snot, and i keep having to hack some stuff out of my chest...but i'm sure once the pollon and stuff blow away (by next december)...i'll be fine......and funny thing, while this stuff bothers me a bit during my training, i haven't let it stop me...which is cool ('cause i am so tough!).........and you know the most amazing thing, is the swim!....i know i feel this every year, but it's amazing how quickly it comes back...yes i remember how to swim and not drown (which is a good thing)....but friday afternoon i was racing the girl in the next lane, catching up to the guy in my lane, and not completly out of breath after 20 lengths (10 laps)....and still have the energy to keep going for the full 2000 meters.......and as always, felt comfortable in the pool....which is weird, becaise i hate swimming!....weird huh? something i'm actually good at, and hate it....unlike biking, which is, and has always been my 1st love.....i could bike forever!......running is somewhere in the middle...when i'm doing it with friends, i love it.....but on my own, you know, it's getting harder and harder to do........i keep looking back, and thinking back to some of my solo long runs i've done in years past...and now, it takes a major effort for my brain to actually convince itself, that yes, i can do 30+km in st albert...and enjoy it.........but much like the calgary flames are going to get to enjoy losing again tomorrow night....i'll re-learn to love running on my own once again.

i know i know, maybe i'm a bit premature............but that's just because of the girls i run with....their an amazing bunch....and i'm never sure which is more amazing.....one- the fact that they are so friggin' attractive...or b) that they let me run with them?..........that's a tough one...or maybe they're running because i'm behind them most of the time....either way, i'm cool with all of that!
an no idera, why i've got this pix up here....but, i like coke, and i like the actress....and so, why not (i need all the inspiration i can get.....so get over it!

so, another week done, a nother week to go....the year's looking good...think it's gonna be the one

w

today is the 2nd day of your so called life

okay....so another day. another slowish 6Km through the river valley...and still felt sick at the end.......but am feeling stronger....now to get faster

....am planning on swimming tomorrow and biking, so things are in motion...just put in my swim time for the coronation tri again, and yet again i'm low-balling it....BUT, i've been swimming maybe once a week for the last 2 months, so maybe this year it will take me 25 minutes!

w

here it starts...and yes, i've been sick but...

okay, so i've been sick, and now i'm a bit bored...but this has been...well weird...1st, it's amazing how many over the counter drugs one can take and still live, and it's also amazing how few of those over the counter things mixed with lots of coffee can give you quite a buzz!!....sunday night, well heck all last weekend....i was popping everything i could find in and around the house....even guzzled some left over cough syryp (think it had codine in it...wow)...and by sunday night, monday morning, i was seriously thinking of going out and getting my stomach pumped...or at least barfing really good, cause...owch!....it felt good for a while...while at work sunday night/monday morning, i was...well not hi....but even though i was feeling and sounding really sick....there was definitley some strange stuff going on in my head and tummy....and puples (where'd my iris go?)......and i lost count of how much coffee i chuged, but i was a lot...i was vibrating after 8 hours.....and THEN i had to try and sleep...that wasn't happening.


still don't feel so hot...but after having not really run for about 10 days, my 6 mile jog through the river valley this am felt okay...i was still worn out and hacking after, and skipped working out at the kinsmen after wards, just went home, stretched and showered....but it just felt good to get some speed going, doing hills and stairs, and just a little exploring...may do that again and see if i can drag myself over 10 miles....should be fun....gotta do the st albert 10 miler in just over a week, and want to know i can at east run 10 miles before then.............

it's funny, as the year gets shorter, my list of pending races is getting shorter.....but i'm still prety excited....the st albert 10 should be fun if nothing else....maybe brunch afterwards will be more fun then the race, but still think it'll be fun....lots of friends are doing it, so that's the only reason i'm going to attempt it........which, oddly enuff is why i bailed out on the vancouver marathon yet again, no one i know is doing it....so why bother...i hate being the lone wolf...as i found out in runner's world a couple of months ago, i'm a social runner...so unless i can socialize i ain't interested....

you know what would be really cool...would be if i actually had a really good race sometime this year (i guess that means i've gotta train....there's always a catch..which sucks...couldn't i just cheat?)


i mean, breaking 4 hours at a amarathoner should be a no brainer...but i've yet to do it, so ...hey, i'm almost 50, maybe it's about time....and i know i'm gonna have a good time at coronation and great white north this year...i just feel positive about both races.....but, train, train, train

oh well...guess the best way to tell if i've been traning or not is watching how this blog goes...if i spend too much time on it, then that means i've not been training as much as i should....oh well...but i guesss i should keep track of my progress...okay so, um, starting tomrrow....
(today was just a fun run...5.82 miles, and a rewally slow time...56:56.....but, i did stop some, did the stairs by the glenora, up a few hills...walked some....so i guess that's a start.

w