05-22-2011 Update.

I haven't really been running since my last post. I have tried three times and each time got less than 2 miles before my illiotital band shut me down. Its a simple case of not running on hills for almost 2 months and then all of a sudden climbing them all day at work again and running on them after work.. I'm trying to let it rest for awhile. I'm guessing another couple weeks. A little disappointing considering that I live right next door to a mountain full of single track running trails. Obviously things could be a lot worse.

I did get the day off, so I took advantage of it and did a fast hard hike at Castle Crags over near Mt. Shasta. My goal was to summit Castle Dome, looking at the map it looks like I still had a half mile or so to go but it was freaking straight up. There were sheer vertical cliffs everywhere. I thought I was into the real cool area, but if you look at the aerial, you will see that I just merely got to the edge of the insanity. This was a really cool place, much like the rest of Northern California and Oregon.





My goal upon leaving my truck this morning was to go up there.... But after catching a glimpse, I quickly realized that it was way beyond my ability. I guess thats why I everyone that I passed on the trail was carrying rope and other rock climbing gear...

05-10-2011 Trail Run

Gorgeous night. It was snowing yesterday. Today I was wearing short sleeves.

05-8/9 -2011 Trail Runs

Well. I'm back in Oregon. I got an Apartment in Klamath Falls, very close to a lot of trails. Although the schedule as of now is 7 days a week, 12 hours a day until the end of July, hopefully I can find some time most evenings to run these trails. I won't be putting in any miles on the bike, but there is a pool and a masters swim team here that I would like to join.

Todays Run


Sundays Run

05-04-2011 Run

Two days left before I have to head back to work... This break has been great.. At least I get to stay in Klamath Falls this time..

05-01-2011 Lake Minnetonka Half Marathon

I loved this course. It took place in a beautiful area about 10 miles West of Minneapolis. I think I ran by Prince's house. It was cold. Maybe 34 degrees max. Windy, 20-30 mph. A little bit of snow and sleet. I had a really tough time getting going on this run. My legs were soo sore and stiff I was really bogged down for the first 7 miles or so. The pace was very easy cardio wise, just my legs were full of concrete... I definitely picked it up in the second half and ran a nice negative split! It was fun, I wouldn't be surprised if I passed 1000 people. No one passed me. It was just a constant passing of people. I loved it. Well, from a performance stand point I definitely would not run back to back halfs again, but I did enjoy this experience a lot. My next door neighbor Dan ran it with me and beat me by about a minute. I lost track of him right from the start because I got so far behind in the beginning and I was never quite able to catch up. I like having a neighbor that can beat me.



Unofficial results link has me 292 out of 2380 overall. It doesn't really have the breakdown of passing people like yesterdays unfortunately.