On Friday I ran a 4 mile route. For the past two years I have raced the "Jump the Gun" 4 miler. This year Liz is at U of Evansville homecoming so I am skipping that race. To keep the 4 miler tradion alive I decided to run it on Friday night. I set out at 8:30 with temps dropping slightly into the 40's. The sky was clear and full of stars. I felt stronger than usual for the first mule and shaved a minute off of my norm. The extra energy carried me all the way through to a 31:44 personal best (PB).
Trials results...
Top 3 qualify for 08 Olympics. 4-5 will serve as alternates:
1. Hall, Ryan, 2:09:02 New Trials Record
2. Ritzenhein, Dathan, 2:11:07
3. Sell, Brian, 2:11:40
4. Khannouchi, Khalid, 2:12:34
5. Lehmkuhle, Jason, 2:12:54
6. Browne, Daniel, 2:13:23
7. Jenkins, Nathaniel, 2:14:56
8. Keflezighi, Meb, 2:15:09
9. Rohatinsky, Josh, 2:15:22
10. Hartmann, Jason, 2:15:27
Noted DNF's (did not finish) Culpepper, Abdiraham, Gilmore
Tragically, 28 yr old Notre Dame grad Ryan Shay collapsed after mile5 and was pronounced dead shortly after. http://www.thefinalsprint.com/2007/11/ryan-shay-tragically-passes-away-while-competing-in-olympic-trials-marathon-07/#more-5092My prayers are with his new bride Alicia and their family and friends.
"I have fought the good fight. I have finished the race. I have kept the faith."
2 Timothy 4:7
Saturday, November 3, 2007
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Lots to cover
First...Men's Marathon US Olympic Trials are scheduled for Saturday at 7:30 am. Runners will start on 5th Ave in NYC and run to Central Park where they will do 5 laps around the park and finish at Tavern on the Green. You can watch the entire race live for free at nbcsports.com. There are 134 men registered to compete for 3 positions on next years Olympic team. About 7-10 are legitimate contenders. I like Meb, Ryan Hall, and Brian Sell to fill the spots but Abdi Abdiraham, Alan Culpepper, Dathan Ritzheim and Dan Browne will also contend. Culpepper won the trials last time around and Ryan Shay (also registered) the time before that. Should be a great race with the winner posting a time between 2:08 and 2:11. All finishers will probably be finished by 10am.
Next...as promised, here are the Baptism pictures:
Emmeline with her mommy
Emmeline with her daddy
our family
Emmeline with her Godmother, my cousin Brenda
And finally, this is the Happy Halloween entry so here are the girls:
Introducing Big Weez-The Meanest Pirate of All the Seas!
Trick or Treat
Next...as promised, here are the Baptism pictures:
Emmeline with her mommy
Emmeline with her daddy
our family
Emmeline with her Godmother, my cousin Brenda
And finally, this is the Happy Halloween entry so here are the girls:
Introducing Big Weez-The Meanest Pirate of All the Seas!
Trick or Treat
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Training Log, Oct 28
I planned to do a 1 hr 15 minute run today followed by stretching and yoga...My training schedule has been off by a day this week. I started my run at Cool Creek park and set out for the Monon trail. I felt really strong as I got started at 4PM (after the early NFL games- Go Colts, Bengal who?). The weather was about perfect for a run, sunny and 55 degrees. I followed the Monon trail down to Carmel's new town center area and then back to Cool Creek for a lap around the 1 mile loop that has 2 decent inclines and finished in 82 minutes. My run went a little better than expected and I handled the hills well. This was my longest run since the Mini half-marathon in May. I followed up the run with some stretching and yoga as mentioned above. Yoga has been great for my conditioning...Check out Rodney Yee
to get started with yoga or find a program for the sport that you play.
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I promise to post pictures from Emmeline's baptism this week.
to get started with yoga or find a program for the sport that you play.
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I promise to post pictures from Emmeline's baptism this week.
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Trinity Free CLinic 5K Race Report
My alarm went off at 6:45 this morning to start getting the crew ready for the Trinity Free Clinic 5K race. I hit the snooze button then rolled out of bed about 8 minutes later. Liz and Emmeline opted not to race today, we'll just say it was because of the cold and not the early hour. And cold it was! The temp on the dashboard in our card read 41 degrees and the windows were frosted up.
I unloaded the stroller that was in the car and switched it out for the Babyjogger stroller. The stroller collapses and opens easier than any other I have encountered. For anyone interested in one I give two thumbs up.
Next I loaded Anneliese in her seat. This was to be her first 5K riding in the stroller. She wore her running shoes, jeans, her NYC hoodie and her coat. I wore my racing shorts a sleeveless tech shirt and a long sleeve t-shirt that I would discard before the race. Oh, and my Mizuno running shoes.
We checked in for the race at 8:15 with the start scheduled for 9:00. The nwe took advantage of the heat in the gym of the church where the race was held. At 8:45 we went out to take our warm up lap. I gave my gloves to Anneliese since I couldn't find hers before we left. We circled the building once and lined up for the start. I shed the long sleeved tee and we were ready to go.
This race was very family oriented. There were children and adults of all ages. Many of the children lined up on the starting line. Something that you don't often see in the more competitive 5k and 10k races I have run. I started back about 3/4 of the way since I was pushing a stroller and figured I would either work my way through the crowd or stay out of people's way. It was a work my way through the crowd kind of day. By about the first half mile most of the kids who started up front were walking and many of the adults who started in front of me were slowing up a bit. Anneliese and I bounced ot the outside and made our move until we caught up with 3-4 people who had a similar pace and settled in with them.
There was a gentleman running with his dog that was at about the same pace as us. Turns out that he is the priest of the church that hosted the race. I determined that because everyone seemd to know him and his dog and well they kept calling him "father."
We ran the course at a steady pace. I felt like I could have really pushed it harder the last 1/2 mile of the race but I didn't feel right about passing 5-10 people at that stage of the race considering I was pushing the stroller. Our final time ended up being right around 26:00. I was fine with that time and Anneliese really enjoyed the race.
We headed back into the gym after the race for some refreshments. A sip or two of water and I grabbed an apple and a cookie. I asked Anneliese which she wanted. She actually chose and ate the apple :) She usually eats apple slices so this was the first time she ate a whole apple. I did my stretches (and through in a few extra moves I have picked up doing yoga).
The director of the race stopped by and said hello. I had emailed him earlier in the week to see if strollers were ok. He asked if I was the guy he exchanged emails with and I acknowledged. We had a nice chat and he suggested I stick around for the post race raffle.
I rarely do stick around for awards or raffles. But this time I did. And wow did they have some nice prizes from airline tickets, to iPods, hotel stays, and nice gift certificates. While I did not win I am glad I stuck around in case I had. The prizes were only awarded to people who attended the drawing so atleast a dozen people lost out on the afore mentioned prizes. I may start sticking around more often. Who knows, maybe I would have won some stuff before.
Thanks for reading, until next time.
I unloaded the stroller that was in the car and switched it out for the Babyjogger stroller. The stroller collapses and opens easier than any other I have encountered. For anyone interested in one I give two thumbs up.
Next I loaded Anneliese in her seat. This was to be her first 5K riding in the stroller. She wore her running shoes, jeans, her NYC hoodie and her coat. I wore my racing shorts a sleeveless tech shirt and a long sleeve t-shirt that I would discard before the race. Oh, and my Mizuno running shoes.
We checked in for the race at 8:15 with the start scheduled for 9:00. The nwe took advantage of the heat in the gym of the church where the race was held. At 8:45 we went out to take our warm up lap. I gave my gloves to Anneliese since I couldn't find hers before we left. We circled the building once and lined up for the start. I shed the long sleeved tee and we were ready to go.
This race was very family oriented. There were children and adults of all ages. Many of the children lined up on the starting line. Something that you don't often see in the more competitive 5k and 10k races I have run. I started back about 3/4 of the way since I was pushing a stroller and figured I would either work my way through the crowd or stay out of people's way. It was a work my way through the crowd kind of day. By about the first half mile most of the kids who started up front were walking and many of the adults who started in front of me were slowing up a bit. Anneliese and I bounced ot the outside and made our move until we caught up with 3-4 people who had a similar pace and settled in with them.
There was a gentleman running with his dog that was at about the same pace as us. Turns out that he is the priest of the church that hosted the race. I determined that because everyone seemd to know him and his dog and well they kept calling him "father."
We ran the course at a steady pace. I felt like I could have really pushed it harder the last 1/2 mile of the race but I didn't feel right about passing 5-10 people at that stage of the race considering I was pushing the stroller. Our final time ended up being right around 26:00. I was fine with that time and Anneliese really enjoyed the race.
We headed back into the gym after the race for some refreshments. A sip or two of water and I grabbed an apple and a cookie. I asked Anneliese which she wanted. She actually chose and ate the apple :) She usually eats apple slices so this was the first time she ate a whole apple. I did my stretches (and through in a few extra moves I have picked up doing yoga).
The director of the race stopped by and said hello. I had emailed him earlier in the week to see if strollers were ok. He asked if I was the guy he exchanged emails with and I acknowledged. We had a nice chat and he suggested I stick around for the post race raffle.
I rarely do stick around for awards or raffles. But this time I did. And wow did they have some nice prizes from airline tickets, to iPods, hotel stays, and nice gift certificates. While I did not win I am glad I stuck around in case I had. The prizes were only awarded to people who attended the drawing so atleast a dozen people lost out on the afore mentioned prizes. I may start sticking around more often. Who knows, maybe I would have won some stuff before.
Thanks for reading, until next time.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
THE PLAN...
So I have officially signed up for the '08 Indianapolis 500 Mini-Marathon (13.1 mile half-marathon). This will be the third straight year that I participate barring injury. I have the lofty personal goal of getting down to 165 pounds by race day. I need to lose about 20 pounds to achieve that goal. And now we are facing falling temps which traditionally lead to gaining weight for me. To buck the trend I have come up with a plan for pre-training this winter. Starting next week I will be following this regimen:
Daily: 150 sit ups, 30 push-ups done once in the morning and once in the evening
M-W-F: pushing stacks: 40 minutes of nautilus training for core muscle groups, 20 minutes cardio on the eliptical
T-H-SAT: Morning running continuing to use the FIRST training philosophy from previous posts (sorry I am too lazy to link to the previous post or the website for the program). T will be a speed workout of some sort, probably intervals on the treadmill as the weather get's less inviting to run outside. H will be a 45 minute tempo run, outside until it is too cold. And the weekend will be a long run. Long runs are done outside regardless of temp or percipitation. I love to run in fresh snow...I like to see the looks on peoples faces as I run past them (they being in their cars of course) on days when it is 10 degrees outside with a negative wind chill temp. Evening yoga. Yoga is Anneliese's second favorite movie after the Madeline series :)
SUN- Football on tv, I may just take some time to rest. What the heck is the matter with the Bengals?
CORPORATE CHALLENGE...
After a summer of training on the track I thought I would put my effort on the line in the Corporate Challenge Sprint Medley. The race consisted of four legs run by three males and a woman. The distances were set out like 400M-200M-200M-400M. I originally planned to do a 200M leg of the race but in the end did the lead off 400M leg. Our team finished in 0:3:23.8 which was good enough for 22 out or 45 overall and 12 out of 13 in our division.
Don carrying the baton on the opeing 400M
I began the day running the 5 mile race. We had four team members from my company for the event. I posted a time of 43:23.2 which I was ok with given that I have been sick since September 2 with sinus problems. I really expected to finish around 45 minutes so I was pleasantly surprised by my time. Keep in mind that my 5 mile personal best was set in Sept '06 with a 40:30 performance at the "On Your Mark for the Parks" race.
Almost finished
Our group improved dramatically in our second year of participating (my first). It turned out to be a fun day and quite warm with temps around 84 by noon.
Coming up...
Saturday Big Weez will make her official 5k debut. I will be pushing her through the course at the Trinity Free Clinic 5k. Liz is thinking about pushing Emmeline through the course too. Hopefully pictures to come
More news...
Emmeline is on the verge of crawling and she is eating solids now. I have some video footage that I will post as soon as I have time to upload.
Thanks until next time.
Daily: 150 sit ups, 30 push-ups done once in the morning and once in the evening
M-W-F: pushing stacks: 40 minutes of nautilus training for core muscle groups, 20 minutes cardio on the eliptical
T-H-SAT: Morning running continuing to use the FIRST training philosophy from previous posts (sorry I am too lazy to link to the previous post or the website for the program). T will be a speed workout of some sort, probably intervals on the treadmill as the weather get's less inviting to run outside. H will be a 45 minute tempo run, outside until it is too cold. And the weekend will be a long run. Long runs are done outside regardless of temp or percipitation. I love to run in fresh snow...I like to see the looks on peoples faces as I run past them (they being in their cars of course) on days when it is 10 degrees outside with a negative wind chill temp. Evening yoga. Yoga is Anneliese's second favorite movie after the Madeline series :)
SUN- Football on tv, I may just take some time to rest. What the heck is the matter with the Bengals?
CORPORATE CHALLENGE...
After a summer of training on the track I thought I would put my effort on the line in the Corporate Challenge Sprint Medley. The race consisted of four legs run by three males and a woman. The distances were set out like 400M-200M-200M-400M. I originally planned to do a 200M leg of the race but in the end did the lead off 400M leg. Our team finished in 0:3:23.8 which was good enough for 22 out or 45 overall and 12 out of 13 in our division.
Don carrying the baton on the opeing 400M
I began the day running the 5 mile race. We had four team members from my company for the event. I posted a time of 43:23.2 which I was ok with given that I have been sick since September 2 with sinus problems. I really expected to finish around 45 minutes so I was pleasantly surprised by my time. Keep in mind that my 5 mile personal best was set in Sept '06 with a 40:30 performance at the "On Your Mark for the Parks" race.
Almost finished
Our group improved dramatically in our second year of participating (my first). It turned out to be a fun day and quite warm with temps around 84 by noon.
Coming up...
Saturday Big Weez will make her official 5k debut. I will be pushing her through the course at the Trinity Free Clinic 5k. Liz is thinking about pushing Emmeline through the course too. Hopefully pictures to come
More news...
Emmeline is on the verge of crawling and she is eating solids now. I have some video footage that I will post as soon as I have time to upload.
Thanks until next time.
Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Indianapolis 500 Mini Marathon 2008
My registration is in for the 2008 Mini. I went back and forth on doing the race again this year and considered moving to the 5K. In the end I decided to go for the half-marathon again and train with a vengeance to shave about 20-25 minutes off of my 2006 time. I will post my training schedule and some results from last weekends Corporate challenge in the coing days...
Anneliese and Sarah go to the park
A couple of weekends ago we made it into Cincinnati for a cookout at my parents house. Shelley and Lance came over with my niece and nephew. Anneliese and Sarah played together and wore each other out. Little AJ is on the move and can't be stopped only contained. Our girls slept like champs the day after. Here are a few shots from the day:
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