Monday Lunch Run

Good run - I like this new route - I had heavy legs today - not sure why they just felt heavy - once again I ran as fast as I could and was just so slow - I felt well but got a little winded in the middle of the run - everything was fine no problems no pain just slow - I have a Dentist appointment this afternoon and did not want to miss my run today since I will likely not make it ti Tir na nOg tonight - it was still a good run -

Monday Lunch Run

Galloway Pre-Season Run

Good run - nice weather but a little cool - smaller group than I thought would show up but still a nice crowd - we had five there for the Tapirs - Meri and I did 9 miles everyone else ran less - felt good and ran well but I bit slow  - it was really nice to see some old friends - there was a meeting after the run at Rons home for team leaders - I learn some things and enjoyed the meeting - Looking forward to the kickoff - the session with Jeff and the new season -

Galloway Pre-Season Run

Wednesday Lunch Run

Good run - I ran as fast as I felt I could without hurting myself -  I felt good but I bit winded and my legs are a little sore now - the new route is about 2 miles which is great - I do need to do it faster to get safely inside my lunch time time limit - well something to work on - the hill starting a W Johnson up St Marys is difficult - something else to work on - the new Kinsens 4 feel great - no problems no pain everything seems to have healed up - Looking forward to the Galloway pre-season Group run Saturday

Wednesday Lunch Run

Flying Pirate Half Marathon

I am very pleased I did this race and the challenge however it was not a good race for me - I started out well but just did not seem to be able to run a fast as I wanted to and in spite of trying I just got slower and slower the whole race - I usually run a very consistent pace during the race and this time I just kept going slower and slower every mile and when I hit the woods section it just got worse - I am looking forward to doing this route again and doing it better - it did rain before, during and after the race - I got so very bad chaffing due to being WET the whole run - I will have to take precautions against this from now on -

Flying Pirate Half Marathon

First Flight 5K

Great race - neat route - interesting area one HILL which was unexpected but interesting - we run the monument hill at the Wright Brother Monument - ran well had a good time - no pain no problems - nice medal - good crowd - good support - I liked this little race.

First Flight 5K

Thursday Lunch Run

Good run - felt good and ran well - better pace than yesterday but still slow - added a bit to the route and after looking at the map I see how I can add a bit more next time - would like to get this to a 2 miles run - shoe feeling better and better - no problems no pain - Looking forward to the Flying Pirate race and the trip with Bert and maybe Meri also Geo and Lesley

Thursday Lunch Run

Wednesday Lunch Time Run

Well long time since I have done a lunch run  and my first run since riding CNC - I got pretty badly sunburned at CNC - I just did not expect to get that much Sun - I usually do not burn much but I guess since I have not been riding much I did not have much Sun to start with - I felt poorly until today so I have been taking it easy - busy tonight so I decided to do a lunch run today - only problem with them is I am limited to about 25 minutes so I have time to change and clean up - I felt good and thought I was running a good pace but the Forerunner thought other wise - well it still felt good and I enjoyed the run - got to try out and break in my new Kinsei 4s - they felt real good - my Kinsei 3s do not feel worn out and I will continue to use them for trails and wet runs as long as they feel good - Looking forward to the Flying Pirate Half and 5K this weekend - I will likely run Thursday at lunch also - I know I can not do anything to improve my readiness for this weekend but I have run so little lately -

Wednesday Lunch Time Run

CNC Spring Saturday Ride

Great ride - nice route , pretty but some very rough roads - road with Leah - we had a fun ride - I am pretty sure this is the first Century I have ever done where i rode the whole thing with someone else - Leah was a pleasure to ride with - Turlte2 pro-formed well but at about mile 91 developed a clicking sound from the rear wheel - I examined her carefully after the ride expecting to find a broken spoke but found none - I examined everything I could think of but could not find any problem - I tightened up everything I could and will just see how she does - I could not reproduce the sound - I got a bit cooked by the sun but I have gotten some Aloe based stuff to help it heal and some SPF 100+sports sun block for tomorrow - hopefully it will keep me from getting worse -

CNC Spring Saturday Ride

CNC Spring Friday ride

Great ride - good weather - well done event - it was bit cool at the start but it warmed up but never got hot - we did have a lot of wind and it really did change from NE during the first half of the ride to W for the second half making it a head wind most of the day - I did not have great legs today but felt good and had a good ride - when I left the last rest stop Turtle felt funny - after about 3/4 of a mile I stopped and reach back to check the rear tire - it was soft not flat but not fully inflated either - I turned around and went back to the rest stop hopping to get help - the guy there was helpful except he did not have any 26 tubes and had never seen of worked on a trike - I did get back on the road a about 45 minutes later and did fine come ing in fact I had better legs then than earlier and rode well coming home - I rode most of the time with Leah and Wayne when I could keep up with them - after the ride I got a nice hot shower the rested a bit to let the line for dinner shorten - dinner was fried shrimp, fish, hush puppies, baked potatoes, cole slaw and banana pudding - I confess I had a mess of shrimp and a large helping of the slaw - I did get as much of the breading off the shrimp as I could but the were large and good and I enjoyed them the slaw was also good - I also had some pudding - should not have enter some of that stuff but I did enjoy it - I was able to get the wireless password of where I am staying which is nice and also allowing me to post this while it is fresh and to post my photos from today - planning on a century Saturday with Leah -

CNC Spring Friday ride

Tuesday Evening Team CBC Ride #1

Nice ride - my first time form this starting point - third time doing this ride - the route was wonderful - this is a bit of a drive for me but the ride was worthy it and I do plan to do it on a regular basics - Turtle2 preformed well - we had a good size group and everyone seemed to have a good ride -

Tuesday Evening Team CBC Ride #1

Tir na nOg Club Run #61

Good run - felt real good tonight and I pushed the pace - i did not run as fast as I could but I was pushing the pace hard and I did well - my goal for now is to run a 14:45 and I did a 14:44 - it felt good - it was beautiful evening and a nice run - I ran solo - missing Meri tonight - saw Jon before the run and Jon and Emily with Farsat after the run - also saw Jerry and Susan along with several other friends -

Tir na nOg Club Run #61

MS 2012 Spring Fling Ride

Good ride - a bit cool at the start but it warmed up nicely - not as big a group as I expected but a nice crowd - saw a lot of friend and got several comment about my weight lose - took Turtle 2 - I have decided I will likely ride her on group ride and Turtle 3 when I am riding solo - I do like to go fast somethings and like riding with the group instead of behind it - no problem Turtle 2 preformed very well and I had a good ride - no food I could eat but they had a nice gathering after the ride - the one rest stop i did hit was good - well stocked and friendly - I did just 30 niles I felt it was the right distance since this is a bout my 5th ride this year and 30 miles is the longest - met the running group after the ride to see how they were and how the new route was - everyone seems to really like the new route -

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MS 2012 Spring Fling Ride

SlowSpokes Ride #2

Ok well not one of my best rides - I am having a lot of trouble being so slow - it is not to bad being slow but I find it hard to have the whole group have to repeatedly wait for me every time I have to climb a hill - I like riding this ride but I am not sure I can continue and even after repeated asking them not to wait they still do - I know it must be effecting everyone else's ride just because I am so slow - I made some progress - three years ago I could only climb a hill at 2-3 mph now I can climb most of them at 4 - 6 mph which is a nice improvement but it is still dam slow - I really like riding Turtle3 but I guess I will just have to ride her when I am riding solo and go back to riding Turtle2 for grip rides - I really wanted to be able to ride with out the Bionx assist - I also am not very fond of this new route - I know it has to be but still - also it started raining about the time we turned around so it was wet and cold on the way home

SlowSpokes Ride #2

Tir na nOg Club Run #60

Nice run - ran with Meri - really missing running with Emily - we really did a recover run which is what we both needed - it was so nice out tonight - it was just a good time - also saw Jon, Cara and several friends

Tir na nOg Club Run #60

Raleigh Rocks Half Marathon

Good race - nice event - smaller than I expected but nice - weather was good very good considering the storm that went through the area last night, we had hail in Garner - I enjoyed the race and felt the race was well done - I had no problem with the route and liked it - I was able to get a fair number of photos of other runners running toward me on the two out and back portions - I had had several people tell me that the race was not very good in the past but I found it to be fine not perfect but pretty good - the water station near mile 7 was packed up when I got there - this was the same water stop for mile 11 or so but there was water at about mile nine - I fell sure that most of the runner would not have seen this just us BOTPs (back of the packers) and I also feel if you are a BOTP one should know this can happen and make sure you care water and everything else you might need - at about mile 12 some guy came riding toward me carrying about a dozen bottles of water and was offering them to the runner who were still out there - I took one - I thought this was pretty cool - I heard at the finish line it was the race director on the bike, i do not know if this was true - there did not seem to be any medical aid stations but there were medics on bikes riding around - there were only about 5 bands along the route - I was expecting more but all were still there playing when I went by which was very cool - the medal is pretty nice and I like it - I would recommend this race - this is my sixth race in six week and i believe it is taking a toil on me - I push as hard as I could and got a much slower time than i had hoped for but I did finish and that is always good - next two weeks is some weekend cycling with some recover running during the weeks -

Raleigh Rocks Half Marathon