Week 8 Monday and Tuesday

I intended on going riding on Monday after work. When I got back to the house it looked pretty dark so I decided not to. Its a good thing. There came up a thunderstorm pretty quickly there after and the winds and rain were pretty incredible for 30 minutes or so. I did go out and play basketball for about 2 hours so I got a good workout in at the church.

Tuesday I met Bradley out at Miliken for a run. I would say that this was my best run so far. 3 miles in 22:15 without stopping once. Bradley really helped pull me along there in the middle where I would of potentially stopped had I been by myself. Within the last mile I really got my stride in rhythm like I hadnt since I started back. I felt like I was running in full stride instead of the 3/4 or so stride that is the norm for me right now. Its so much more effecient and just feels more comfortable. That was a great feeling to finish up like that.

Week 7 - Sunday

Tough day on the body but I felt really good about. It was about 88 degrees outside. I went to Blue Ridge Middle School in Greenville (which is 2 miles or so past Blue Ridge High School) and practiced soccer for an hour and a half out in the heat. Its the first soccer practice of the year so I found you definatly use different muscles in your legs. From there Brandon took my car home and I rode the bike back home. The route was 19.8 miles I added one little section to get over 20 for sure. It took a mile or so to get really into it but once I did I kept a pretty solid pace the entire time. The roads I was riding on were great for riding. I downed an incredible amount of water throughout the day due to the heat.

Week 7 Tues and Wed.

Tuesday - Ran 3 miles with Clark at Miliken. My legs finally were back from the long ride on Saturday. My body felt good, but again I left my inhaler at home. Clark said it sounded like I was trying to breathe through a mask. Just couldnt get a full breath of air at all. We were at a solid pace for what we did run though. I think he said our running time was in the 21:40's.

Wednesday - Rode 29 miles with Steve and Eric. Hit up some pretty nice size hills throughout. Felt great though. Could of gone a lot further. Really enjoying the biking thing right now.

Week 6 activities

I was back to getting on it this week. I didnt do quite as much as I wanted but 3 days isnt bad.

Monday - Ran 3 miles and did not have to stop once. Was dead beat tired at the end but finished it off. Ran the grass route at Miliken. Which always seems to take it out of my legs.

Tuesday - Got up with the intention of running 3 more miles in Inman prior to work. About 1/2 mile into it I knew I was in trouble. You see I get awful asthma this time of year, but I thought I was past that for this year. Obviously not. So I made it out a mile and then a mile back so a total of 2 on Tuesday.

Saturday - Got out on the bike with Steve and Eric with the intention of riding 50 miles with them. We ended up cutting it down to about 40 on the ride. That was probably a good thing, I have no doubt I could of done the full 50 but my legs were getting pretty fatigued the last 5 miles.

Weekly wrap up - 40 miles biking and 5 miles running.
Next week goal - 50 and 10.

Week 4 & 5

Ok I am back and back into trying to get into shape, but during weeks 4 and 5 I did nothing. I felt like I was about to get layed off and I was correct in that feeling as I was let go from Paetec on the last day of April. That was a bummer and it took me two weeks I think to digest it.