Running With LeMire

We went to the park and it has a .25 mile loop in which I ran while Jacob raced around it on his bicycle. Pretty good time and he enjoyed the fact that I could not keep up on some of the little downhills. There are also some large rocks and flat benches along the trail which I jumped on and ran across to make it even more interesting. 

6 miles this morning before work. I actually pulled out a jacket since the temp was 47 & there was a breeze. It didn't feel that bad & I put in a solid effort at 7:22/mi average over the course. 

It was even colder this morning at 37 degrees! Luckily there was no wind to make it feel even colder. I wore pretty much the same stuff but since there was no wind I was actually a little to warm maybe. Still pounded out a good 6 miles and a course record with a 7:17/mi average pace. Good run on a crisp cool morning!!

CrossFit class this morning. My legs felt a little stuff in some of the movements but got better as class went on.

We were on a Disney Cruise this week hence the lack of exercise even though we tended to walk the stairs versus using the elevators majority of the time.  Overall the 5 night family vacation cruise was great a great success. On Disney Cruises they always have a 5k when you visit their private island in the morning to start the day off. Even though during this cruise I started to feel the affects of staying home with Nathan 2 days the previous week while he was sick. When I woke up I could hardly talk and my throat was on fire from all of the drainage from my sinuses. So this little event met in one part of the ship then you walked three quarters of a mile to the start the run and then had the rest of the day on the island to enjoy everything.  I sized up the competition and thought I still had a chance to win even though I felt terrible!! So I set a comfortable pace at the start and one guy tried to push the pace which still was not to hard. He started to fall as another guy came up from behind at the halfway point. I let him set the pace for a little bit then put to little surges down to see what he had and he wasn't going to let me just go. So I let him set the pace and thought I'll just put down a surge at the last turn which is approximately .25 mi from the finishline. We hit that turn and I laid down the hammer and there really wasn't any response so I finished with the boys and Jamie watching me win the race. Ya it wasn't a big race or anything but the boys saw me start and finish with a win. They enjoyed it and told everyone the rest of the day that their Dad won the 5K which was fun and the overal goal of partaking even though I was in rough condition.  

30 minutes on the eliptical - trying to get over a sinus infection and some major upper respitory issues that may have been worse then I thought. Overall the lungs burned a little but was not to bad. Did 6,126 stides which equals 204.2 strides/minute average. Leg felt good overall.

30 minutes on the eliptical and everything felt good. Lungs were back to 100% and legs felt good.

Went to hockey practice with Jacob and then went for a run around 10:30am.  This was a bit different time then typical to run for me and I of course after hockey I picked up donuts. The three donuts in my belly did not affect me but I set out on an easy 10 mile run and kept the pace pretty consistent around 8 minutes/mi until the last 1.5mi. The last 1.5 miles were straight south into the wind along with a little mist and tons of hummidity. Overall tempature was around 55 so that was good. At about mile 7 mile hips and muscles around them started to fatigue and by the end my left almost groin hurt pretty bad so I backed off and cut the course to 9.5 miles. Hopefully this is just some fatigue issues and will not last long. Other than that my body was pretty good for not running that far in a very long time.