Well I got 20 miles in on Sunday. It was very different. I got the S-Caps that I ordered, so I used those for the 1st time and also I tryed to keep my heart rate below 130. I took 110 oz. of water with me and I still ran out. The S-Caps were ok. They make your sweat taste REALLY salty. I was hopeing that maybe my body would make better use of water while taking them, so I wouldn't drink so much, but that wasn't the case. It seems like after I have been running for more than 3 hours I just can't get enough to drink and I start sweating profusely. When I get through with a 5 hour run like Sunday. I am literally dripping an incredible amount of sweat.
It was really different trying to keep my heart rate below 130. I couldn't run up any hill. I ended up walking everyone of them, but I felt better near the end and especially the next day. So maybe I have been training a little too hard. I am open to advise, if anybody has some.

It Has Been A Tough Week

I have worked a lot this week. Training for Grindstone has not went well. This was supposed to be about a 62 mile week, but it will probably end up being more like 30, if I get the 20 miles in tomorrow that are planed. I have had a lot of pain in my knees and ankles this week. When I have a bad running week like this I really start beating myself up about missing runs. I start really trying to evaluate what I am doing wrong.
I worked in the Hinton area on Friday so I stopped by Marks work to visit for a little while. We had a nice long talk. He suggested that I quit beating myself up and maybe train a little smarter. Not to worry so much about the middle of the week workouts and concentrate on the long weekend runs. I believe this is good advice. Thanks Mark.

"smilin Mark"

at the turn around




getting geared up

Saturday morning Mark run the Ronceverte 5 Mile race. Then Saturday evening we went to Bluestone to run 20 miles. He is my hero. We got out of the woods at 11:15, so we got some quality night running in. The trail was extremely muddy, so that was good practice too. I wish I could have gotten some shots of us before we washed off in the creek.

Why I Make The Big Bucks

These are pics of a camper that a guy lives in. He calls me 2-3 times a year to work on it. Next month when he gets his check he wants me to work on the commode. Anybody want to trade jobs with me next month?

Lewis McManus 5K

The Shirt

Before The Start

Bruce and Larry

Lee

The 6th annual Lewis McManus 5K was last Saturday. This race marked my 6th anniversary of running races. 6 years ago at this time I had been running for 6 months. I was only running 1-3 days a week, because every time I ran it would take me a few days to recover enough just to be able to walk around normally. I had no idea what to expect at that 1st race. I was afraid that I would embarrass myself. I was afraid that I would finish last. I didn't tell anybody that I was going to run the race, not even my family. I only told my wife on the morning of the race, because I had to tell her why I was getting up so early on a Saturday morning. Well I didn't embarrass myself. I didn't finish last. The people were so nice.I was hooked.

Deer Hunter

I went deer hunting Tuesday. I got a shot at one too, a big one. My weapon of choice was a 2003 Dodge Pickup. This is normally a good choice of weapons when going after small pray such as squirrels, ground hogs and other similarly sized animals. With a maximum legal muzzle velocity of around 70 mph it is obviously not a good choice for larger game. As you can see by the pics, this hunt did not go smoothly. I think my weapon suffered more damage than the pray, because I hit the deer in the head, but there are obviously no vital organs in that part of a deer. I guess that is what I get for hunting out of season.

Amy's Video

This was Amy seconds after finishing the Exterra Tri.

Extarra Race

This is the 2nd year in a row that Manon and I have gone to support Amy at the Extarra Tri-athlon at Ace in Fayetteville. It is a really cool race. 1.5 mile swim down the New River, 7-8 mile run to Ace, 10 mtn. bike.

This year the river was too high to swim, so they did the run, the bike and then run 1 mile. It also rained a lot leading up to this weekend, then just for good measure it rained real hard on Sat. night. To say the least it was a muddy race.

Amy had been sick for 2 weeks leading up to the race. She didn't even know if she was going to get to compete, but she did. She also paid for it. She had a tough race, but she finished. She is my hero.