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I haven't been posting anything lately about running or racing. I have had to put a hold on all running and racing until further notice. After having some tests, there is an issue that I am having looked into. Will post an update when I can. Happy running to everyone! Tim

I know that I haven't been on in a while.  Sorry for that.  Been busy with new career and my running has halted for now.  But, I paln on soon getting the feet movning again.  Hope all are having great holidays!

Trunner

Well, I was to do a 5k race this weekend.  Got a nasty head cold so, it's a bust!  Not what I want to do, but the last time I ran when I felt like this, I got worse.  So on to the next!

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The drinks are called: Liftoff - (Energy drink) available in Lemon Lime Blast and Ignite-Me Orange

H30 - (Hydration) Lemonaide and Orangeaide

If you want more information on these drinks, feel free to
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I'm sorry that I haven't posted in a while, with heat, busy schedules and Foster Care, I haven't been able to run much for the last 2 weeks. I am currently preparing for a race this weekend. This race is a 4 miler, which I think I will do fine in. I went running this morning and only ran 2 miles, but, I could tell that I wasn't in too bad of shape for being off for a little bit. I took it slow and easy and did 2 miles in 24 minutes. The finish time was not the objective for this mornings run. I'll get back to you on
the stats for Saturday. Have a great week!

I ran 2 miles this morning in very light rain. I wasn't really concerned with the time except to know when I started and finished for the purpose of logging it. It was a 22 minute run. I ran light and easy. Upon nearing home, it got very humid as the rain ended. The legs felt real good especially since this past Sunday was the 10k. I found myself running up the hill to our driveway like never before. Wow, Couldn't believe it. Was a good run as short as it was. I am due for a 7 miler very soon. Perhaps this weekend. Got to get back on track to reach 13 miles by mid August.

This morning in State College PA, at Penn State University, I ran in the Nittany Valley Arts Festival 10k with a finish time of 01:08:45 which means I met my goal time of 01:09:00. My worst time for this race was 01:13. I haven't yet seen the overall stats for the race and am waiting to see the placings. They should be available soon. When finishing the race, I noticed that my legs were really holding out better than previous times at this race. Before the race, I handed out free samples of a free sports drink to 25 lucky people. That went well.

This morning, I decided to do a 3 mile run. The run consisted of 3 parts. These parts are hills, tempo runs, and medium to high cruising runs. I started out by running down the hill from our driveway, right into a medium cruising run. Then on the next street, I did a short tempo run. After crossing the next street after that I did another tempo run but at full power followed by a short walk and then another tempo up a hill but not at full power. Then I crossed the bridge and ran down and did some cruising.

As a road race director, I have to say that this is just about the coolest idea that I've ever heard of. I just signed up to a half marathon called the World Wide Half Marathon, which is taking place in October. But this race is a little different...it's virtual and it's free.

Well, this morning, I knew it was going to be a humid day. So, I got up at 5:15am EST and was on the road by 5:30am EST. It was so humid, that I couldn't even get into high gear. I could only do a easy slow pace. I kept going until I got about (guessing) a mile and a half out. At this point I stopped and cleared my eyes from the sweat. It was at this point that I realized that I could not complete my six mile run. I turned back and headed home. I ran when I could. Total time: 20:51 for 2 plus miles. I am not worried about the distance.

This evening, I ran approx. 3.3 miles (guesstimated). Time: 34:41. When I was a little past a mile into the run, I did a full-power tempo for about maybe 30 to 40 seconds. Hard to tell the time w/out glasses on. So, I guessed that was how long it was. The rest of the run was about just doing the distance as consistent as possible with as few walk brakes as possible. I noticed that the total distance ran this week was 11.4 miles. Now, as I can see, that's the most I've done in a week in quite a while! Coool!!!! Countdown to the 10k --- T minus 8 days and counting!

This morning, I did an easy 3 mile recovery run around 9:30am this morning. Of course, there was plenty of sun. Nice and warm and the right amount wind. When I started, I new I was doing a recovery run, but, as I started down the road, I decided then to make it an easy light recovery run. I did not add any speed or power to the run, I just took it easy. My finish time for today was 35:41 for 3 miles. Time was not the objective today. It's nice to down shift now and then.

Since I finished 2nd last year at the "Four on the Fourth" in Chester, CT, I jumped into this race thinking that I may have an outside chance of being the first one across the line even though the field size was close to 1,000. But I should have known that I was in trouble when I lined up at the starting line next to a guy with the words "Pain is Temporary" permanently tatooed across his back!

Some mosquitoes in Manchester, Connecticut tested positive for West Nile virus yesterday. This is the first sign of West Nile in Connecticut this year and the ninth year that the virus has been found in the state. The mosquitoes that...

I've received a few e-mails asking about thoughts on the question of whether it's beneficial for runners to do any upper-body training. As you might expect from a lawyer (like politicians, we are generally incapable of giving straight answers), the...

Well, if you been reading my recent posts, you know how I was feeling or thinking about today's race. The race started about 8 or so minutes late (after 9am). There was a record amount of runners in attendance for this race. This is the one race that I use as a benchmark to see how I am really doing. Here are the stats:

Total Runners: 424
My overall place: 367
Runners behind me @ finish: 57
My finish time: 31:10 --> July 2007
Last years finish time: 31:13 --> July 2006
My best time for this race: 29:18 --> July 2005

Happy Fourth everyone! And best of luck if you're doing a holiday race today! Or if you're just out there running around town, don't forget to look around and realize that we're very lucky to live in such a wonderful...

With today being the day before my first of 2 main races, and since I haven't been able to run for a week because of other priorities, I decided to do a 2 mile Tempo / Hill workout. Here is how it went: