WTF Watches

First off, everything is going well.  Running, walking all good.  For some reason my run on Sunday kind of sucked, could have to do with eating crappily on Saturday, I don't know, but the run today was great.  But today started off very badly.  Went to put on my Garmin and it was DEAD.  Nothing, nada, nunca, blank screen, no life.  DEAD.  So I went to find my back up watch and it couldn't be found.  Luckily I am a man of many watches and found a digital that had some life in it, so I strapped that one on and got gone.  Except that when I started my run, when I pushed the start button BOTH OF THE FUCKING STRAPS BROKE!  So I ended up putting my watch in my pocket and went on my way. Had a good run, felt great but really missed my Garmin.  :(  So I get to work, all pissed off about my Garmin, ready to call those bastards up and light them up about my watch. I'd posted about it on Facebook and my running buddy Russ let me know that there was a simple fix.  Press and hold the light button.  SOB!  So it works now and now I know.  Yay.

Sunday and Monday

Yesterday, Sunday, I got in a really good run.  5 miles, which, up until a couple of weeks ago I'd never run, in the freaking South Texas heat and humidity.  The last mile was hard.  But I sucked it up and got it done.  This morning was a no run at all situation.  I just took it easy with the dog.  Three miles at a nice easy pace.  I am really stoked about my running abilities now.  My body feels great and legs are feeling good.  I hope I have many more miles to come.

YES!

Today I went out to Eisenhower Park in SA and ran on some trails out there.  Back when I was FATMAX I came out here and could barely walk up to the tower without stopping to catch my breath.  Today I RAN to that fucking tower and kept going.  It felt fucking awesome.  Excuse my language today, but I feel too good.  It just feels excellent to see the progress I've made.  Yay ME!!  I think you can check out my route here.  If not, try and copy and paste the below link.  If neither work, well, sucks to be you.  Kidding, sorry.


http://connect.garmin.com/activity/88503226

Stupid Alarm

I reset my alarm yesterday morning and forgot to re-reset it last night for this morning.  I woke up 45 minutes later than I usually like to.  I wasn't able to get in a full 5 miles but worked in 3.  And I felt pretty damn good.  Except for the freaking wind.  Good Lord, heading back was miserable.  12-22 mph winds in the face really suck.  But I made it and felt good.

HOLY CRAP

So, it has been a while.  Nothing wrong here, everything is great.  Running more and more.  I've been putting in more miles running than I ever have.  Now I am able to run a good 5 miles without stopping.  It's pretty fucking awesome.  Still walking with the Dog, but as it gets warmer it is harder for him to go long distances.  The warmth and humidity really wipes him out.  Life is good right now.

Komen Race for the Cure

What an awesome event.  I had a great time yesterday.  I ran a PR of 25:32.  It was a little sketchy though.  I only got 4 hours of sleep the night before, it was pretty warm and humid and there were a gazillion(30K+) people out there. But I ran great.  My awesome Wife did a PR as well.  I am so proud of her.  The rest of the day was pretty rad as well.  We went to Prom, my wife is a high school teacher, and had a blast.  I had a great day, as my three year old would say.

This Week

Has been uneventful.  Did my new route on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Ran a 5k on Thursday.  Rest today.  Komen tomorrow.  Pretty excited.  And then PROM with the wife on Saturday night.  Should be fun.