Sunday 7/29/2007
> 7.5?
> Miles for week: 26?
> Miles scheduled for week: 21

I believe that iced coffee might be the perfect after-run drink. Of course it has absolutely no nutritional value and caffeine is a diuretic, but right this minute I can’t imagine anything better than sitting on my back porch watching the sprinkler [...]

Thursday 7/26/2007 - Friday 7/27/2007
> Combined 10 miles
> Miles for week: 19
> Miles scheduled for week: 21

On Wednesday I did something for the first time in a long time. I had scheduled a 3 mile run. Something easy just to get out there and test the hammy. Well I didn’t run 3 [...]

Got an email from the kind folks at the Denver Marathon. (They email ME personally!) They’re probably trying to drive up registration for this year’s running and claim that they will be capping the entries at 10,000 and that twice as many people have signed up this year as last year at this [...]

Wednesday, 7/25/2007/2007
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> Miles for week: 9.5
> Miles scheduled for week: 21

Ran Monday for the first time since injuring my hamstring waterskiing. It was a painful 3 mile slog with about half a mile just walking to stretch it out. I was pleased with the fact that I could run at least a little [...]

Back from vacation.
It happened.
I knew it would, but it happened differently than I’d imagined.
Last week was our annual trip to Shaver Lake, CA. We stayed nearly a week and a half and it was, as always, a great vacation. As far as running went, not so much. I knew it would be [...]

I believe I mentioned in an earlier post that I have a difficult time running on my vacation. Let me check, yes I did. I did not mention that I apparently also have a problem running before I go on vacation. I missed yesterday and here it is after lunch and I [...]

Saturday, 7/7/2007
> 4 Miles
> Miles for week: 20
> Miles scheduled for week: 20-25

Ran with my sister-in-law and I don’t think I’m quite recovered from Wednesday’’s race. She’s training for a triathlon in Portland and she moved a bit quicker than I might have liked.
May try to get in another 4 or so [...]

Friday, 7/6/2007
> 3+ miles easy
> Miles for week: 16
> Miles scheduled for week: 20-25

Went out for an easy 3+ miles at lunch to blow out the pipes. Felt weak and tired at first, but then much better as everything warmed up. Speaking of warming up, it’s only in the upper 60s here today, [...]

Wednesday, 7/4/2007
> 9 miles @ 8:54
> Miles for week: 13
> Miles scheduled for week: 20 - 25

It’s fun to be writing up a little race report. Haven’t done this in a while
I ran the Semana Nautica 15k yesterday and my performance lived up to my expectations. I’ve been running less than 30 mile [...]

Four of the most annoying words I know are, “Listen to your body.” I’m running a race tomorrow (the words “running” and “race” are used very loosely), and I’m trying to listen to what my body is telling me but I continue to get mixed signals. Apparently my body lacks communication skilz. [...]