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2011-12-06T21:07:00.000-08:00

Long time no blog......82,000 plus miles.......12/2011.

2010-11-06T23:22:00.000-07:00

Oh sweet Jesus I have not been here in 7 months......oh well......10.6 miles today at 8:28 pace.

YTD= 2,748.6.......8:03 pace.

LTD= 78,527.2

2010-04-21T21:56:00.000-07:00

April 21, 2010.

6:44am.........9.1 miles in 1:03:05........6:55 pace.

1-8:28
2-6:56
3-7:10
4-6:26
5-6:44
6-6:26
7-6:34
8-6:44
9-6:51

YTD= 1,019.1

LTD= 76,797.7

2010-04-20T20:40:00.001-07:00

6:41am.......9.2 miles in 1:05:46.......7:08 pace.

1-9:08
2-7:43
3-6:44
4-6:51
5-6:48
6-6:44
7-6:40
8-6:48
9-6:55

YTD= 1,010.0

2010-03-30T22:00:00.001-07:00

2010-03-23T20:15:00.000-07:00

LA. Marathon run on March 21st, 2010.

574th out of 21,389 finishers......about 25,000 started.

57th out of 1,333 in the 45-49 age group.

16th official marathon since January 15th, 1984.

7:48am.........26.2 in 3:23:57.........7:47 pace.

1-7:26............hills.
2-7:05
3-7:07
4-7:37
5-7:43.............hills.
6-7:29
7-7:26
8-7:42
9-7:31..............hills.
10-7:38
11-7:35
12-7:31
13-7:57.........big hill.
14-7:38
15-7:20
16-7:41
17-7:46.............hills.
18-7:53.............hills.
19-7:40
20-7:59..............hills.
21-8:08
22-8:02..............hills.
23-8:12........slight hill.
24-8:04...........all DH.
25-7:41...........all DH.
26-7:48...........all DH.

The marathon had quite a bit more up and down running then I anticipated.........I think I knew 3:15 was out the door by 15 miles......my right Achilles and the right heel started hurting pretty good by that point also........I am pleased nonetheless......felt rather humid out there.....we got a late start.....it was supposed to start at 7:25am........this was all I had on Sunday and I will take it since I had to fight the urge several times to walk between 20 and 23 miles.....knowing the final 3 miles were DH kept me from doing that........this is one of those days that you have to take what the course gives you.....14th BQ.

2010-02-12T20:53:00.000-08:00

10:59am..........26.2 miles in 3:32:59..........8:07 pace.

1-8:38
2-8:28
3-8:21
4-8:25
5-8:00
6-8:04
7-8:03
8-8:00
9-8:00
10-8:11
11-8:31
12-7:58
13-7:56
14-8:24
15-8:26
16-8:03
17-8:11
18-8:01
19-7:43
20-7:50
21-8:03
22-7:53
23-8:05
24-8:32
25-7:48
26-7:41
.2-1:31

I called an audible at the line of scrimmage and decided at 19 miles to go ahead and do 26.2......a lot of hilly miles......you can tell where those are.

The first solo 26.2 since November of 2007......felt good.......would have been a BQ for Boston 2011.

YTD= 436.3

LTD= 76,214.9

2010-01-30T22:33:00.000-08:00

January 30th, 2010:

12:15pm.........14 miles in 1:49:52..........7:50 pace.

1-8:35
2-8:23
3-8:14
4-8:18
5-7:52
6-7:55
7-7:54
8-8:05
9-8:12
10-7:59
11-8:02
12-6:56
13-6:55
14-6:26

YTD= 301.1

LTD= 76,079.7

I need to get around to visiting my blog a bit more often........but I really have nothing earth shaking to say......runs of 13 miles or up have a way of activating the numbers geek in me so I go to the logs and start adding:

Tomorrow will be my 87th month at 10.0 average or better........the first since December 2008......I went a stretch from December 2003 through December 2008 of running 55 of 61 months at 10.0 average or better.....20 of those months were at 11.0 average or better.....2 of the months were at 12.0 average or better.

The only month since November of 2003 to be below 9.0 was January of 2009....an 8.4 taper month average.

The very first month to run 10.0 average or up was September of 1982.

Numbers that spilled out of my sick mind tonight are:

245 months at 7.0 average or better.
221 months at 8.0 average or better.
142 months at 9.0 average or better.
87 months at 10.0 average or better.
20 months at 11.0 average or better.
2 months at 12.0 average or better.

I got bored there and decided not to add up the 6.0.....5.0...4.0 and so on.

Time to crack open a Budlight.......must quite the Demons that lurk.

2010-01-09T20:12:00.001-08:00

2010-01-09T20:04:00.000-08:00

Celebrated 30th running anniversay on the 1st of January.

Yesterdays run was 20 miles at 7:56 pace.

Today was 9 miles at 7:42 pace with the last two miles in 6:57 and 6:46.

2009-12-12T18:14:00.001-08:00

Today:

10 miles in 1:19:26.......7:56 pace.

2009-12-12T17:58:00.000-08:00

Yesterday:

12:14pm.......15.2 miles in 1:57:37........7:44 pace.

1-8:26
2-8:08
3-7:59
4-7:55
5-7:32
6-7:27
7-7:30
8-7:40
9-8:05
10-8:03
11-8:12
12-7:31
13-7:29
14-7:10
15-6:57

A pretty strong headwind from 9 miles on.

YTD= 3,215.6

LTD= 75,593.2

2009-12-04T15:19:00.000-08:00

6:45am.....9 miles in 1:07:48.....7:32 pace.

1-8:09
2-8:19
3-8:09
4-6:59
5-7:33
6-7:27
7-7:23
8-6:56
9-6:48

YTD= 3,146.4

LTD= 75,524.0

Bored stiff at work so what better place to waste time then here?......I have more then enough to do but I am done working for the week. The above run this AM......my paces continue to be above the yearly average and I continue to feel excellent. I probably should give another 20 miler soon some thought....maybe next Friday or soemthing in the range of 15 miles with several MP miles......we will see.

2009-11-25T22:35:00.000-08:00

12:21pm.....13.1 miles in 1:38:57.....7:33 pace.

1-8:16
2-8:06
3-7:58
4-8:00
5-7:24
6-7:26
7-7:26
8-7:34
9-7:29
10-7:28
11-7:15
12-6:58
13-6:53

2009-11-22T20:35:00.001-08:00

2009-11-22T20:08:00.000-08:00

12:18pm....13.1 miles in 1:40:00....7:38 pace.

1- 8:29
2- 8:11
3- 8:04
4- 7:59
5- 7:37
6- 7:38
7- 7:36
8- 7:35
9- 7:33
10-7:27
11-7:15
12-6:56
13-6:48
.1- :45

Yesterday was 9 miles at 7:34 pace.

2009-11-20T15:48:00.000-08:00

6:48am...........9 miles in 1:09:10...........7:41 pace.

1-7:55
2-8:25
3-8:07
4-8:07
5-7:53
6-7:52
7-6:55
8-6:56
9-6:55

2009-11-19T20:53:00.000-08:00

Today's run:

9 miles in 1:09:43..........7:44 pace.

YTD= 3,000.6 miles.................17th year out of the last 19 years to run more then 3,000 miles.

2009-11-18T21:12:00.000-08:00

Run the last several days:

11-9.........9 miles in 1:11:25.......7:56 pace.
11-10.......9 miles in 1:15:12.......8:21 pace.
11-11.....9.1 miles in 1:11:58.......7:54 pace.
11-12.......9 miles in 1:11:01........7:53 pace.
11-13.......9 miles in 1:07:00......7:26 pace.
11-14.......9 miles in 1:07:19.......7:28 pace.
11-15.......9 miles in 1:09:23......7:42 pace.
11-16.......9 miles in 1:09:06......7:40 pace.
11-17.......9 miles in 1:11:09........7:54 pace.
11-18.......9 miles in 1:09:17........7:41 pace.

11/13-11/16 runs had about 13 total sub7 miles.

2009-11-08T20:14:00.000-08:00

I have been neglecting my poor sparse blog.........about 11 more days and I will pass the 3,000 mark in a year for the 17th time.

Today's run:

9.2 miles in 1:08:46.........7:28 pace.

1-6:56
2-8:18
3-6:55
4-8:05
5-6:55
6-8:16
7-6:56
8-7:43
9-7:15

I also did a 20 miler 8 days ago in 2:43:36.......8:10 pace.

An early fact finding mission for the L.A. Marathon in March......I ran closer to the mountains then I meant to by taking a wrong turn....I think I had something like an 800 foot climb the first 10 miles.....next 20 miler we will try to keep most of it on the flat.

2009-10-06T20:34:00.001-07:00

2009-10-06T20:17:00.000-07:00

Today's run:

6:44am.......9 miles in 1:04:30.........7:10 pace.

1-6:50
2-7:48
3-6:52
4-7:48
5-6:42
6-7:41
7-6:40
8-7:15
9-6:49

Yesterday's run:

12:57pm..........9 miles in 1:04:46..........7:11 pace.

1-6:47
2-7:52
3-6:39
4-7:50
5-6:42
6-7:44
7-6:51
8-7:35
9-6:42

2009-10-05T17:03:00.000-07:00

Today.......9 miles in 1:04:46.......7:11 pace.......beginning with the first mile I did every other mile at sub7 for a total of 5 in the run.

Yesterday......9 miles in 1:08:00........7:33 pace with the last two miles at sub7.

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2009-10-05T17:01:00.001-07:00

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2009-10-03T16:56:00.001-07:00

2009-10-03T16:46:00.000-07:00

The last 3 runs..............

Today: 10.1 miles in 1:17:02...........7:37 pace.

Yesterday at about 5pm........3.1 miles in 21:17..........6:51 pace.

Yesterday at about noon......9.2 miles in 1:13:33.......7:59 pace.

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2009-10-03T16:45:00.001-07:00

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2009-10-03T16:40:00.001-07:00

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2009-10-03T16:37:00.001-07:00

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2009-10-01T12:33:00.000-07:00

Todays run.......9 miles in 1:08:19......7:35 pace.

The splits on the Garmin link.

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2009-10-01T12:32:00.001-07:00

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2009-09-29T20:18:00.000-07:00

The run down below courtesy of Garmin connect.....the short version:

9 miles in a rather tired and slow 1:14:26...............but recovered well and feel great.

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2009-09-29T20:16:00.001-07:00

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2009-09-28T20:56:00.002-07:00

The runs of the day................also brought to you by Garmin connect:

AM...............9 miles in 1:12:56........8:06 pace.

Noon.........3.1 miles in 20:40..........6:40 pace.

1-5:56
2-7:13
3-6:57

12.1 miles for the day.

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2009-09-28T20:49:00.001-07:00

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2009-09-28T20:46:00.001-07:00

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2009-09-27T19:41:00.001-07:00

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2009-09-26T22:25:00.000-07:00

Trying to figure the Garmin 405.........running with it is easy.....linking it......not so sure..............104 degrees for a 9 miler in 1:14:21........

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2009-09-26T22:20:00.001-07:00

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2009-08-08T19:47:00.000-07:00

It's been a long time since I Rock N Rolled......................been a long time since I have been to the ole blog also..........

A few days ago I hit my 22nd 2,000 mile year out of the last 30 years of running.......19 consecutive years to not go under 2,000 miles with 17 of those 19 years being over 3,000 miles.......6 of those years over 3,660/10 mile a day average and 2 of those years over 4,000 miles..........2007 and 2008.

2009-06-21T00:15:00.000-07:00

12:00pm.......9 miles in 1:11:36......7:57pace.

7:30pm..........3 miles in 20:47........6:55 pace.

1-8:07
2-6:40
3-5:59

12 miles for the day.

YTD= 1,572.1

LTD= 73,949.7

2009-06-11T11:12:00.000-07:00

Run for 06/11/2009:

6:42am.....9 miles in 1:08:43.....7:38 pace.

1-8:47
2-7:55
3-8:27
4-8:34
5-8:08
6-6:30
7-6:40
8-6:48
9-6:51

YTD= 1,488.1

LTD= 73,865.7

2009-06-09T21:34:00.000-07:00

8:00am....Fontana Half Marathon in 1:27:39.......6:41 pace.

1-6:30
2-6:28
3-6:36.......passed 5K in 20:15.
4-6:41
5-6:47
6-6:39.......hit 10K in 41:00 flat.
7-6:44
8-6:39
9-6:34
10-6:44
11-6:34
12-6:42
13-6:35

Point to point flyer.....I did 1:17:56 on the same course in '94 and 1:15:24 in '95......nice headwind the whole way but I still could of let it fly a bit more in the early going.........even though this course is very...very fast I wanted to be conservative since I only decided to run it 3 days ago and the DH posed the risk of injury......very pleased to have felt strong from the gun to the finish.....I was 81st out of 774 and 16th in the old man AG of 45-49....placed third there in '94 in the 30-34 AG.

Garmin had me at 1:27:36....6:38 pace for 13.2 and we know Garmin is God so I will demand a recount......just kidding.......my guess is that Garmin was wrong.

2009-05-16T17:09:00.001-07:00

Maybe I do have something to add.....I looked a few post back which must have been about 6 weeks ago when my paces sucked and I was tired.......well like always in running....things eventuall turn and for about the last 25 days the paces have pretty good and I have felt likewise.......only 3 runs have not been sub8 pace since about April 20th and none have been slower then 8:09 pace with many sub7:30 or sub7:40 pace runs.....so feeling pretty good as the heat is upon us.

2009-05-16T17:07:00.001-07:00

Well..............WTF?........nothing new........running beat goes on.....life does also........only dropping by here to keep my insightful blogging cred.

2009-04-13T21:39:00.000-07:00

Guess what?.......I still run....did you think I quit just because I forgot I had a blog?
Streak at 2,534 straight days and over 25,000 miles....9.91 a day average during said streak........look to the right for the other stats.......legs have been feeling pretty good lately.....hammies and overall........could it be we are out of the dead leg period?.........might just be.

2009-03-12T20:59:00.000-07:00

??????

Nothing much to say.....running of course....in a sore leg period........the paces have taken a crap this week......not sure is the time change messed me up.....never has before....plus I got up at 4:50am on Tuesday.....so maybe my body still thought it was 3:50am......my shoes are so worn I might as well be running in flats......think I will head for Top Speed Running tomorrow at lunch and buy a new pair.....now that I have bored myself to tears.........peace out.

2009-03-07T16:10:00.001-08:00

13 miles today in 1:46:38.......8:12 pace.

2009-03-06T17:27:00.001-08:00

2009-03-06T16:54:00.000-08:00

Run.....running.....and running some more.......not been blogging though........current streak at 2,498 consecutive days.....24,777.3 miles.......I like that number.......9.91 a day average.......yada.....yada......yada.

2009-02-02T16:35:00.001-08:00

Well I did not better the time but you take what you get and it was a tough one....did not stick to the plan to maintain 7:28-7:30 pace and paid the price late.

1-7:09
2-7:15
3-7:07
4-7:30
5-6:50
6-7:01
7-7:15
8-7:20
9-7:36
10-7:14
11-7:36
12-7:53
13-7:36
14-7:39
15-7:51
16-7:44
17-7:51
18-8:06
19-8:13
20-8:08
21-7:59
22-8:09
23-8:25.......the legs were gone at this point.
24-8:32
25-9:03
26-9:20

The good news is that this is my 14th BQ out of 15 official marathons and my second as a master.
The bad news is that I went into this with a slightly strained back......it did not seem to be an issue during the marathon......after the finish I sat on a curb......when I tried to get up I felt a pretty good crack in the area of the strain.....needless to say the back is in quite a bit of pain right now........the kind that takes my breath away when I move/walk......equal to the back strain that put me down for 6 days in '93...........besides all that.....I think I need to teach myself how to pace properly again in a marathon.

Chip time.........3:25:30.....slower then the 3:21:56 last year but the course was easier.

2009-01-22T21:10:00.000-08:00

Wow....it seems it has been about 3 weeks since I dropped by my personal shrine.....oh well.......song remains the same......run each day and so on and so forth...have a marathon coming up in 10 days.....knock on wood we can do better then the 3:21:56 old man marathon I did last year..........this will be my 15th marathon in 25 years....ran my first on January 15th, 1984 as a baby of 23..............a 3:03:03 with hardly any effort....you can bet I will be exerting more effort on February 1st, 2009.

2008-12-28T22:00:00.000-08:00

Well yesterday I went over the 4,000 mile mark for the second year in a row.......there are times that even I am stunned at the mileage I have run and I am not boasting because what it means for me is that I have been blessed and lucky to be able to run as I have run for almost 3 decades and at age 48 I should not have put in PR mileage years from 2004 through 2007....who would have thought that 4,010.0 miles in 2008 and what will be about 4,040.0 in 3 days would still stand as only my second best year....well in 2009 as stated before I am going back down to my "standard" 3,000 mile year...actually the plan is to average 9 miles a day for the year or 3,300 miles.....why 9 a day?......because it is an easily managed amount of mileage for me.....it will give me what I want......my fix......and for the last several years that has meant close to 10 a day.....but 9 will suffice........it will also mean I cut out most of my week day doubles....all this allows my legs to freshen up......and in so doing may even regain some lost speed and turn in some marathons in the next few years that are a bit faster.....I do not expect to sub3 again......that train left the station oh about 5 or so years ago.....but I may just work my way back to a 3:10......maybe not at Surf City in a month...still too soon to get the legs I want for that....plus the left calf strain kind of set me back a bit.....I may not be as ready for that 26.2 as I would like to be and it may just end up being a glorified and expensive training run.......then again the last few days the healing seems to have accelerated......but I may go into this next marathon with only that 20.5 miler from 3 weeks ago......that would mean a single 20 mile LR just 8 weeks out.....not exactly ideal.......we will see....also speed work is something I have to be careful of....heck...there is none right now due to the calf....still 5 weeks to go so a long time........oh.....one more thing....I need to send off the check for the streak people....20 bucks to be on that list but they better update my yearly mileage correctly.....I may not have the longest current streak at almost 7 years..........but I know I am among the top 3 or 4 as far as mileage for 2008 on the streak list...........petty I know but my 20 bucks should get me something...right?....and I sent them the form for the 2007 mileage last year and they left my 4,184.2 miles for 2007 off that one.....would have been top three I am sure.......competition......in all areas........OCD my brother........gotta love it.

2008-12-25T23:31:00.001-08:00

2008-12-25T18:19:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas...........

10 miles at about 11:30am........@8:11 pace.

3 miles at about 5pm @8:06 pace.

13 miles for the day......3,983.0 on the year thus far.

Plenty of rain the last few days.....global cooling.

2008-12-18T21:01:00.000-08:00

A minor bit of a left calf strain during mile 3 of the 9.1 miles I ran........1:12:26......7:57 pace.

The cause.......running a faster mile when I should not have been......wanted to do a few sub7s and mile 3 was the first.......and the last as it turned out.....I felt a pang about half a mile in and should have backed down right away.......oh well......a few days with the calf on the rocks......as in ice.....slower paces and we will be right as rain........and we have had plenty of that stuff lately also.......hey.....maybe the real cause of my minor set back was running through calf deep puddles two days ago during that AM 9 spot...well worth it if so.....it was fun............peace out.

2008-12-08T19:33:00.001-08:00

2008-12-08T19:21:00.000-08:00

Last Saturday......20.5 miles in 2:45:59.....8:05 pace.

1-7:47
2-8:11
3-8:00
4-8:00
5-8:04
6-7:41
7-7:50
8-8:19
9-8:02
10-8:01
11-8:10
12-8:28
13-8:29
14-8:34
15-8:32
16-8:19
17-8:09
18-7:57
19-7:52
20-7:42

The main point was get a 20 miler under the belt with Surf City 8 weeks away......you can tell where the late uphill miles were......the pace was jjst left to be what it wanted to be......I will do another 20 miler in about 4 weeks.

The day before the LR was 9.1 miles @8:04 pace.

Yesterday was a double.......10.1 at about noon @ 8:11 pace and the another 4 miles last night @7:36 pace.

14.1 for Sunday........today was 9.0 miles at 6:04am @8:16 pace.....tired......but nothing out of the norm.

2008-11-27T19:38:00.000-08:00

Run Run Rudolph.....Santa's gotta get to town.

Too soon?.......oh well.

12:50pm......10 miles in 1:17:48....7:46pace.

5:25pm........3 miles in 23:51......7:57 pace.

13 miles for the day.

MTD= 289.0

YTD= 3,691.3

LTD= 72,031.9

2008-11-24T19:43:00.000-08:00

More better miles....sounds like a movie:

Yesterday was a 10 miler in 1:13:12......7:19 pace with 5 sub7s.....and today was 8 in the AM in 59:48......7:28 pace with 4 sub7s and a slow 2 miler at noon....15:53.....feeling a but tired tonight so I better coast tomorrow......have to run earlier also....need to get out by 6am.

2008-11-22T18:21:00.000-08:00

It seems I have not been here in 13 days.....I am so remiss in my blogging duties.......todays run:

12:12pm.......10 miles in 1:12:09.......7:12 pace.

1- 8:25
2- 7:54
3- 6:43
4- 7:34
5- 6:31
6- 7:50
7- 6:37
8- 7:13
9- 6:43
10-6:34

20 of my last 50 miles have been sub7 miles.

70 miles for the week @7:36 pace.

MTD= 236.0 miles @7:53 pace.

YTD= 3,638.3 miles @8:02 pace.

LTD= 71,978.9 miles.

2008-11-09T17:44:00.000-08:00

12:30pm....9 miles in 1:06:52....7:25 pace.

1-6:49
2-8:41
3-8:15
4-6:48
5-8:03
6-7:54
7-6:32
8-7:14
9-6:33

MTD= 99.0

YTD= 3,501.3

LTD= 71,841.9

Wanted to do at least 4 sub7 miles spaced 1-2 miles apart so I got done what I set out to do....hit some good headwinds the first 5 miles.

2008-11-07T15:53:00.000-08:00

6:52am......8 miles in 1:05:32.....8:11 pace.

Noon........4 miles in...26:35.....6:38 pace.

1-7:42
2-6:19
3-6:22
4-6:10

12 miles for the day.

MTD= 79.0

YTD= 3,481.3

LTD= 71,821.9

Well here we are world........or I should say the United States.........like I said in a few post back........Obama will be and is now our President-Elect......I could not be more thrilled and like the late great Sam Cooke once sang.......it's been a long time com'in.........but this is not just wonderful for the historical moment.........he is the right man for the right time......no one can tell if he will be a great President or the worse.....although it would be pretty tough to knock GWB from the number one worse ranking.....anyway this moment had to happen....besides....it gives that moron Rush Limbaugh at least 4 years worth of hate radio material.

2008-10-31T19:41:00.000-07:00

The year thus far...........4 days until Obama becomes President-elect.

Jan-341.1....11.0 a day @7:57 pace.
Feb-342.3....11.8 a day @7:56 pace.
Mar-346.7....11.1 a day @7:56 pace.
Apr-293.2.....9.7 a day.
May-333.3....10.7 a day @8:07 pace.
Jun-372.0....12.4 a day.
Jul-354.1.....11.4 a day @8:10 pace.
Aug-346.1....11.1 a day @8:03 pace.
Sep-332.2....11.0 a day @7:56 pace.
Oct-341.3.....11.0 a day @8:02 pace.

YTD= 3,402.3
LTD= 71,742.9

The two months without a pace I did not time all runs so I could not get an accurtae average for all miles.

In glancing at a couple of old logs:

1994: I ran 3,513.4 miles @7:35 average pace.

1995: I ran 3,426.0 miles @7:23 average pace.

For 2008 I have timed 3,147.1 miles out of 3,402.3 so far and I am at an average pace of 8:02 a mile.

The old man has slowed but not too bad.

In 1983 I ran 2,700 and change at about 7:10 pace average.

2008-10-18T19:38:00.000-07:00

Sun-10.0
Mon-10.0
Tue-11.0
Wed-11.0
Thu-11.1
Fri-15.2
Sat- 9.0

77.3 miles for the week @8:10 pace.

MTD= 200.3 @8:04 pace.

YTD= 3,261.3

LTD= 71,601.9

Current streak at 2,359 consecutive days for a 9.92 a day average during the streak.

2008-10-17T19:26:00.000-07:00

12:51pm....11 miles in 1:33:18....8:28 pace.

A warm 94 degrees for the run.

6:14pm.....4.2 miles in 31:44.....7:33 pace.

15.2 miles for the day.

MTD= 191.3

YTD= 3,252.3

LTD= 71,588.8

2008-10-16T20:44:00.001-07:00

6:20am.....8.1 miles in 1:06:58....8:16 pace.

Noon.......3 miles in 21:47........7:15 pace.

1-8:10
2-7:51
3-5:45

11.1 miles for the day.

MTD= 176.1

YTD= 3,237.1

LTD= 71,573.6

2008-10-11T23:32:00.001-07:00

Sun- 9.5
Mon-11.0
Tue-11.0
Wed-11.0
Thu-10.0
Fri-13.0
Sat-10.0

75.5 miles for the week @8:03 pace.

MTD= 123.0 @8:00 pace.

YTD= 3,184.0

LTD= 71,524.6

Current streak at 2,352 days.

2008-10-09T21:04:00.000-07:00

Long time no see blog.....what up?

Same ole thing today....ran 8 in the AM and only 2 at noon for the 10 spot total......7:55 pace for the 8 and 7:41 pace for the 2.........the streak is at like 1,234,567 consecutive days run for a 37 mile a day avereage during........here is my tip for the day....never wear spandex in New York in a leap year.

My Dodgers lost tonight 3-2 in Philly....no problem we will sweep the 3 at home so we just need one of the three games left in the City of brotherly love.....if by chance we do not get to the World Series.....I will back Philly......NL all the way baby.......and never.....ever will I back an east coast team...........

2008-10-02T22:20:00.000-07:00

My beloved Dodgers have sent the cursed Cubs down 2-0 in the first round.......we will close it at home on Saturday or Sunday........and we will then send the Cubs to ponder the next 100 years without a World Series Championship.....we are only at a 20 year drought.....so there is actually film of that......sorry your championship memories are a bit tougher to access Chicago.

And now the running...........

AM......8 miles in 1:06:24......8:18 pace.

Noon...5.1 miles in 38:10......7:29 pace.

13.1 for the day.............

2008-10-01T21:23:00.001-07:00

5:55am.....8 miles in 1:04:26....8:03 pace.

Noon.......3 miles in 21:04......7:01 pace.

1-7:21
2-6:56
3-6:46

97 degrees for the 3.

11 miles for the day.

MTD= 11.0
YTD= 3,072.0
LTD= 71,413.6

2008-09-30T20:51:00.000-07:00

Let me put a bow on September......332.2 @7:56 pace.

The rest of this so called year is to the right........

2008-09-28T15:48:00.000-07:00

Today.............

9 slow miles in 1:16:13.....8:28 pace.

2008-09-28T15:46:00.000-07:00

Yesterday.....end of the RW week numbers:

Sun-9.0
Mon-11.0
Tue-11.0
Wed-11.1
Thu-10.5
Fri-11.0
Sat-13.0

76.6 miles for the week @7:48 pace.

MTD= 311.0 @7:55 pace.

YTD= 3,039.8

LTD= 71,380.4

2008-09-26T14:23:00.000-07:00

6:55am......8 miles in 1:05:16....8:09 pace.

Noon........3 miles in 22:13......7:24 pace.

1-8:21
2-7:12
3-6:39

11 miles for the day.

MTD= 289.0

YTD= 3,017.8

LTD= 71,358.4

Paces and runs coming easy lately........ebb and flow.......ebb and flow....have not even attempted any speed on purpose so it is good to see some acceleration in a natural way.

2008-09-25T19:48:00.000-07:00

Cut and paste......that is what I am doing from RW post....why?.....because I am a lazy SOB:

6:50am......8 miles in 1:03:16.....7:54 pace.

Noon......2.5 miles in 19:14.........7:41 pace.

10.5 miles for the day.

MTD= 278.0

YTD= 3,006.8

LTD= 71,347.4

16th year out of the last 18 years to run 3,000 or more miles.

Years under 3,000:

2001= 2,746.0
2002= 2,539.9

On pace to run about 4,100 this year.....ran 4,184.2 last year......of course the year by year run down...no pun intended.....is to the right.

Also on this date......10 years ago today my granny died on September 25th, 1998 at the age of 80.

She died on a Friday afternoon with all four of her children and her two favorite grandchildren surrounding her bedside......I was holding her left hand at the moment she passed into the next world.

2008-09-20T16:48:00.000-07:00

The week that was...........

Sun-10.1
Mon-10.0
Tue-10.5
Wed-11.0
Thu-11.0
Fri-17.0
Sat-10.4

80 miles for the week @7:58 pace.

MTD= 225.4 @7:57 pace.

YTD= 2,954.2

LTD= 71,294.8

2,331 consecutive days run on the current streak for a 9.91 a day average during the streak.

2008-09-17T10:21:00.000-07:00

6:20am.......8 miles in 1:04:56.....8:07 pace.

I will do 3 more miles at noon.

2008-09-16T22:15:00.000-07:00

Just another day.......

AM......a slow 8 miles.....8:19 pace.

Taking son#2 to shcool every other week is once again cutting in my snooze time.......these weeks I will get to bed at about 11-11:15pm and be up by 5:30am....I need to get this kid to scrap this silly High School education goal of his so dad can get more then 6.5 hours sleep a night.

Did another 2.5 miles at noon @7:26 pace.

Lets call it 10.5 for the day.......the massive picture above is from the sea cruise in July of 2007........I think I should have worn sunblock on the track as I ran my circles......I am the lame dude on the left with my brother- in -law on the right.....not sure what the hell is going on with my hand on his shoulder.....I swear we are not dating.....I mean my sister would be so pissed if we were.........

2008-09-15T21:09:00.000-07:00

I am getting lazy on the blogging thing.....yesterday was 10.1 miles @7:51 pace.......today was 8 miles in the AM @8:01 pace and at noon I did a deuce @7:43 pace.....oh deuce is hep cat talk for 2 miles......you people are so square.................

2008-09-13T18:19:00.000-07:00

Yesterday..........

7:00am........8.1 miles in 1:06:28........8:12 pace.

5:35pm........8.2 miles in 1:01:52........7:32 pace.

16.3 miles for Friday.

Today.......9 miles in 1:14:09........8:14 pace.

2008-09-11T21:48:00.001-07:00

AM........8 miles in 1:00:30.......7:33 pace.

AM later....3 miles in 23:29.....7:49 pace.

11 miles on the day.

2008-09-06T21:50:00.000-07:00

Hot again today but felt pretty good.....9 miles in 1:11:37.......7:57 pace in 96 degrees...no complaints...should have been slightly sore after the 15 mile day yesterday with 3 sub7s and two sub615s to end it....but alas I am what you call a runner......so I know each day does not always turn out the way we think it might.....that is why we actually do the runs.......I need to stop typing....this is sounding a lot like RW nonsense.......and we know how I like to pull their chain.

2008-09-05T21:40:00.000-07:00

12:40pm.....9 miles in 1:13:33....8:10 pace.

94 degrees for the run.

6:21pm......6 miles in 42:37.....7:06 pace.

1-8:09
2-7:32
3-7:48
4-6:41
5-6:13
6-6:11

15 miles for the day.

MTD= 58.0

YTD= 2,786.8

LTD= 71,126.4

2008-09-04T22:49:00.000-07:00

Where have you gone Joe Dimaggio?
Our nation turns it's lonely eyes to you......

Focus T......focus.......this is a running blog....not a weigh station of your meandering mind.

Running......8 miles this AM in 1:05:42.
......................3 miles at 6:30pm in 22:33.

Oh yes oh yes......I feel so good today.
New York.....Los Angeles......oh how I yearn for you.

whoops....get back on point.......11 miles for the day.

The current run streak is at 2,315 consecutive days without a miss and 9.9 mile a day average during said streak.

2008-08-26T20:57:00.000-07:00

Ok now.......I got to view my favorite shows tonight/today....Dodgers (GD losers)......Democratic Convention...........John Stewart and Steven Colbert.......and of course thet little run thing was done also.

AM..............8.2 miles in 1:07:12.

Noon...........3.1 miles in 24:27.

11.3 on the day...............

2008-08-25T21:02:00.001-07:00

I have once again been away and neglected my look at me blog.......same old story....same old song and dance.....I have been running.......today....oh let me see now.....8 in th AM in 1:05:40 and 2 at noon in 15:48......taking things at a veteran runner relaxing pace.............the LTD went over 71,000 miles today and the streak marches on at 2,305 days for a 9.89 daily average during said streak....your up date.....as for the rest of my life.......MYOBMF........

2008-08-18T11:41:00.000-07:00

I need to try and remember I have a blog........I certainly would not want a day to go by without the sharing of my deep insight and words of wisdom.....or on second thought I think I will just throw down the numbers and stay true to my rainman self:

6:48am.....8 miles in 1:01:41....7:42 pace.

1-8:05
2-8:06
3-8:01
4-7:54
5-7:50
6-7:29
7-7:24
8-6:48

10:25am....2 miles in 12:49.....6:24 pace.

1-6:03
2-6:45

3:32pm......3 miles in 20:44......6:54 pace.

1-6:52
2-6:44
3-7:07

13 miles for the day.

MTD= 206.0
YTD= 2,588.7
LTD= 70,929.3

2008-08-12T20:48:00.000-07:00

And yet another day.......strange how that happens.....

5:44am......8 miles in 1:06:29....8:18 pace.

Noon........4 miles in 27:58......6:59 pace.

1-7:29
2-7:20
3-6:38
4-6:31

12 miles for the day.

MTD= 136.6

YTD= 2,519.3

LTD= 70,859.9

2008-08-11T20:15:00.000-07:00

The day is below....cut and paste....no time to waste.

The YTD means I have not dipped below 2,500 miles since 1990.....and only twice below 3,000 miles in the same span....2001 was 2,700 and change.
2002 was 2,500 and change.

6:50am.....8 miles in 1:06:50.....8:21 pace.

Noon......3.2 miles in 25:30......7:58 pace.

11.2 miles for the day.

MTD= 124.6
YTD= 2,507.3
LTD= 70,847.9

2008-08-09T22:25:00.000-07:00

Sun-13.0
Mon-10.0
Tue-11.1
Wed-11.1
Thu-11.0
Fri-13.0
Sat-12.0

81.2 miles for the week @7:54 pace.

MTD= 104.4 miles @8:02 pace.

YTD= 2,487.1

LTD= 70,827.7

2,289th consecutive day run on the current streak for a 9.89 a day average during the streak.

2008-08-06T19:25:00.000-07:00

6:57am.......8 miles in 1:03:28.....7:56 pace.

Noon........5K loop in 20:01........6:27 pace.

1-5:47
2-7:21
3-6:16
.1-:35

92 degrees for the nooner.

11.1 miles for the day.

MTD= 68.4
YTD= 2,451.1
LTD= 70,791.7

2008-08-05T20:36:00.000-07:00

AM......8 miles in 1:06:13......8:16 pace.

Noon........3.1 miles in 20:34........6:38 pace.

93 cool degrees for the nooner.

On this date in 1982 I ran an untimed 6 miles.

On this date in 1992 I ran 10 miles in 1:09:12....6:55 pace.....I ran the first half in 37:52......7:34 pace.
the second half in 31:20......6:16 pace.....I noted it was 90 degrees for the run.

On this date in 1995 I ran 10 miles in 1:14:38.....7:27 pace.....I noted it was also 90 degrees for that run and I took 20oz of lemonade on the run.

2008-08-04T21:30:00.000-07:00

6:58am......8 miles in 1:04:43.....8:05 pace.

12:32pm....2 miles in 12:45.........6:22 pace.

1-5:50
2-6:54

Short on time for the second run so I made it a bit faster.

10 spot for the day......my clever way of saying 10 miles.........too hip.........gotta go.

2008-08-03T17:13:00.000-07:00

Another hot one.......90 degrees at 1:08pm when I started my run.......faster today.

10 miles in 1:23:33........8:21 pace........did 4 mile loops around the house....and a final 2 mile loop.....stashed water and picked some up at 4 miles and 8 miles so maybe that is why it was a bit faster....the magic of hydration.......like a caveman discovering fire.......in my 29th year of running and the simple things still elude me at times.

Another 3 miles at 5:35pm in 22:08......7:22 pace.

13 miles for the day.

On this date in 1982 I ran 8.5 miles not timed.....that month would be my first over 300 mile month at 302.

This date in 1992 I ran 10 miles in 1:12:14....7:13 pace.
93 degrees for that run and I noted the last mile was a 5:54.

This date in 1995 was 10 miles in 1:13:37...7:21 pace and I noted it was 94 degrees for the run....and I took some lemonade on the run.

2008-08-02T20:41:00.000-07:00

Hot day today......but of course....it is August.

12:59pm.....10 miles in 1:27:35......8:45 pace.

93 degrees for the run.

Thought I would pull out some old run logs and see what I did on this date in those years:

1995: I ran 10 miles in 1:13:23.......7:20 pace.

That day was also 93 degrees during the run and I was 35 years old....same mileage....same distance...same temp....slower time.....I noted in my log that I took 20oz. of cool-aid and drank at 3.5.....6.0 and 7.25 miles.

1992: I ran 10 miles 1:13:53.........7:23 pace.

That day I noted it was 92 degrees during the run and I capped the run off with a 5:58 10th mile.....I also noted that I had not missed a day of running in two years that date....731 days.....that streak would end at 968 days the following April when I flipped some guys off while running and we went a few rounds on the ground.......hurt my back and missed 6 days before I started what would be my best streak to date......3,155 days that went form April, 1993 to November, 2001....this streak is at 2,282 days as of today.........memories.......maybe I should try some cool-aid tomorrow and make sure I smile at my fellow man instead of flipping them off.........or not.

2008-07-31T20:34:00.000-07:00

The year.......up unitl now.......July miles at an 8:10 average pace.....slow......but that is the way we roll in July.........

Jan-341.1
Feb-342.3
Mar-346.7
Apr-293.2
May-333.3
Jun-372.0
Jul-354.1

YTD= 2,382.7

LTD= 70,723.3

2008-07-29T20:20:00.000-07:00

I feel the earth move under my feet.....

You get the picture.....Rock N Roll in CA today.......5.4 centered just about 10 miles to the south in Chino Hills.....felt pretty rocky at work on the second floor.....thought it might the one that took us into the pacific this time.....but alas.....we still survive to annoy the rest of the USA.....the run......look down below.

8 miles in the AM......1:06:51

3 miles at noon just after we rolled the office.....23:52

11 miles for the day......and the beat goes on.........

2008-07-26T20:56:00.000-07:00

Sun-10.0
Mon-11.0
Tue-11.1
Wed-14.0
Thu-12.0
Fri-15.5
Sat-11.0

84.6 for the week @8:07 pace.

MTD= 301.1 @8:08 pace.

YTD= 2,329.7

LTD= 70,670.3

2,275th consecutive day run on the current streak.

2008-07-23T21:45:00.000-07:00

6:46am......8 miles in 1:03:01....7:52 pace.

6:45 and 6:40 mile tossed in for the 5th and 6th miles.

Noon........3 miles in 23:13......7:44 pace.

6:42pm......3 miles in 23:03......7:41 pace.

14 miles for the day.

MTD= 262.6
YTD= 2,291.2
LTD= 70,631.8