getting ready

Good morning all, I ran a good 8 miles this morning taking 1 hour and 43 minutes (7:12 - 8:55).
Yes it was slow but hey it's Christmas. Thank God I found a training program to prepare me for Gasparilla. I wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, don't eat too much and let's remember the reason for the season which is Jesus Christ our Lord.

round and round

Running on the Brandon High track was interesting. Going around 26 times (6.5 miles for that day) I thought that I was going to go crazy; at the end of it, not bad at all. A good friend of mine accompanied me around the track even though he ran about a lap and a half. My goal was to see how many times that I could lap him. I finished my cool down lap right before the rain started; talk about perfect timing. The Lord kept it dry for me so that I could finish running :)

great run

I had a great run this evening. I started out faster than expected but I kept the pace. I even sprinted the last 200 yards. It's all fun and games until a ferrel cat wants to attack you, LOL. Everyone have a God filled night's rest.

Greetings

I pray that everyone had a blessed Thanksgiving now for the dash to Christmas (pun intended :) ).
One of my neighbors made me laugh because while running she commented that I was making everyone look bad. We have to work off the turkey some how; have a blessed day.

2 Philly runners pass

I came across this article:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/20/philadelphia-marathon-two-runners-dead_n_1103928.html

My thoughts and prayers goes out to the families; may the Lord be with them in their time of loss.

week 3

Good afternoon, so far so good with the training. One thing that I have learned is that you must stretch especially your shins before you run. One day last week I was too lazy and didn't stretch and while running I had to "warm up" while running. That doesn't make any sense but that's what happened. May the Lord continue to have a blessed day.

Let the training begin!

Good morning my good people, this evening I will begin my training for the upcoming Gasparilla half marathon. I was able to find a pretty good training program online, here is the link:

http://www.jeffgalloway.com/training/half_marathon.html

Lord willing it will all go well.