Love Mynat

A couple of days ago I put in a couple miles and felt great , second time or third time I completed my run without any walking breaks it was awesome and by far the greatest run ever!! .. but then this morning my wife joined me for a dash around the block just to break in her new Vff shoes and we did a slow paced jog with some walking and some stopping and half way thru i checked my watch and realized I didn't care about time or breathing or calories burned , it was just me and my babe side by side and that always makes everything ten times better .

That wall has no idea who I am

This morning run started like all the runs before, I was standing outside my building doing a couple of stretches when my weird neighbor came out and mumbled something or another then I turned on my I-pod and started to head out at a brisk walk pace.

 I felt good considering this weekend's 18 mile bike ride.

I wasn't planning on doing anything special keep to the training plan I tell me , the second song on my playlist started to play it was  Foghat - I just wanna make love to you  the nice steady opening riff made me get my knees up and started running , the original workout plan has been a few minutes run followed by a minute walk, then run again for a few minutes on and on till I get back home , everything was going according to plan, until I got to my first road marker,

a purple flower bush I usually hit about 4 minutes of running but instead of slowing down to a walk I didn't feel the need to take a break, I remember thinking --well, I did walked kinda slow at the beginning-- maybe I could go an extra minute of running instead , but then I did another and then another, I was feeling great, my heart was not pounding in my ears like a jackhammer , my lungs were cooperating,  I wasn't panting like a dog in a heat wave , I was running steady even as I hit the turn around marker I was still doing great so I kept going and going next thing I knew it was a whole extra mile before I decided to turn around.

The other day I was reading about how amazing this guy felt after hitting the wall and feeling it vanish behind him as he kept going and I have to say that it is something amazing, I really can't wait to do it again .

                VEGAS HALF MARATHON IN DECEMBER LOOKS VERY GOOD NOW!

In my dreams I am Kenyan

Got my number yesterday, is about midnight right now . will try to update this as the night goes on. 

The race is at 8am

 I am sorta just looking to get it over with, I want to be on the other side of the finish line already , my only goal really is to be able to finish it in under one hour. there is no doubt in my mind that I will finish it.

30 minutes later..... kinda getting nervous..

maybe 5 weeks of "training" to go from no physical activity at all to a race is not enough, well, I do live in the 3rd floor and there is no elevator so I do get some exercise, just don't ask my wife or she will tell you about the time I waited all day for her to get home from work so she could stop across the street to get me a soda, but in my defense I was lazy before 

1 hour later.

maybe staying up all night wasn't such a good idea, My average total sleep for last 7 days was less than 4 hours a day split in 2 to 3 hrs in the morning followed by an hour nap before working all night .. oh one day I got like 5 hours all in a row , it was glorious! but they do say to not make any drastic changes and this has been my sleeping habits for the past decade so awake I stay half asleep I run!

hey shirt ideas!

-SLEEPwalker RUNNER 

-RUN LIKE A CRAZY PERSON

-"FUN RUN" 

-Y U NO RUN FASTER? on the back of my shirt .. granted I would have to get way better to pull it off

-WAIT FOR ME (probably more appropriate for my fitness level)

-I'M SLOW BUT STEADY

1 hour later

I'm thinking of making up some pre-race rituals, being this is my first race some of them might be counterproductive but hey, how would I know.. right?

¡¡¡¡¡IN-n-OUT pre-race burger !!!!!

LUCKY SOCKS!!!

Just kidding  This is what am running on  

I know they look funny but they are quite comfortable and my knees hurt a lot less after .

1hr later.

ooooh Am getting nervous .

I will not poop my pants .

I will not throw up.

I will keep my own pace

I will finish  and it will be an epic finish!

I gotta work on my playlist 

15 songs 58 minutes.