We took a very long drive, all the way to Seattle.

 This is part of the amazing Chihuly Glass Garden

 On the way back we stopped for two days in Oregon. What a beautiful state!!

 Went for a hike and ended walking behind The Horsetail Waterfall.

 We also made time to hang out in San Francisco.Walked over 8miles one day

The last day there I got to run this bad boy both ways. According to Mapmyrun that week we walked about 26 miles total.

You always need a vacation after a good vacation.

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!