Week Number Fifteen

Week Number 15 ( March 23rd > March 29th )

Sunday and Monday didn't do anything. Too busy with personal stuff.

Tuesday March 25th

My Uncle Louis passed away today. This doesn't seem like the proper place to mention it , but he and my Aunt and all my cousins are very important to me. He will be dearly missed.

I was able to spend some time with the family and then come home and run.
The run was like therapy for me and I managed to cover 3 miles in 36 minutes and 10 seconds. Which is my best time yet by the way. I walked a mile before and after the run.
Hopefully I'll be below 200 pounds by race day. I just have to get more serious about dieting.

My lungs are holding out fine. Just waiting for my legs to get in better shape and losing weight will make it easier on the old joints.

Wednesday March 26th

No running, but spend over an hour with the shovel, rake, and chainsaw in the backyard.

Thursday March 27th

Spent the afternoon at aunt Gretchen's with family. Miss Civil brought Ab & Em to me.

Friday March 28th

Went to the funeral for uncle Louis today. It was all surreal to me for some reason. I remember the blossoms of the Bradford pear trees at the grave site. It was rather windy, but it felt good as it cooled us off from the warm sun. At one time it reminded me of an enchanted forest with the blossoms floating and fluttering from the trees.

The family with all my cousins were just as beautiful and they are a living testament to the goodness of uncle Louis.

I came home and took a nap with the girls and then we went to the river for their walk.

Then we went to Barbados Blvd with the stroller. I ran 2 miles and walked 2 miles while pushing the dogs in the stroller.

The run was cut short by a call from a good friend. We went out and had a few drinks and supper with some more good friends.

It was a fine ending to a surreal day.

Saturday March 29th

Too cold and windy to get out and chance getting a cold.

Totals for the week 5miles run & 4miles walked

Week Number Fourteen

Week Number 14 ( March 16th > March 22nd )

Sunday March 16th

Cross-training today!LOL!
I didn't feel like running after spending a couple of hours on my dirt pile! I have these huge mounds of dirt that were dug out of a ditch behind my place over 50 years ago. I've moved quite a lot of it myself over the past year with a shovel and wheelbarrow.

I put an add in Craigslist for free dirt and I had some folks come over and dig 5 or six truck loads this weekend.

I pretty much know they are going to do the easy digging and leave the stumps so I dig up the stumps and dress it up a little after they leave.

I couldn't believe how hard I was breathing just digging and swinging a pick axe. I had to stop and rest about 3 or 4 times during my 2 hours in the dirt.

Before the weekend above and after the digging below.

A couple of the stumps I've dug out by hand.

Monday March 17th

Rest day, go to the visitation at Valley Chapel Mortuary with Dad. I had a high school buddy get killed in a chopper crash last Thursday.

Tuesday March 18th

Johnny's funeral this morning. It was the largest gathering of people for a funeral that I have ever been to in my life. He truly was an amazing human being. It was an honor to say he was your friend.

Took the girls to the river for their 1/2 mile jaunt this evening. Then to Barbados Blvd and put them in the stroller. I ran 3 miles in just over 40 minutes while pushing them. Stopped long enough to tie shoes and let Emily out of the stroller to run along beside me 2 or 3 times. Then walked it off for a mile.

That's my longest distance for the whole 14 weeks so far. Felt pretty good.

And sis-in-law says our 5K date is April 12th at Oak Island. That's a week before I turn 51!!!!LOL!!!! Thanks for motivating me sis! I couldn't do it without seeing all the progress you and Scott are making. Just to run 3 miles is a major accomplishment for me at this point in my life.

Wednesday March 19th

Take dogs to Barbados with stroller. Walk 1 mile,then run/waddle 2 miles, and walk it off for a mile. My arse was dragging and I'm sore as hell.

Thursday & Friday March 20th & 21st

Didn't have time to do much of anything these past couple of days. Plus I was still recovering from the 3 miler and the two miler.

Saturday March 22nd

Go to Barbados Blvd and run 3 miles in just under 38 minutes. Walk it off for a mile.

Total for the week ; 8 miles run, 4.5 miles walked, and 2 hours with a shovel in my hand.

Week Number Thirteen

Week Number 13 ( March 9th > March 15th )

Sunday March 9th

Run 1.5 miles & Walk 1.5 miles at Barbados Blvd.

Monday March 10th

Rest day. Too busy with getting my truck serviced etc.

Tuesday March 11th

Spend about two hours on the wrong end of a shovel digging a trench, trying to find some water lines and electrical lines in the back yard. Worked up a pretty good sweat. Then head off to Barbados Blvd and walk 1 mile then run 2 miles and walk another mile. Tired and dehydrated when I got home.

Wednesday March 12th

I got the girls back today and took them down to the river for our little half mile walk. I could tell I was still wore out from yesterday's workout, so I decided to take a rest and chill out with the gals.

Thursday March 13th

I've always heard that Friday the 13th was a bad day, but I'll never forget this 13th.

A good friend was killed today and my words could never do him justice.

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Johnny, Ill never forget the summer of 75 when you and I and Buddy rode down to Fort Lauderdale in your jet black 1971 Dodge Challenger and stayed for a week.

Those were the days man!

I tried to run today, but my heart wasn't in it and it's not even worth mentioning.

Friday March 14th

Rest day. Mow,weed eat, leaf blower & rake yard

Saturday March 15th

Take dogs to river for 1/2 mile walk, then to Barbados blvd for 1mile walk & 2 mile run with dogs in stroller. The wind was blowing so hard it felt like I had a parachute strapped to my back.

Totals for the week; run 6.5 miles & walk about 6.5 miles

Week Number Twelve

Week Number 12 ( March 2nd > March 8th )

Sunday March 2nd

Take dogs to the river and walk them 1/2 mile. Then to Barbados Blvd and run 2 miles, walk 1 mile while pushing dogs in the stroller.

Monday March 3rd

Take dogs to the river and walk them 1/2 mile. Then to Barbados Blvd and load them up in the stroller. Walk 1 mile, then run 2 miles, & walk 1 mile while pushing dogs in the stroller.

Total so far ; 4miles run, 4 miles walked

Tuesday March 4th

Just tired today? Only walked the dogs a 1/2 mile at the river.

Wednesday March 5th

Miss civil got the girls today:(

Go to Barbados Blvd and run two miles and walk a mile .

Thursday March 6th through Saturday March 8th

My right knee is starting to bother me. This is my bad knee from an old injury, and I'm not sure if the running or the stertching exercises are what have made it tender. It doesn't hurt to put weight on it. But it hurts when I lift the leg up off the ground?

Anyway I have decided to give it a few days break since the weather is so wet and windy!

Total for the week ; 6 miles run, 5.5 miles walked