Week Number Twenty Eight

Week Number 28 ( June 22nd - June 28th )

No running Sun,Mon,Wed, Fri.

Tuesday June 24th

Take dogs and stroller to Barbados Blvd. Walk 1/2 mile, run 2 miles, walk 1/2 mile. Hot and frikkin miserable!!!!!!! Didn't even let Emily run. Scared she'd overheat!

Thursday June 26th

Barbados Blvd, run 2.5 miles, walk 1/2 mile

Not quite as hot as Tuesday and I wasn't pushin' the dogs.

Gonna rest Friday and try to make the Diligence 5K Saturday morning.

Saturday June 28th

15th Annual Diligence Dash 5K

Got up early and had a pancake at The Omelete house around 6:00am.

Head downtown Wilmington Waterfront to register for the race at 7:00 am. I was the first to register that wasn't already pre-registered. Got the lucky number 1313.......ew....double whammy!

Called sis-in-law and left her a heckling message cause I thought she was gonna dis me on this one, but she called right right back and said she was on the way!!!! So, I'll have to heckle little bro.......what's up bro.........ya can't hang with the rest of the family????

I tried to stay right behind sis, but she left me on the first hill. She ran a 29:01 and I ran a 32:41.

I passed on the water stop at the first mile, and wouldn't ya know it......they were outta water at the second mile mark? It was stifling hot and I'm not used to the incline/hills either.

Rushed right home to get a shower and go to a funeral. Probably shouldn't go into detail on that, other than it was the mother-in-law of a dear highschool friend. I was glad I was able to make it, and she was a very remarkable and loving woman.

Lunch at K&W.....liver & onions. Then to the hospital to visit my Aunt.

Total mileage for the week = 7.6 miles which includes the 5K

N.C. Blueberry Festival 5K Run

Saturday June 21st. Ran the 4th annual N.C. Blueberry Festival 5K Run in Burgaw.

I brought Abigail and Emily and the stroller with me. Met sis-in-law there. Baby bro had to work until 4:00 am in the morning.
There were several couples with babies in strollers ,so I loaded Ab & Em in their doggie stroller and got at the back of the pack with them.
It was drizzling rain at the start of the race and got continually worse through out the race. We were soaked.

Sis ran a personal best in the low 26's and I have no idea how slow I ran it cause my glasses were so fogged up and wet that I couldn't see. Plus it was too wet and dreary to stay for the race results. Still waiting to find them posted on the web.

Thank Gawd I have a 12 year old crappy minivan to throw the wet dogs and buggy in.

Sis found this race to run in July?!?!

"Take Pride in Your Hide"
I think I could do it if they provide plenty of adult beverages!!!

Week Number Twenty Seven

Week Number 27 ( June 15th > June 21st )

Sunday June 15th
Also Father's Day, and Baby Bro's B-Day

Had lunch at Buffalo Wild wings to celebrate w/family.

Sis-in-law and Baby Bro have shamed me into running today by calling me the "Runless Redneck". They're putting in the miles and I'm getting slack.

But......I'm losing weight? I'm going to claim 199 pounds and holding for now. Been fluctuating between 197 and 200 for a week now.

Finally getting below 200 pounds and it feels good.

Sis-in-law says it's all the hanging upside down that I have been doing on the inversion table.

She says " all the shit is running out my ears while I'm upside down"!

Go to Barbados Blvd. Run 2 miles, and walk it off for a mile! Oh, and I hung upside down for several minutes before and after the run.

Monday June 16th

It's hot as hell outside and I need to recover from yesterday's run, so yeah....I'm "Runless" today!

Tuesday June 17th

Go to Barbados Blvd , run 2 miles, walk 1/2 mile

Very hot and humid!

Wednesday June 18th

Cross-training. Ha ha....

Haul & spread mulch with wheelbarrow & pitchfork for a couple hours.

Thursday June 19th

Got the dogs back today. YAY!!!!!

Take them to Barbados Blvd with the stroller. Walk 1/2 mile, run 2 miles, walk 1 mile.

Cuzzin mark in the hospital.

Got 3 stints put in arteries around his heart! Went to see him tonight w/Dad. Ate Liver and onions at K&W also.

Friday June 20th

Rest Day.

Saturday June 21st

Run 5k at the Blueberry Festival in Burgaw!

Deserves a separate post.

Totals for the week are 9.1 miles run, 3miles walked

Week Number Twenty Six

Week Number 26 ( June 8th > June 14th )

Crap......it's just been too damn hot to run this week, and I've been too busy with other stuff. Excuses...Excuses......I'm a wuss!

OK...it's official.....my Sis-in-law now refers to me as the

"Runless Redneck"!!!!!

Week Number Twenty Five

Week Number 25 ( June 1st > June 6th )

Sunday June 1st

Nothin'....rest day.

Monday June 2nd

Go to Barbados Blvd. Walk 1/2 mile, run 1.5 miles, walk 1/2 mile.

Tuesday June 3rd

Rest day. Still doin' the inversion table. Got the girls and took them to the river.

Wednesday June 4th

Took the girls to the river. Then go by Lynn's and let Ab & Em meet Sammy & Sonny. We took all 4 dogs to Barbados Blvd. I ran 2.4 miles and did over a mile with all 4 dogs in the buggy. Didn't get to walk much before or after the run like I needed. Lynn walked about a mile with the dogs in the buggy. I did do the inversion table when I got home.

Thursday June 5th

Rest day. Took the girls to the river. Extremely hot outside.

Friday June 6th

Too hot and too busy to run again?

Saturday June 7th

Get up early and run 2 miles, walk it off 1/2 mile at Barbados Blvd.

Totals for the week: Run 5.9 miles, walk 1.5 miles

Week Number Twenty Four

Week Number 24 ( May 25th > May 31st )

Sunday May 25th

Recovering with serious hangover from Saturday's River Poker run and redneck bar venture.

Monday May 26th
Still recovering but managed to get to Barbados Blvd with dogs in the stroller. Walk 1/2 mile, run 1.5 miles (sub 12 minute pace), walk 1 mile

Tuesday > Friday

Just couldn't squeeze in a run. Still doing the inversion table religiously. Miss Civil got the dogs Wednesday.

Saturday May 31st

Go to Barbados Blvd; walk 1 mile, run 2 miles (13 minute pace),walk 1mile

Weekly total ; 3.5 miles run, 3.5 miles walked