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Location:

Mesa,AZ,USA

Member Since:

May 12, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Other

Running Accomplishments:

I started running again in 2007 after 14 years of not running.

Mile - 4:59 (high school 1992), 5:57 (9/21/2010 ARR Open Mile)

2 mile - 11:10 (high school 1992)

5k - 21:54 (11/18/2010 Tempe Road Runners 5k)

10k - 48:29 (5/9/2009 Race for Hospice)

Unofficial 10k - 47:11 (1/27/2011 Red Mountain Park)

1/2 marathon - 1:49:00 (4/4/2009 Havasu Half)

Marathon - 4:33:09 (11/21/2009 Mesquite Marathon)

Short-Term Running Goals:

Run a half marathon in under two hours.

Run a marathon in close to 4 hours.

Long-Term Running Goals:

Stay healthy long enough to live through the millenium.

Personal:

I am married and have six kids. 

Blog title explanation

Bloggers I've met in real life: 1MileToGo, Aaron Kennard, Andrea North, Arizona Desert Monsoon, auntieem, Bec, Ben, Benjamin, Bonnie, Camille, Cari, Collin Anderson, David Holt, DooneEight Kid Mom, Erico, Flatlander, Gary, Jake Krong, JamesW, Jose, Josse, Julieesplin, JunKelli, Kerri, KP, Kyle Dion, Lightitup, Little Bad Legs, Lybi, Marthon Dreamer, M, Mary Ann Schauerhamer, Misty, Nan, Peds Endo Doc, Rachelle, RADRhett, Riley Cook, Rossy, runningafterbabies, Sasha, Scott Hughes, Scott (Kelli's husband), Scott Wesemann, Slow Joe, Spencer Simpson, Stephen, Steve Piccolo, Susie, The Rookie, Toby, Tracy, Twinkies, TylerS, Walter

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Miles:This week: 0.00 Month: 0.00 Year: 0.00
Mizuno Wave Inspire 7 Lifetime Miles: 803.99
Asics Gel 3030 Lifetime Miles: 204.85
Saucony Hurricane 13 Lifetime Miles: 149.22
Asics Gel DS Trainer 17 Lifetime Miles: 87.49
Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Lifetime Miles: 800.59
Brooks Ravenna 4 Lifetime Miles: 88.83
Mizuno X10 Trail Lifetime Miles: 180.06
Mizuno Wave Inspire 10 Lifetime Miles: 802.77
Asics Gel Kayano 21 Lifetime Miles: 56.47
Mizuno Wave Inspire 11 (blue) Lifetime Miles: 800.75
New Balance 1260v5 Lifetime Miles: 9.19
Reebok Floatride Lifetime Miles: 8.23
Total Distance
0.50

I didn't go running yesterday due to the chicken crisis of 2017.  A couple of weeks ago, my brother-in-law decided he wanted to get chickens.  But he didn't want to keep them at his house because of the HOA, so he brought them to our house.  Naturally my daughters fell in love with them.  There were 6 of them.  Were.  I was stretching out ready to run when my daughter came outside to check on them.  I thought I would got check on them with her right before I left.  I went back there and she was in a panic because they were all missing.  Somehow that had gotten out of their coop.  Abby was worried that the cat got them.  We started searching for them and she spotted one of them huddled up by the wall.  We looked for the others and I spotted one in the pool.  It had drowned :(  Abby started crying.  We kept looking for the others and one by one we would find them.  I went back to the pool and I happened to notice what looked like a set of chicken legs inside the skimmer ledge.  I said, "Oh no.  I found another one in the pool."  I removed the lid and expected to have to scoop out another dead bird, but it wasn't in there.  I could have swore I saw some chicken legs!  So I leaned over the edge and sure enough, there was the runt with its eyes closed.  I blew at it and its eyes opened!  I yelled, "It's alive!!"  Abby yelled, "Get it, dad!!"  I yelled, "I've never picked one up before!!"  So she reached in and grabbed it out.  We ended up finding all of them and put them back in the coop.  I went back inside the house and Abby said, "Did we put the tarp back on?  If we didn't, it's going to happen all over again."  So I went back outside to check if the tarp was on and they were all out again.  And one was in the pool!  The tarp was on.  There were two gaps in the wooden enclosure that I'm pretty sure they were squeezing through.  So I plugged them with bricks.  The runt was still shivering, so I took it inside to get warmed up.  Anyway, that ruined my morning and I didn't run.  This morning I got out, but half a mile in to it my knee started hurting.  This is why I stopped running a few months ago.  So I walked home.  The End.

Mizuno Wave Inspire 9 Miles: 0.50
Weight: 0.00
Comments
From allie on Wed, Jun 07, 2017 at 10:31:21 from 170.140.105.123

omg

From DaleG on Fri, Jun 09, 2017 at 23:10:23 from 152.216.15.5

OMG, is right! What an adventure. I like how she pulled the chicken out of the water like she's done it a million times.

What is UP with your knee? You should start a running streak like I did and just do a mile a day for several months. I'm surprised how much stronger my legs and knees have gotten just from that. Even my feet and ankles quit hurting after a few months. It's been very interesting noticing the changes. A while back I came up with a plan to continue running a mile or a little longer each day and do a longer run once each week, and increase the mileage of the long run each week. Then I'll have a step back week, and so on and so forth. So far it's working great and my body doesn't hurt all the time like it used to. Well, except when I wake up cringing in pain because my fingers hurt. Not sure if I'm getting arthritis or if it's a side effect of the pharmacy, I mean medications I consume every day. I'll have to look into that because it's getting pretty painful. Or maybe I'm just getting old....Yeah, that's probably it.

I hope your knee starts feeling better.

From Burt on Tue, Jun 13, 2017 at 17:02:31 from 70.176.85.97

Thanks for reading my blog, guys. Yeah, I tried running yesterday, and it was an epic failure. My legs were so sore. It was like they were resisting any sort of working the muscles. It was weird. I'm getting old, too.

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