Lactic Acid...

yeah - my legs are full of the stuff... we ran, and my body is reminding me that I did. I got up in the middle of the night because my cell phone battery was dying... of course I was groggy. It was 5am... it beeps every three minutes when the batter is dying...

SO - I just rolled out of bed and nearly collapsed as my legs screamed at me in pain. And then I stretched and realized I'd be okay.

I'm a bit stiff & I'm going to ice my knee again.

Did someone say 8 MILES?!

That's right, the miracle of love has brought me to a place I could have never imagined. Amy & I ran 8 miles tonight as we continue to train for the Indianapolis Mini marathon (13.1 miles total). It's in 3 weeks. And I'm supposed to try and get up to 10 miles at least prior to the race.

My goal of course, is not to win or really run crazy...it's to finish. I'm really excited to have completed 8 miles at this point. We'll see how I'm doing tomorrow.

Thank you God for Aleve...

The knee once again...

So I returned to the doctor to have my knee looked at. They initially thought it was cartilage or an irritation with my kneecap. Something like retropatellar pain syndrome. But with my lower level of activity in the past months and the 6 months of time... the doc thought to do an x-ray. So I had an x-ray on my knee.

While I was there, they did an x-ray on my chest for the tuberculosis film that I have to take with me to Russia for camp. And then they drew blood for the HIV test I have to have in order to get my Russian visa... yikes.

So, the x-ray didn't show anything. The doctor poked and prodded and decided to schedule me for an MRI on my knee. This will show if there are any tears in the ligaments of my knee. He's thinking that I might have stressed, stretched or torn part of my anterior meniscus.

Next week on Tuesday keep my knee in your prayers. I'm not sure what I want them to find... something wrong that can be fixed or just that I need to do physical therapy.

I really need to be able to run this race with Amy though - it's such an encouragement to her when we run.

this post is brought to you by the number 6 and the color orange

I ran six miles yesterday. yes, six. my wife right beside me the whole way. she's just an incredible bundle of encouragement when we run.

you see, i go through this transformation when i run. i really do like it, especially the fact that i'm exercising - but somehow, i become this whiny, complaining, hungry, little boy when i run.

and i really need to set my expectations well. 'cause it's not pretty when 4 miles accidentally becomes 4.7. i'm not nice when we insert a tempo run in this 3 miler that i thought was just a 3 miler.

but yesterday was really nice. really nice. amy talked to me the whole time. it was nice, not because it was a distraction from the running, but i really got to hear her thoughts on everything. i like that. i like talking to her.

she's the best. i know that you're thinking, "maybe my wife's the best." or even, "maybe i'm the best." but in this case. you are wrong. my wife is the best and i'm really glad that i met her and that she captured my heart and that we're married

Mini Marathon Training

Not that it's the most exciting thing for you, but I wanted a place to track my training milestones for the mini Marathon next year in Indianapolis.

3/10/08 ran 6 miles for the first time. 1:01:35
3/2/08 ran 5 miles through the slush and mush. 54 minutes
2/23/08 ran 4.7 miles - we thought it was 4. it killed me. i was a winer

didn't run for a long time

october 2007 - knee injury

7/4/07 ran 5K - 28 minutes (my first race)