More on the whole breathing thing later. 07/30/07 monday
Ok went to Saguaro east and rode the Cactus forest trail loop. It's 4.5 miles of hilly pavement and 2.5 miles of mellow single track. Then I broke down my mt. bike stored it in the jeep and did a quick change over of about 4-5 minutes into my running gear and reapeated the loop on foot.
So 7-7.
7 on mt bike 7 on foot. The run and ride went well.
Time for block SETS.
a-10 pullups
25 star decline pushups
25 dead hang leg lifts
50crunches
b- 10 pullups
25 decline pushups
25 dead hang leg lifts
50 bicycle crunches
c-10 pullups
50 star pushups
25 bicycle crunches
200 variety crunches- in the middle of my obliques I felt a weird pain and started having trouble moving air so I focused and worked through it and forced myself to do about 20 extra which im not counting. :)
d-10 pullups
25 pushups
50 crunches
Well I have to be at work @ 4am so if I shower and go to sleep now I may be able to get 5 hours of sleep!
Monday, July 30, 2007
Sunday, July 29, 2007
ouch
07/29/07 sunday-Well my quads hurt. Like impact hurt, so I figured I better ride today and maybe not run for a bit until my legs are'nt suffering from the impact of running. I've done my fair share of long hard training and am familiar with how much pain training can be but this is different.
So I rode the lone cactus loop out at Fantasy Island. It took about an hour and did'nt bother my legs. I realised I havent rode since my Sedona trip @ the end of may. I have'nt climbed in several weeks either. Perhaps it's time to switch things up.
Riding felt good. It did'nt agitate my legs or knees or anything so maybe I will switch it up for a week.
So I rode the lone cactus loop out at Fantasy Island. It took about an hour and did'nt bother my legs. I realised I havent rode since my Sedona trip @ the end of may. I have'nt climbed in several weeks either. Perhaps it's time to switch things up.
Riding felt good. It did'nt agitate my legs or knees or anything so maybe I will switch it up for a week.
Saturday, July 28, 2007
Squishy
fri 07/27/07 after work I bought some gel insoles from the local running store.
I headed up to Babat Duag. I've only seen this one on the map and it appered to be 2.5 each way. Perfect I was looking for a nice 5 miler.
So I managed to run the whole thing only taking one or two walk steps due to loose rough terrain. Uhh I didnt pay attention to the time just that a big rain cloud was sweeping the valley below me and that I'd better move my ass. I stopped @ the end trail sign, ate a gel, went pee and retied my right shoe. The insoles havent molded yet so I'm kinda squishing all over in my shoe. Seems Better tied tight. The ground was rough anyway. Im a bit sore.
There were big bolts of lightning coming out of that storm cloud. I beat it back to my car before it even reached the base of the mountain.
O yeah I dragged my foot right into a prickly pear cactus. Only one or two spines made it through my shoe and into my foot.
Well I've been putting my sets off all night
Sets-
Warm up 5 pullups
10 pushups
100 crunches
A-max pullups-15
max pushups-70
max crunches-215
B-10 pullups
50 pushups
25 dead hang leg lifts
c-10 pullups
25 star pushups
obliques-50 left-50 right
25 dead hang leg lifts
50 bicycle crunches
cool down
5 pullups
10 pushups
100 crunches
I headed up to Babat Duag. I've only seen this one on the map and it appered to be 2.5 each way. Perfect I was looking for a nice 5 miler.
So I managed to run the whole thing only taking one or two walk steps due to loose rough terrain. Uhh I didnt pay attention to the time just that a big rain cloud was sweeping the valley below me and that I'd better move my ass. I stopped @ the end trail sign, ate a gel, went pee and retied my right shoe. The insoles havent molded yet so I'm kinda squishing all over in my shoe. Seems Better tied tight. The ground was rough anyway. Im a bit sore.
There were big bolts of lightning coming out of that storm cloud. I beat it back to my car before it even reached the base of the mountain.
O yeah I dragged my foot right into a prickly pear cactus. Only one or two spines made it through my shoe and into my foot.
Well I've been putting my sets off all night
Sets-
Warm up 5 pullups
10 pushups
100 crunches
A-max pullups-15
max pushups-70
max crunches-215
B-10 pullups
50 pushups
25 dead hang leg lifts
c-10 pullups
25 star pushups
obliques-50 left-50 right
25 dead hang leg lifts
50 bicycle crunches
cool down
5 pullups
10 pushups
100 crunches
Thursday, July 26, 2007
I don't wanna take a bath
So I headed out to Sabino leaving myself ample time to hopefully run all of 7 Falls.
I've come close (I think) several times but have turned back short due to lack of light and unfamiliarity of the trail. Well I headed out toward bear canyon and had to make an EMERGENCY potty break so I veered off the trail and onto the road. As I approached the restroom I saw my first desert tortoise! I picked the trail back up and ran it for some time. Much further then the times before. Eventually I came upon a sign that said Bear canyon trail and had 2 arrows but no mileage. From there the trail gradually climbed up and right and another well used but unmarked trail headed left and down into the wash. So I followed the spur trail and ended up at what I'm pretty sure was 7 falls. I explored around a bit and in the water I found a small ribbon like snake swimming. It had vertical yellow dashes running its length(not stripes).
Well after playing a bit and eating some power goo gel junk I headed back. On the spur trail back up I saw a big fat lizard all black with bright orange spots. That sucker was huge, like a good 3 feet or so.
Ok so I headed back and at my first oportunity I took the phone line link up. I soon passed the turn for Blacketts ridge and realised I did'nt have enough time to climb Blacketts.
So I took all the phone links out passed phone line trail itself and down to the picnic area and shuttle stop 2. I kind of stumbled my way down to the road and pointed myself north. Onward and upward. Running the road was nice .I didnt have to lift my legs very high off the ground and just shuffled right along. All the wash crossings were running and I was a bit nervous about running the road with wet feet especially after all the trail running I had already done. With normal socks, soggy shoes, and 6 more miles my feet should have fallen apart. Well the injinji socks did there trick and I have very minimal blistering most of it is from yesterdays road run. Alot of people out hiking the road. I had to drag my self up the last hill to the end of the road...
Not too much long run drama. All in all I fell once on the trail, got real wet in the wash crossings, and made my quads so sore I became a little worried about the stairs leading up to my house.
So I decided to brave the dreaded ice bath. I bought 2 bags on the way home. I DO NOT LIKE COLD WATER. Ok so I prepared the bath and ice etc. Well the water wouldnt run cold so I only had to sit in really cold water for 10 minutes. Afterward I noticed a difference.
I took 800mg of ibuprofen and sat in the spa for 15 minutes or so.
So grand total 3hours 30 minutes and this includes my potty break and playing around @ 7 falls
Next time I want to throw Blacketts into the mix. I drank exactly 60 oz of water all of wich I carried on my person for the whole run and had 2 gels. Tommorow will be sets and a light run
I've come close (I think) several times but have turned back short due to lack of light and unfamiliarity of the trail. Well I headed out toward bear canyon and had to make an EMERGENCY potty break so I veered off the trail and onto the road. As I approached the restroom I saw my first desert tortoise! I picked the trail back up and ran it for some time. Much further then the times before. Eventually I came upon a sign that said Bear canyon trail and had 2 arrows but no mileage. From there the trail gradually climbed up and right and another well used but unmarked trail headed left and down into the wash. So I followed the spur trail and ended up at what I'm pretty sure was 7 falls. I explored around a bit and in the water I found a small ribbon like snake swimming. It had vertical yellow dashes running its length(not stripes).
Well after playing a bit and eating some power goo gel junk I headed back. On the spur trail back up I saw a big fat lizard all black with bright orange spots. That sucker was huge, like a good 3 feet or so.
Ok so I headed back and at my first oportunity I took the phone line link up. I soon passed the turn for Blacketts ridge and realised I did'nt have enough time to climb Blacketts.
So I took all the phone links out passed phone line trail itself and down to the picnic area and shuttle stop 2. I kind of stumbled my way down to the road and pointed myself north. Onward and upward. Running the road was nice .I didnt have to lift my legs very high off the ground and just shuffled right along. All the wash crossings were running and I was a bit nervous about running the road with wet feet especially after all the trail running I had already done. With normal socks, soggy shoes, and 6 more miles my feet should have fallen apart. Well the injinji socks did there trick and I have very minimal blistering most of it is from yesterdays road run. Alot of people out hiking the road. I had to drag my self up the last hill to the end of the road...
Not too much long run drama. All in all I fell once on the trail, got real wet in the wash crossings, and made my quads so sore I became a little worried about the stairs leading up to my house.
So I decided to brave the dreaded ice bath. I bought 2 bags on the way home. I DO NOT LIKE COLD WATER. Ok so I prepared the bath and ice etc. Well the water wouldnt run cold so I only had to sit in really cold water for 10 minutes. Afterward I noticed a difference.
I took 800mg of ibuprofen and sat in the spa for 15 minutes or so.
So grand total 3hours 30 minutes and this includes my potty break and playing around @ 7 falls
Next time I want to throw Blacketts into the mix. I drank exactly 60 oz of water all of wich I carried on my person for the whole run and had 2 gels. Tommorow will be sets and a light run
Just Troy? just desert or just desserts?
wed 07/25/07-finally got a day off....Well a a bit of drama going on , jeep problems, finances are being tricky, me being emotionally unstable :) ... So I have friends who are snowbirds and leave their car here when there gone so I borrowed it for the day while the jeep is @ the docters office(mechanic) slowly draining my wallet(gotta pay to play).
Ahh well I needed to give the snowbirds car a run any way, its been sittin a month or so and I had to convince it to start! So Off to Saguaro east. The Rincons!
I haven't been out there since I first moved and only once prior, kinda saving this place for when I get bored with Sabino.
So I got a late start, I headed out on the cactus drive loop @ 6:40pm and tried to really haul ass. The park closes at 7pm and I was bound and determined to run 8 miles. Good thing I parked outside the gate and down the rode a bit. Great run ,I did the whole loop in one direction this time instead of turning around at the half way point. Amazing sunset that lasted forever. All my problems seemed small. It could have been hot, it could have been cold. The small things faded away into the rythm of my feet beating the concrete. Everything became simple...
Run in this direction, climb this hill, left foot, right foot,it was like kindergarten. A few steady climbs, amazing scenery. The sun hanging behind the tucson mountains to the west; lighting the whole panaram like some sort of natural mellow neon. I felt warm inside. I felt good.. The moon slowly made its apperance through the haze hanging over the Rincons and I finished my run.
Total time 80 minutes almost exactly and I started down the road a piece. So I averaged 10 minute miles. The last half of the run was akin to floating on an updraft.
SETS-
pullups 4 sets of 10(40)
pushups 4 sets of 50(200)
dead hang leg lifts 4 sets of 25(100)
bicycle crunches 4 sets of 25(100)
200 variety style crunches (floor)
My body is changing ,I see a difference. I feel different.
Ahh well I needed to give the snowbirds car a run any way, its been sittin a month or so and I had to convince it to start! So Off to Saguaro east. The Rincons!
I haven't been out there since I first moved and only once prior, kinda saving this place for when I get bored with Sabino.
So I got a late start, I headed out on the cactus drive loop @ 6:40pm and tried to really haul ass. The park closes at 7pm and I was bound and determined to run 8 miles. Good thing I parked outside the gate and down the rode a bit. Great run ,I did the whole loop in one direction this time instead of turning around at the half way point. Amazing sunset that lasted forever. All my problems seemed small. It could have been hot, it could have been cold. The small things faded away into the rythm of my feet beating the concrete. Everything became simple...
Run in this direction, climb this hill, left foot, right foot,it was like kindergarten. A few steady climbs, amazing scenery. The sun hanging behind the tucson mountains to the west; lighting the whole panaram like some sort of natural mellow neon. I felt warm inside. I felt good.. The moon slowly made its apperance through the haze hanging over the Rincons and I finished my run.
Total time 80 minutes almost exactly and I started down the road a piece. So I averaged 10 minute miles. The last half of the run was akin to floating on an updraft.
SETS-
pullups 4 sets of 10(40)
pushups 4 sets of 50(200)
dead hang leg lifts 4 sets of 25(100)
bicycle crunches 4 sets of 25(100)
200 variety style crunches (floor)
My body is changing ,I see a difference. I feel different.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
I'm ready for life in this city and.....
...my wings have grown almost enough to lift me.
My name stands for my being and my being stands for the woman who stood and braved the storm to raise the seedling. Brother sun, sister moon, mother beutiful.- Aesop Rock.
)7/23/07 Monday-
My lifes essence encaspulated in the soft glow of a head lamp. That sentence stayed trapped in my brain, not sure where it came from but I dont beleive it's my own- I can only see a short distance ahead; the reflective strips in my shoes shine and flash. Dodging rocks and keeping a lookout for snakes I head down the phoneline link to the picnic area and shuttle stop 2. I just bagged lower sabino to Blacketts ridge. I was hoping to snag the road all the way out . The quick sunset changed my plans and I brought out both my lights.( head lamp and mini hand held).
Dam it was pitch black, I almost stepped on a ton of these tiny frogs all over the road. I also saw a big ol' toad and a tarrantula! Total run time 2hours. Trails were tricky due to the rains. Slick rocks.
As if the run wasn't enough!
SETS-The Ugly-
The following sets are done as blocks-
A-
-10 pullup
25 decline pushups
50 reg crunches
25 dead hang leg lifts
rest 5 minutes
B-
-10 pullups
25 decline pushups
50 left oblique crunches
25 dead hang leg lifts
forward bridges
rest 10 minutes
C-
-10 pullups
25 decline star pushups
50 right oblique crunches
25 dead hang leg lifts
rest 15 minutes
D-
-10 pullups
25 regular pushups
50 sit and reach crunches
25 deadhang leg lifts
rest until ready
E-*
MAX SETS- The best for last after I'm tired!
MAX PULLUPS-15
5 MINUTE REST
MAX PUSHUPS- fuck 80!!!
5 MINUTE REST
MAX CRUNCHES-300
straight into-
-Boxing routine-30 minutes -Barfing?- Barfing? -HOORAY NO BARFING!!!
This was a a full workout. If I can push like this in a work out, I can put my body through anything... Anything. When it's game time I can double or triple my output over my training level. Things are getting a bit lonely, but, it may just be time to switch it up and climb for a few weeks. My goals are within reach, I'm going to keep this training regimen up heavy for at least 3 months.PRAY FOR SNOW IN AZ. THIS YEAR!!!
I feel like human jello. I need a shower. ummm!
My name stands for my being and my being stands for the woman who stood and braved the storm to raise the seedling. Brother sun, sister moon, mother beutiful.- Aesop Rock.
)7/23/07 Monday-
My lifes essence encaspulated in the soft glow of a head lamp. That sentence stayed trapped in my brain, not sure where it came from but I dont beleive it's my own- I can only see a short distance ahead; the reflective strips in my shoes shine and flash. Dodging rocks and keeping a lookout for snakes I head down the phoneline link to the picnic area and shuttle stop 2. I just bagged lower sabino to Blacketts ridge. I was hoping to snag the road all the way out . The quick sunset changed my plans and I brought out both my lights.( head lamp and mini hand held).
Dam it was pitch black, I almost stepped on a ton of these tiny frogs all over the road. I also saw a big ol' toad and a tarrantula! Total run time 2hours. Trails were tricky due to the rains. Slick rocks.
As if the run wasn't enough!
SETS-The Ugly-
The following sets are done as blocks-
A-
-10 pullup
25 decline pushups
50 reg crunches
25 dead hang leg lifts
rest 5 minutes
B-
-10 pullups
25 decline pushups
50 left oblique crunches
25 dead hang leg lifts
forward bridges
rest 10 minutes
C-
-10 pullups
25 decline star pushups
50 right oblique crunches
25 dead hang leg lifts
rest 15 minutes
D-
-10 pullups
25 regular pushups
50 sit and reach crunches
25 deadhang leg lifts
rest until ready
E-*
MAX SETS- The best for last after I'm tired!
MAX PULLUPS-15
5 MINUTE REST
MAX PUSHUPS- fuck 80!!!
5 MINUTE REST
MAX CRUNCHES-300
straight into-
-Boxing routine-30 minutes -Barfing?- Barfing? -HOORAY NO BARFING!!!
This was a a full workout. If I can push like this in a work out, I can put my body through anything... Anything. When it's game time I can double or triple my output over my training level. Things are getting a bit lonely, but, it may just be time to switch it up and climb for a few weeks. My goals are within reach, I'm going to keep this training regimen up heavy for at least 3 months.PRAY FOR SNOW IN AZ. THIS YEAR!!!
I feel like human jello. I need a shower. ummm!
Friday, July 20, 2007
For all the things you had to steal and borrow.
Ok )7/20/07-friday- ran reid park after work,under 30 minutes,one lap/cruising/limping.
Nice weather, like 75 degrees. My shins hurt. I need to stretch, get new insoles already and probably new road shoes.
I sense a rest day coming up...
SETS-
3 sets of 50 pushups(150)
5 sets of 10 pullups(50)
4 sets of 25 dead hang leg lift crunches from the pullup bar(100)
200 variety style crunches(floor)
So my boss switched my schedule yet again and I may get to run Sabino tommorrow
. Maybe I'll take a rest day...I need to run in the dirt. Oh well no biggie.
So thats week 2 of incorporating mon,wed, and friday mandatory sets!
MANDATORY!!!NO EXCUSES!
A quick thanks to kent for the ed abbey info.
p.s. not sure about the E.A. monument in organ pipe..It's just something I read about in Backpacker magazine several years ago.
Wow so this is life! Trying to cram as much into everywaking moment ,working 10 hour plus days and working 10 days on 2 days off. Running and working out, just building more and more layers of the cake. Or perhaps a really good basefoundation. Ha.
Scary how quickly my moods snap.
Nice weather, like 75 degrees. My shins hurt. I need to stretch, get new insoles already and probably new road shoes.
I sense a rest day coming up...
SETS-
3 sets of 50 pushups(150)
5 sets of 10 pullups(50)
4 sets of 25 dead hang leg lift crunches from the pullup bar(100)
200 variety style crunches(floor)
So my boss switched my schedule yet again and I may get to run Sabino tommorrow
. Maybe I'll take a rest day...I need to run in the dirt. Oh well no biggie.
So thats week 2 of incorporating mon,wed, and friday mandatory sets!
MANDATORY!!!NO EXCUSES!
A quick thanks to kent for the ed abbey info.
p.s. not sure about the E.A. monument in organ pipe..It's just something I read about in Backpacker magazine several years ago.
Wow so this is life! Trying to cram as much into everywaking moment ,working 10 hour plus days and working 10 days on 2 days off. Running and working out, just building more and more layers of the cake. Or perhaps a really good basefoundation. Ha.
Scary how quickly my moods snap.
slow dance
071907-thursday afterwork ran 2 laps @ reid park 1 hour exactly. Soaking wet and nice and cool.
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
At the top of this timeline you will remember.
Ok the good stuff first-I got off work a little late so I modified my run. I ran lower bear canyon out to the phone line link passed the Blackett junction and back down the other side of the phone line link to sabino canyon road and shuttle stop 2. From there it was go time. I hammered out to the end of the road and only saw people heading back. So I hit the turn around at the end of the road touched the sign and kicked on down the hill.
Well lets see what happens if I kick it up a notch....So I started hammering downhill.I easily turned a high 5 minute mile and a low 6. I can tell my speed simple by how fast my legs turn. 5 minute miles usually make my legs spin so fast its almost as if I could fall and am unable to keep up with myself,I held this pace for 2 and a half songs. My 6 minute miles are a little more controlled but not by much. Any way I caught everyone that had passed me on their way back as I was climbing up that last long grade. They were easily 15 minutes ahead of me.
I was jamming. I may be able to do just the road in under 40 minutes...not sure. I'm a distance runner not sprinter. In fact i'm a very slow disatance runner. :) So the entire run -I started @ 6:55pm and finished all the way back and touching the jeep @ 8:21-So 1 hour 30 minutes.
Sets-2 sets of 50 pushups(100)
4 sets of 10 pullups(40)
4 sets of 25 leg lifts on the pull up bar(100)- during my 3rd set I started getting a huge knot cramp in my quad? back of my quad? weird so I had to stop for like 2 seconds.
200 variety style situps
Ok now for the unfun stuff. The following is just a way I vent and hash out my problems-If you are reading this and dont want to cry/ have a bad day or deal with my personal drivel then read no further.
So
I went searching for some paper work... and what did I stumble upon?I shouldnt have pulled it out....
An indian blessing, (this happened to have been read by the women who married us)-
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will shelter the other.
Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other...
Now ther is no more loneliness...
Now you are two persons, but, there is only one life before you...
Go now to your dwelling place, to enter into the days of your life together...
And may those days be good and long upon this earth.
The next thing I found, what I was actually looking for-
The court orders , good cause appearing.
Judgement of dissolution is entered. Marital or domestic partnership is terminated and the parties are restored to the status of single persons .... ugg Ok so I dont cry .I dont, and I sat on the verge for sometime. Weird. Anyway my health insurance company threatened me with fraud charges because I'm single but have refused to drop coverage on my wife-ex wife whatever. So I told em, I was always upfront and honest but they insist they need a copy of the divorce paper work .This is boggling because I said ok im not married drop her and they said prove it. Then they proceed to tell me if I continue to carry her even though I'm not married I would be charged with blah blah blah...SO DROP HER. Well we cant with out prooof but if you continue to carry her we will........... AHHHHHHH. Ok so I found the document. Now I have to be able to hold it for longer then 5seconds with out freaking out....not sure how im going to make a copy of it...
Oh well with her proclivity for indulging in substances I wanted to carry her for as long as possible while her addiction plays out. Hopefully she would still be covered when she bottoms out and wrecks the other car or whatevr. Its bound to happen.
It funny she actually did me a favor by leaving because I would have stood by her no matter what. Its almost as if she left so I wouldnt get caught in her wreckage.
I still talk with her frequently...We did everything together and am not used to other people really.
I just keep short circuiting when I try and go out with friends or people or whatever.
I mean geez do I need
a head shrinking? ha nah just keep working out.
I'm not suicidal/homicidal and still have my sense of humor and happen to loathe psycho analysts :)
Whenver I feel emotions I hear all this weird self talk like dont be a puss dont be emotional dont be a sissy grow up show some maturity.
I mean Im aware of it I know...
I really got messed up this time.
I want to save up enough money and by a little shack in the mountains and learn how to be totally self sufficient.
Grieving sucks.
I dont like being so volatile and understand that the intense training im subjecting myself to is dredging all this shit out.
Fuck I need to climb.
ok so song lyrics , I seem to have trouble expressing myself so I dont know....piss and moan wah wah woh as me oh poor me.
Ok I give up.
THURSDAY LYRICS"This Side Of Brightness"
I sewed it up Stitched all these dead end streetsInto the sewn up seams of my heartstrings unwind(unwound).
Like a petal pulled from an open flower.Surrounds by fields where children sign but don't make a sound and don'tBreak it off.
This searching for what we may never find And that says it all.
I hope that we will make it through..The heartbreak that comes with just living through one dayAll the good times that past and all the friends we lose in a lifetime on our way.Here in this life we seem so lost.On this side of brightness we don't know where to go.I hope that we can make itThrough this night.
Well lets see what happens if I kick it up a notch....So I started hammering downhill.I easily turned a high 5 minute mile and a low 6. I can tell my speed simple by how fast my legs turn. 5 minute miles usually make my legs spin so fast its almost as if I could fall and am unable to keep up with myself,I held this pace for 2 and a half songs. My 6 minute miles are a little more controlled but not by much. Any way I caught everyone that had passed me on their way back as I was climbing up that last long grade. They were easily 15 minutes ahead of me.
I was jamming. I may be able to do just the road in under 40 minutes...not sure. I'm a distance runner not sprinter. In fact i'm a very slow disatance runner. :) So the entire run -I started @ 6:55pm and finished all the way back and touching the jeep @ 8:21-So 1 hour 30 minutes.
Sets-2 sets of 50 pushups(100)
4 sets of 10 pullups(40)
4 sets of 25 leg lifts on the pull up bar(100)- during my 3rd set I started getting a huge knot cramp in my quad? back of my quad? weird so I had to stop for like 2 seconds.
200 variety style situps
Ok now for the unfun stuff. The following is just a way I vent and hash out my problems-If you are reading this and dont want to cry/ have a bad day or deal with my personal drivel then read no further.
So
I went searching for some paper work... and what did I stumble upon?I shouldnt have pulled it out....
An indian blessing, (this happened to have been read by the women who married us)-
Now you will feel no rain, for each of you will shelter the other.
Now you will feel no cold, for each of you will be warmth to the other...
Now ther is no more loneliness...
Now you are two persons, but, there is only one life before you...
Go now to your dwelling place, to enter into the days of your life together...
And may those days be good and long upon this earth.
The next thing I found, what I was actually looking for-
The court orders , good cause appearing.
Judgement of dissolution is entered. Marital or domestic partnership is terminated and the parties are restored to the status of single persons .... ugg Ok so I dont cry .I dont, and I sat on the verge for sometime. Weird. Anyway my health insurance company threatened me with fraud charges because I'm single but have refused to drop coverage on my wife-ex wife whatever. So I told em, I was always upfront and honest but they insist they need a copy of the divorce paper work .This is boggling because I said ok im not married drop her and they said prove it. Then they proceed to tell me if I continue to carry her even though I'm not married I would be charged with blah blah blah...SO DROP HER. Well we cant with out prooof but if you continue to carry her we will........... AHHHHHHH. Ok so I found the document. Now I have to be able to hold it for longer then 5seconds with out freaking out....not sure how im going to make a copy of it...
Oh well with her proclivity for indulging in substances I wanted to carry her for as long as possible while her addiction plays out. Hopefully she would still be covered when she bottoms out and wrecks the other car or whatevr. Its bound to happen.
It funny she actually did me a favor by leaving because I would have stood by her no matter what. Its almost as if she left so I wouldnt get caught in her wreckage.
I still talk with her frequently...We did everything together and am not used to other people really.
I just keep short circuiting when I try and go out with friends or people or whatever.
I mean geez do I need
a head shrinking? ha nah just keep working out.
I'm not suicidal/homicidal and still have my sense of humor and happen to loathe psycho analysts :)
Whenver I feel emotions I hear all this weird self talk like dont be a puss dont be emotional dont be a sissy grow up show some maturity.
I mean Im aware of it I know...
I really got messed up this time.
I want to save up enough money and by a little shack in the mountains and learn how to be totally self sufficient.
Grieving sucks.
I dont like being so volatile and understand that the intense training im subjecting myself to is dredging all this shit out.
Fuck I need to climb.
ok so song lyrics , I seem to have trouble expressing myself so I dont know....piss and moan wah wah woh as me oh poor me.
Ok I give up.
THURSDAY LYRICS"This Side Of Brightness"
I sewed it up Stitched all these dead end streetsInto the sewn up seams of my heartstrings unwind(unwound).
Like a petal pulled from an open flower.Surrounds by fields where children sign but don't make a sound and don'tBreak it off.
This searching for what we may never find And that says it all.
I hope that we will make it through..The heartbreak that comes with just living through one dayAll the good times that past and all the friends we lose in a lifetime on our way.Here in this life we seem so lost.On this side of brightness we don't know where to go.I hope that we can make itThrough this night.
Monday, July 16, 2007
Starting to dry out
071607 monday-this time of year i'd normally be swimming in a swimming hole full of freezing snow runoff, jumping off rocks, and climbing in tahoe.
So I'm starting to feel really dry...Well I packed some gear and headed up to the lemmon planning on running for 4 hours or so.
I started at marshall gulch and ran out to w.o.r.t having to throw on my rain jacket as I started down w.or.t. A couple things struck me about this trail.
1_ parts of it seemed like a run off
2_parts of it were/are/is a run off
3_ gee I can kinda guess what happens when it rains bad...
So after a good hour plus of running in a nice rain and checking out the trail real good for next time, I turned around. I hear there is a natural lake in a granite basin out by the w.o.r.t trail and could kind of see how the trees were panning out and then dropping away much like the landscape does in the sierras when you approach a lake. Too bad I did'nt get to explore just a little further. Total run time -just a few minutes over 2 hours-good exploratory run.
Not feeling so dry now! It was like being on the pct again nice!
SETS
2 sets of 50pushups(100)
4 sets of 10 pullups(40)
4 sets of 25 dead hang leg lift cruches off the pullup bar(100)
200 variety style crunches on the floor.
So I'm starting to feel really dry...Well I packed some gear and headed up to the lemmon planning on running for 4 hours or so.
I started at marshall gulch and ran out to w.o.r.t having to throw on my rain jacket as I started down w.or.t. A couple things struck me about this trail.
1_ parts of it seemed like a run off
2_parts of it were/are/is a run off
3_ gee I can kinda guess what happens when it rains bad...
So after a good hour plus of running in a nice rain and checking out the trail real good for next time, I turned around. I hear there is a natural lake in a granite basin out by the w.o.r.t trail and could kind of see how the trees were panning out and then dropping away much like the landscape does in the sierras when you approach a lake. Too bad I did'nt get to explore just a little further. Total run time -just a few minutes over 2 hours-good exploratory run.
Not feeling so dry now! It was like being on the pct again nice!
SETS
2 sets of 50pushups(100)
4 sets of 10 pullups(40)
4 sets of 25 dead hang leg lift cruches off the pullup bar(100)
200 variety style crunches on the floor.
Sunday, July 15, 2007
lazy day
Sun 071507
So I headed out to Picacho peak and arrived around 6pm planning to run the hunter trail until a little after dark.
Upon arriving, a ranger had to give me some sort of warning speech about people dying on the trail and that I was in the target group ages18-40 males and time of day. He went on to say that the guys who died were'nt ordinary guys they were supposedly uber fit.
Further more I was informed that I couldnt run after dark and would be ticketed, also, I was told to not expect to run past the saddle and that should take at least 30 or 40 minutes and should probably turn around by 7pm in order to make it down in time.
So I started up the trail and despite the rugged conditions I made the saddle in 15 minutes! So I explored a little further and followed a set of hand cables down and around and toward the summit. Making it to the last section of trail to the summit.
At this point it was 7pm, and I decided to bail knowing I had to drag my ass up those steel hand cables. I made it down in plenty of time.
I could do this whole thing in 1hour30min-2hours. Short stout trail.
So tommorrow I plan on doing a long run.
So I headed out to Picacho peak and arrived around 6pm planning to run the hunter trail until a little after dark.
Upon arriving, a ranger had to give me some sort of warning speech about people dying on the trail and that I was in the target group ages18-40 males and time of day. He went on to say that the guys who died were'nt ordinary guys they were supposedly uber fit.
Further more I was informed that I couldnt run after dark and would be ticketed, also, I was told to not expect to run past the saddle and that should take at least 30 or 40 minutes and should probably turn around by 7pm in order to make it down in time.
So I started up the trail and despite the rugged conditions I made the saddle in 15 minutes! So I explored a little further and followed a set of hand cables down and around and toward the summit. Making it to the last section of trail to the summit.
At this point it was 7pm, and I decided to bail knowing I had to drag my ass up those steel hand cables. I made it down in plenty of time.
I could do this whole thing in 1hour30min-2hours. Short stout trail.
So tommorrow I plan on doing a long run.
Saturday, July 14, 2007
They sold you everything you need to fix you up
And you feel good now but you can't wake up. They found a way to reassure you that everything would be ok. Reach out today now I implore you to remember who you are. Return to days when you knew. You still found some light. Reveal the way you felt when you could look inside.
071307 friday after work- Ran a quick lap @ reid in under 25 minutes.
Then drove home
It's my night for sets so-
4 sets of 50 pushups(200)
4 sets of 25 squats(100)
200 variety style crunches (on the floor)
4 sets of 25 dead hang leg lift crunches from the pull up bar(100)
6 sets of 10 pullups(60)
ok so I just went through my kick box routine for a half hour...seriously blazing on the heavy bag tonight. I'm feeling sic strong.
I was never good at standard or sterotypical art but here I am creating something and this blog shows I am putting in the hard work. I'm creating me! Wow hey I'm still in my running shorts oh god I stink bad.
I'm starting to float ,soon I will fly :) .
Whatever it is, it's coming for me, and I have my moments where I still believe in fate.
Dam this rules. I'd like to go climb. Everything is slowly falling into place. An optimistic moment perhaps.
It's funny normies(normal people) have no clue how hard I play/train.
After my weekend, people @ work always seem interested in my stories and adventures. After being around me for 3 months, they are now beginning to fathom what Im about.
Im starting to see understanding , acknowledgement, when I relive my weekend.
When it comes to their turn to tell about their day off its always a little sad...ie. Sat at home etc.....until recently.
This always happens, I'm able to reach just a few and sometimes it sticks and sometimes it doesnt. Everyone wants to have adventures of their own unfortunatly nowadays alot of experiences are virtual, computers ,tv, video etc. and they take little effort other then plopping our asses down and plugging in. Hmmmm well, what I like best is when they have had an adventure,big or small and again it comes time to share. This time they emmanate a glow, a little smile and you can see in there eyes they created an experience they will remember forever.
071307 friday after work- Ran a quick lap @ reid in under 25 minutes.
Then drove home
It's my night for sets so-
4 sets of 50 pushups(200)
4 sets of 25 squats(100)
200 variety style crunches (on the floor)
4 sets of 25 dead hang leg lift crunches from the pull up bar(100)
6 sets of 10 pullups(60)
ok so I just went through my kick box routine for a half hour...seriously blazing on the heavy bag tonight. I'm feeling sic strong.
I was never good at standard or sterotypical art but here I am creating something and this blog shows I am putting in the hard work. I'm creating me! Wow hey I'm still in my running shorts oh god I stink bad.
I'm starting to float ,soon I will fly :) .
Whatever it is, it's coming for me, and I have my moments where I still believe in fate.
Dam this rules. I'd like to go climb. Everything is slowly falling into place. An optimistic moment perhaps.
It's funny normies(normal people) have no clue how hard I play/train.
After my weekend, people @ work always seem interested in my stories and adventures. After being around me for 3 months, they are now beginning to fathom what Im about.
Im starting to see understanding , acknowledgement, when I relive my weekend.
When it comes to their turn to tell about their day off its always a little sad...ie. Sat at home etc.....until recently.
This always happens, I'm able to reach just a few and sometimes it sticks and sometimes it doesnt. Everyone wants to have adventures of their own unfortunatly nowadays alot of experiences are virtual, computers ,tv, video etc. and they take little effort other then plopping our asses down and plugging in. Hmmmm well, what I like best is when they have had an adventure,big or small and again it comes time to share. This time they emmanate a glow, a little smile and you can see in there eyes they created an experience they will remember forever.
Thursday, July 12, 2007
I will never be less than free
thursday071207
All right So I arrived at the visitor center and immediatly it started raining. People started scattering all over. I just smiled, looked up and made sure the storm was moving east. As I headed up lower bear canyon trail another runner was hurrying back to his car and exclaimed-"just in time". So I headed directly to phone line link and then went straight up blacketts ridge. It was great weather and I was able to run 95% of the trail. I got to the end of the ridge trail and scrambled as far as I could go doing some easy 4th and 5th class moves...I went way out on the ridge today. It was amazing I could see the storm straffing the city. I could actually see the rain coming all the way down instead of just the usual high grey curtains.
As I was heading back down about a mile from the top I came across another trail runner. I stopped and offered him water , I didnt notice he had a little 10 ounce hand held. So I asked if he was going to the top and if I could turn around and join him. He said no he was bailing and didnt have enough time. He joined me for the trip down and we talked about everything. He asked how long i'd been here and what trails I've done and was a bit suprised that Id done so many in 3 months. So he's the first real trail runner I've met in person since I've been here. He told me how to get a hold of him I'm stoked.
So we hit the phone line link and we went seperate ways. I followed it north and joined the road at shuttle stop 2. I ran the road to the end and started heading back. As I came down the last climb from the end of the road a man on a recumbent bicycle passed me so I turned around and asked if I could pace with him and run the hill a second time. So all in all I ran for 3 hours.
All right So I arrived at the visitor center and immediatly it started raining. People started scattering all over. I just smiled, looked up and made sure the storm was moving east. As I headed up lower bear canyon trail another runner was hurrying back to his car and exclaimed-"just in time". So I headed directly to phone line link and then went straight up blacketts ridge. It was great weather and I was able to run 95% of the trail. I got to the end of the ridge trail and scrambled as far as I could go doing some easy 4th and 5th class moves...I went way out on the ridge today. It was amazing I could see the storm straffing the city. I could actually see the rain coming all the way down instead of just the usual high grey curtains.
As I was heading back down about a mile from the top I came across another trail runner. I stopped and offered him water , I didnt notice he had a little 10 ounce hand held. So I asked if he was going to the top and if I could turn around and join him. He said no he was bailing and didnt have enough time. He joined me for the trip down and we talked about everything. He asked how long i'd been here and what trails I've done and was a bit suprised that Id done so many in 3 months. So he's the first real trail runner I've met in person since I've been here. He told me how to get a hold of him I'm stoked.
So we hit the phone line link and we went seperate ways. I followed it north and joined the road at shuttle stop 2. I ran the road to the end and started heading back. As I came down the last climb from the end of the road a man on a recumbent bicycle passed me so I turned around and asked if I could pace with him and run the hill a second time. So all in all I ran for 3 hours.
enjoying the journey and anxious for the every moment
071107 wed after work-
So is it official, am I in training? Maybe just for my next run or climb or next great adventure.
2 sets of 50 pushups(100)
3 sets of 10 pullups(30)
30 deadhang leg lift crunches from the pullup bar
50 squats
200 variety style crunches
rest day from running
I had kind of a lousy day but am in a great mood.
I'm anxious for winter, or at least fall.
Looking forward to the change of seasons. The storms are cool and this sure beats 110 degrees.
I really love the snow. This year is going to be epic in the sierras, I can feel it. Maybe in september when I take vacation I'll have an oppurtunity to climb bear creek spire or whitney.
Somewhere sic. I'll probably be in kickass shape, these trails I've been runing are awesome as well as really great training for all types of adventuring.
It's weird I'm able to gauge my overall fitness by the change of seasons because my activities usually change with the season. It's like I get stronger and better at everything the older I get.
I'm way stronger then at any time in my life previous and I seem to be smarter about expending my energy as opposed to just wasting it in short short bursts.
So is it official, am I in training? Maybe just for my next run or climb or next great adventure.
2 sets of 50 pushups(100)
3 sets of 10 pullups(30)
30 deadhang leg lift crunches from the pullup bar
50 squats
200 variety style crunches
rest day from running
I had kind of a lousy day but am in a great mood.
I'm anxious for winter, or at least fall.
Looking forward to the change of seasons. The storms are cool and this sure beats 110 degrees.
I really love the snow. This year is going to be epic in the sierras, I can feel it. Maybe in september when I take vacation I'll have an oppurtunity to climb bear creek spire or whitney.
Somewhere sic. I'll probably be in kickass shape, these trails I've been runing are awesome as well as really great training for all types of adventuring.
It's weird I'm able to gauge my overall fitness by the change of seasons because my activities usually change with the season. It's like I get stronger and better at everything the older I get.
I'm way stronger then at any time in my life previous and I seem to be smarter about expending my energy as opposed to just wasting it in short short bursts.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
07/10/07 tuesday-So I felt like a little drive and am spoiling myself with all these new trails.Besides, next week I have to work like 10 straight night shifts so I'll only be able to run a little bit at reid. So I decided to treat myself and go out to catalina park (1st time) and run romero pools.
I took the trail out until I passed the intial set of pools which was filled with stagnant water and picked up the trail for as far as I could follow it. After a while it ends up at some other pools and I actually found running clean water. It's funny I naturally expected it would be cold water from the snowmelt runoff of course... wait a second I'm in the desert. Warm running water! How weird. So the water just gathers in the pools from storms and such. I followed the trail til it was really not maintained anymore and found a sort of seep in one of the pools, maybe some sort of underground spring coming through the rock. The trail seems to cut cross country and looks like a bushwack,but supposedly you can take it all the way to mt.lemmon. I couldnt really follow it after a while and didnt want to be running out there at night even with my lights.
So roundtrip travel time including exploring the pools and everything 1hr.50min.
So NO RUNNING on WEDNESDAY!-I'll have sets to do though. My connective tissue needs a break.
I turned off the mp3 and just ran. I saw no one until I got back to the trailhead. In fact when I drove into the park and parked I didnt see anyone anywhere.
Randomness-The following is me being emotional -lame ,grow up, show some maturity, I know I know. Geez.
The whole run had a feeling of desolation. It was nice and I think I even managed to not think about my ex or my dog or cali or my friends there or family or anything or WORK!. Or money!
Just run.... I like this weather. So its been almost a year...I still dont want to deal with this shit. So its apparent that I've been depressed. Also I realise that I've been self medicating through excercise.
Why running?-My mind goes blank-when I climb I just remember everything and I look down and shes not belaying me or spotting me... This sucks, Isolation is probably not healthy, I just cant deal with this...I really dont like emotions.
If I'm not in tune with myself I wont be able to run the distances I want. I wish I could run all the time. Havent climbed in 2 weeks, still havent made partners out here.... should probably just go boulder.
Bouldering has the simplicity of running, just me, my shoes and chalk and the rock.
I'm in running mode. My moods are fluctuating bad. It's like coping with the death of a loved one cept the only thing thats dead is the women I knew , the girl I married, her body is still around. Some people lie, some people change, Some people never told the truth from the begginning. I know I'm an emotional midget.
I need to push myself further, this is ridiculous.
I want to push myself beyond all my natural human safety mechanisms.
Sometimes I think about swimming again, competetively. It's hard to bring myself to swim more then a few times a year. I almost hate it, almost.....
There is so much holding me back because I let it. Fuck its so simple It's on the tip of my tongue and I just ignore it. I know what to do . I can feel what I'm capable of and feel that I'm not even coming close to tapping into my potential.... So I've had it.....
I know approaching this with anger will just lead me back to the beginning. Follow through is difficult when I dont know the directions or even where I'm going.
I'm on the cusp of either a breakdown or something amazing. (the cure pictures of you came on the mp3) I'm ... I think I need to sleep I've been up since 3am... rambling on....
I took the trail out until I passed the intial set of pools which was filled with stagnant water and picked up the trail for as far as I could follow it. After a while it ends up at some other pools and I actually found running clean water. It's funny I naturally expected it would be cold water from the snowmelt runoff of course... wait a second I'm in the desert. Warm running water! How weird. So the water just gathers in the pools from storms and such. I followed the trail til it was really not maintained anymore and found a sort of seep in one of the pools, maybe some sort of underground spring coming through the rock. The trail seems to cut cross country and looks like a bushwack,but supposedly you can take it all the way to mt.lemmon. I couldnt really follow it after a while and didnt want to be running out there at night even with my lights.
So roundtrip travel time including exploring the pools and everything 1hr.50min.
So NO RUNNING on WEDNESDAY!-I'll have sets to do though. My connective tissue needs a break.
I turned off the mp3 and just ran. I saw no one until I got back to the trailhead. In fact when I drove into the park and parked I didnt see anyone anywhere.
Randomness-The following is me being emotional -lame ,grow up, show some maturity, I know I know. Geez.
The whole run had a feeling of desolation. It was nice and I think I even managed to not think about my ex or my dog or cali or my friends there or family or anything or WORK!. Or money!
Just run.... I like this weather. So its been almost a year...I still dont want to deal with this shit. So its apparent that I've been depressed. Also I realise that I've been self medicating through excercise.
Why running?-My mind goes blank-when I climb I just remember everything and I look down and shes not belaying me or spotting me... This sucks, Isolation is probably not healthy, I just cant deal with this...I really dont like emotions.
If I'm not in tune with myself I wont be able to run the distances I want. I wish I could run all the time. Havent climbed in 2 weeks, still havent made partners out here.... should probably just go boulder.
Bouldering has the simplicity of running, just me, my shoes and chalk and the rock.
I'm in running mode. My moods are fluctuating bad. It's like coping with the death of a loved one cept the only thing thats dead is the women I knew , the girl I married, her body is still around. Some people lie, some people change, Some people never told the truth from the begginning. I know I'm an emotional midget.
I need to push myself further, this is ridiculous.
I want to push myself beyond all my natural human safety mechanisms.
Sometimes I think about swimming again, competetively. It's hard to bring myself to swim more then a few times a year. I almost hate it, almost.....
There is so much holding me back because I let it. Fuck its so simple It's on the tip of my tongue and I just ignore it. I know what to do . I can feel what I'm capable of and feel that I'm not even coming close to tapping into my potential.... So I've had it.....
I know approaching this with anger will just lead me back to the beginning. Follow through is difficult when I dont know the directions or even where I'm going.
I'm on the cusp of either a breakdown or something amazing. (the cure pictures of you came on the mp3) I'm ... I think I need to sleep I've been up since 3am... rambling on....
Monday, July 9, 2007
070907 ok-So I took a newbie for a light run up sabino/rattlesnake to shuttlestop 3. He did well and I was just out for a light run . He walked a little and I ended up running back and forth from the lot up the road to him and back for a bit.
Ok so break down I've had it.
It's go time- 3 sets of 50 pushups
3 sets of 10 pullups
50 squats
50 dead hang crunches from the pullup bar
200 crunches of variety.
So I have to be back @ work @ 4am. I gotta eat sleep and get ready cause I get off @ 130pm tommorrow and plan on running for 3 hours or so after work.
Ok so break down I've had it.
It's go time- 3 sets of 50 pushups
3 sets of 10 pullups
50 squats
50 dead hang crunches from the pullup bar
200 crunches of variety.
So I have to be back @ work @ 4am. I gotta eat sleep and get ready cause I get off @ 130pm tommorrow and plan on running for 3 hours or so after work.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Sunday 070807-Ok so I went to sabino looked at a map and wanted to check out Blacketts ridge and really wanted to stay off the pavement . So I started off running bear canyon trail-linked- to sabino lake trail-linked-to sabino dam trail-linked- to creek trail-linked to phone line link-linked -to upper phone line link-linked to blacketts ridge trail. On the way down I took lower phone line trail to lower bear canyon road back to the visitors center. So This run is sic sic sic...I'm in love. I scrambled way out past the end trail sign and stood on top of a pinnacle. total run time 2 hours 10 minutes or so . Also the phone line trail proper is still closed and there is a sign warning of some stiff fines and jailtime.
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Sat 070707
So sometimes I need to just force myself to get out and do IT.
I really didnt want to go run or do much of anything. My chore list slowly grows bigger and bigger and I really dont want to do anything. My excuse list was big too-Im still sore, I dont have enough time, I wanna go somewhere new, and on and on.
I was itching to try out my new injinji socks and I finally got myself a handheld bottle instead of always running with my hip bag.
So I headed up sabino taking rattlesnake up and hooking up to the road running out to the mountainlion sign and back. I'm so glad I went. I ran for an hour?maybe 40minutes?
The weather was awesome and my scenery/ animal tally stands as follows- 1 big ass rainbow,a horned owl, a bunch of lizards- one had a red belly, some bats, a rattlesnake stretched out across the road, 2 deer also in the road, and one big rodent possibly a vole?It was only a few feet from me but already dark. Oh and tons of lightning and a little rain.
So sometimes I need to just force myself to get out and do IT.
I really didnt want to go run or do much of anything. My chore list slowly grows bigger and bigger and I really dont want to do anything. My excuse list was big too-Im still sore, I dont have enough time, I wanna go somewhere new, and on and on.
I was itching to try out my new injinji socks and I finally got myself a handheld bottle instead of always running with my hip bag.
So I headed up sabino taking rattlesnake up and hooking up to the road running out to the mountainlion sign and back. I'm so glad I went. I ran for an hour?maybe 40minutes?
The weather was awesome and my scenery/ animal tally stands as follows- 1 big ass rainbow,a horned owl, a bunch of lizards- one had a red belly, some bats, a rattlesnake stretched out across the road, 2 deer also in the road, and one big rodent possibly a vole?It was only a few feet from me but already dark. Oh and tons of lightning and a little rain.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Ok 07/06/07-friday-Well I wanted to head up to Flagstaff because I still havent been. I changed my plans after checking the weather and figured the San Francisco Peaks were probably getting hammered by lightning.
So I've been looking at Agua Caliente hill for a while. I found it listed as mountain bike ride and thought "well if it's a ride it will make a great run!
I chose to ignore the various warnings I pulled up about not going up there in summer or that the elevation profile spikes from 2500 to 5500 feet in 4.5miles or that the last 1.5 miles is listed as rough.
Hey there is even a register to sign up there, cool.
No problem, "I should probably do this mid day to keep up the heat training, I mean come on 9 miles is nothing right".
So I armed myself with 68oz of water, sunscreen and fruit snacks- CHARGE!!!
So I headed out and as an after thought I wet my bandanna in the sink and shoved it in my pocket.
Good thing because this came in to play later and had a huge role in me being able to finish and summit.
So the directions were great I got there fast hopped out and stretched and started running @ 1:20pm. Awesome trail I soon took off the sun glasses because of all the clouds. Up up up I went.
After roughly 1 mile of up I started to overheat and had to wet my self down using my drinking water. Bear in mind I'm still climbing. After another mile of this the reflective heat from the clouds was really getting to me and I had to ditch my hat. The back of my head and neck was really hot.. I kept dabbing my head with my bandana( it was still wet!) Well this stopped working so I decided to do something Ive seen endurance athletes do... I just layed my bandana flat over my head open and over my neck and a little bit over my forehead.
Well this didnt work great because I have to be able to see what im doing, my feet especially.
Ok so idea #2-@ this point I was seriously thinking about turning around if I couldnt cool down.
So I tried to drape my rag across my neck and tie it in front of my forehead kind of like a shieks head dress. It worked and even covered the sides of my face and neck but was loose enough and open on the top of my head to allow the heat to escape.
So after this little drama passed ( still climbing) I reached a sign and the 3 mile point. The trail did'nt really let up at all up to this point and climbed steadily. I had walked one short section of maybe 75 feet thus far and felt good.
So I charged on thinking 1.5,only 1.5 to go.- If I had paid attention to the route warnings I would have known I was headed for some walking . So no problem, after a bit of running I came to a hill and a rough stretch so I walked. (still climbing) The trail got rougher still and I didnt see any other summits so Im thinking this is it Im done. Well after slogging to the top I could see the trail unwind and head up a long ridge to the obvious peak to the east. False summit Damn it damn it.
So I ran a bit knowing that the real tough stuff still lay ahead. Well I reached the ridge and kept picking my way up up up. The running stopped again after I reached the ridge proper. Well after I slowly cleared the top I knew I had found the real summit.
I had to walk probably 65 or 75% of that last 1.5 miles and am pretty sure I wouldnt be able to run the last section to the ridge proper to the top... its just rough and loose and steep.
So I hung out on top for a bit, signed the log which is next to the fire circle under a pile of rocks in a jar. No one had been up there in 2 or 3 months. The storm started moving in and I saw a huge bolt of lightning come down and strike the ground out towards town in the valley.
It took me 1hour 40 minutes to reach the summit. I thought I pushed pretty hard. I got down in like 1 hour 20 minutes and I ran hard the whole way down except 2 stretches of maybe 150feet. So this didnt add up . I did hang out at the top for a little bit.
So spurred on by lightning and rain I got back to my jeep for a round trip total of 3hours almost exactly including my break at the top. So for a total of 9 miles I averaged 3 miles an hour or 20 minutes a mile. This was very humbling to my ego because I ran hard but becase of the 1.5 miles of walking it averaged my time out to a turtle pace. I plan on doing this in 2:30. Hopefully at the end of july I'll do a double caliente in 6 hours. The 1.5 mile summit trail took as long as the 3 miles out. Well Ill just stop making excuses and admit that I got flogged.
I really dug this run. easy to follow mostly, but a bit rough. I hear there is a way to link an old jeep forest road out to the summit trail instead of the 3 mile climb I took. I think I'll just stick to the single track, Ill probably run this again on tuesday-mid day again- depending on the weather.
Oh yeah there is no way I could or would want to ride this on my bike...that 's nuts I would like to see someone ride that, actually no I wouldnt cause they would probably have to be airlifted out.
So I've been looking at Agua Caliente hill for a while. I found it listed as mountain bike ride and thought "well if it's a ride it will make a great run!
I chose to ignore the various warnings I pulled up about not going up there in summer or that the elevation profile spikes from 2500 to 5500 feet in 4.5miles or that the last 1.5 miles is listed as rough.
Hey there is even a register to sign up there, cool.
No problem, "I should probably do this mid day to keep up the heat training, I mean come on 9 miles is nothing right".
So I armed myself with 68oz of water, sunscreen and fruit snacks- CHARGE!!!
So I headed out and as an after thought I wet my bandanna in the sink and shoved it in my pocket.
Good thing because this came in to play later and had a huge role in me being able to finish and summit.
So the directions were great I got there fast hopped out and stretched and started running @ 1:20pm. Awesome trail I soon took off the sun glasses because of all the clouds. Up up up I went.
After roughly 1 mile of up I started to overheat and had to wet my self down using my drinking water. Bear in mind I'm still climbing. After another mile of this the reflective heat from the clouds was really getting to me and I had to ditch my hat. The back of my head and neck was really hot.. I kept dabbing my head with my bandana( it was still wet!) Well this stopped working so I decided to do something Ive seen endurance athletes do... I just layed my bandana flat over my head open and over my neck and a little bit over my forehead.
Well this didnt work great because I have to be able to see what im doing, my feet especially.
Ok so idea #2-@ this point I was seriously thinking about turning around if I couldnt cool down.
So I tried to drape my rag across my neck and tie it in front of my forehead kind of like a shieks head dress. It worked and even covered the sides of my face and neck but was loose enough and open on the top of my head to allow the heat to escape.
So after this little drama passed ( still climbing) I reached a sign and the 3 mile point. The trail did'nt really let up at all up to this point and climbed steadily. I had walked one short section of maybe 75 feet thus far and felt good.
So I charged on thinking 1.5,only 1.5 to go.- If I had paid attention to the route warnings I would have known I was headed for some walking . So no problem, after a bit of running I came to a hill and a rough stretch so I walked. (still climbing) The trail got rougher still and I didnt see any other summits so Im thinking this is it Im done. Well after slogging to the top I could see the trail unwind and head up a long ridge to the obvious peak to the east. False summit Damn it damn it.
So I ran a bit knowing that the real tough stuff still lay ahead. Well I reached the ridge and kept picking my way up up up. The running stopped again after I reached the ridge proper. Well after I slowly cleared the top I knew I had found the real summit.
I had to walk probably 65 or 75% of that last 1.5 miles and am pretty sure I wouldnt be able to run the last section to the ridge proper to the top... its just rough and loose and steep.
So I hung out on top for a bit, signed the log which is next to the fire circle under a pile of rocks in a jar. No one had been up there in 2 or 3 months. The storm started moving in and I saw a huge bolt of lightning come down and strike the ground out towards town in the valley.
It took me 1hour 40 minutes to reach the summit. I thought I pushed pretty hard. I got down in like 1 hour 20 minutes and I ran hard the whole way down except 2 stretches of maybe 150feet. So this didnt add up . I did hang out at the top for a little bit.
So spurred on by lightning and rain I got back to my jeep for a round trip total of 3hours almost exactly including my break at the top. So for a total of 9 miles I averaged 3 miles an hour or 20 minutes a mile. This was very humbling to my ego because I ran hard but becase of the 1.5 miles of walking it averaged my time out to a turtle pace. I plan on doing this in 2:30. Hopefully at the end of july I'll do a double caliente in 6 hours. The 1.5 mile summit trail took as long as the 3 miles out. Well Ill just stop making excuses and admit that I got flogged.
I really dug this run. easy to follow mostly, but a bit rough. I hear there is a way to link an old jeep forest road out to the summit trail instead of the 3 mile climb I took. I think I'll just stick to the single track, Ill probably run this again on tuesday-mid day again- depending on the weather.
Oh yeah there is no way I could or would want to ride this on my bike...that 's nuts I would like to see someone ride that, actually no I wouldnt cause they would probably have to be airlifted out.
Crushed
wed 4th of july- amendment-
So after my run I threw myself at the heavy bag, push up sets and pullups...I hurt pretty bad after wards and climbed directly into the shower and then to bed. I felt pretty destroyed,
this morning not so bad. I slept for like 10 hours.
So after my run I threw myself at the heavy bag, push up sets and pullups...I hurt pretty bad after wards and climbed directly into the shower and then to bed. I felt pretty destroyed,
this morning not so bad. I slept for like 10 hours.
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
geez ok
Allright I have so much I want to say but Ill just get to the point Wed-4th of july- Got a late start- ran rattle snake/ esperero hit the road out to the mountain lion warning sign and turned around cause it was already dark. So I drove to Udall park and ran around and around and watched all the fireworks at the same time. During my 5th lap I stopped at the excercise course and shimmied up the diagonal pole and then dropped onto the pullup bar busted out 10 pullups then finished my run. All in all I ran for a few hours, kinda slow kinda gimpy. Um I may have to stick with just trails for a while and no roadwork. ..All my connective junk is getting sore and when this happens I gotta stick to the dirt.
The new shoes are sweet but I may pick up another pair of new balance 1060's or 1090's whatever they are called now, anyway, My brooks cascadias are sweet but extended roadwork in them is just ok but trails are fine. The new balances are the only shoe ive found consistant on both for me as far as pain management goes except that out here the trails eatem for breakfast. The cascadias are very very close and better at trails, perhaps after they break all the way in.
Unfortunately my feet are pretty much normal, I supinate just a little after 8+miles but other then that I cant have any motion control or arch or any fancy stuff. I just need an over cushioned very flat shoe which nowadays is hard to find. All the manafacturers seem to think everyone needs tons of bells and whistles Or a racing flat so Im limited to a few models and some brands I'm completely unable to wear.
The new shoes are sweet but I may pick up another pair of new balance 1060's or 1090's whatever they are called now, anyway, My brooks cascadias are sweet but extended roadwork in them is just ok but trails are fine. The new balances are the only shoe ive found consistant on both for me as far as pain management goes except that out here the trails eatem for breakfast. The cascadias are very very close and better at trails, perhaps after they break all the way in.
Unfortunately my feet are pretty much normal, I supinate just a little after 8+miles but other then that I cant have any motion control or arch or any fancy stuff. I just need an over cushioned very flat shoe which nowadays is hard to find. All the manafacturers seem to think everyone needs tons of bells and whistles Or a racing flat so Im limited to a few models and some brands I'm completely unable to wear.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
30 year old adult child
So I headed up to sabino -ran espero/rattlesnake out to the road then took the wash up to milepost 3 or 4 and ran the road all the way out.
On the way down I passed a fella running up. After 5 minutes or so he turned around and caught up to me. It was funny without saying a word we fell in stride and I used him to pace me out the last couple miles. He pulled away after climbing the last hill. We never spoke a word .Didnt need to.
So I started out at 6:20pm finished at 7:50. Not bad. I was hoping to run for a little longer though.
I think I need to take on a couple running partners to help get me out of my regular pace. Help me push.
When I run I get very self analytical...I began thinking.... god I need to buy groceries and gas and I need to check on grandma and I need to clean the house and and and... I need balance.
My brain started mulling over all my little personel defects and all in all I never came to any resolutions. I feel like I'm still pointed in the right direction in general. Whatever I do is never enough for my self. The last couple weeks have been tough on my brain.
On the way down I passed a fella running up. After 5 minutes or so he turned around and caught up to me. It was funny without saying a word we fell in stride and I used him to pace me out the last couple miles. He pulled away after climbing the last hill. We never spoke a word .Didnt need to.
So I started out at 6:20pm finished at 7:50. Not bad. I was hoping to run for a little longer though.
I think I need to take on a couple running partners to help get me out of my regular pace. Help me push.
When I run I get very self analytical...I began thinking.... god I need to buy groceries and gas and I need to check on grandma and I need to clean the house and and and... I need balance.
My brain started mulling over all my little personel defects and all in all I never came to any resolutions. I feel like I'm still pointed in the right direction in general. Whatever I do is never enough for my self. The last couple weeks have been tough on my brain.
Monday, July 2, 2007
Feeling like the energizer bunny
So its been a couple hours since my run at reid park and I'm bored so-1-50set of pushups, a long time on the speed bag, time on heavy bag with 16oz gloves,speed bag, heavy bag with baby gloves, rest, water, juice, 1-50 set of pushups. 10 pullups. Scratch that- make that 11 pullups and more heavy bag work/gloveless this time.
hey
Sunday July 1st- So one of the kids I work with asked if I wanted to run after work and suggested reid park. I frequently work til 10or 11pm and I havent found a place to run at night yet and havent ran with anyone for months. So we did a loop. The park is well lit and more or less safe. About 3 or 4 miles I think. Nice little run.
Its funny the kid, was so hyped to have been able to run the whole loop. He said he's never ran the whole thing before. I controlled the pace and when I noticed him breathing too heavy or when his stride became labored I would taper off the pace a bit. I paced us out to an 11 or 12 minute mile.
He 's anxious to run again. Nice kid, not a bad partner for a late night run but I still prefer running longer and solo.
Its funny the kid, was so hyped to have been able to run the whole loop. He said he's never ran the whole thing before. I controlled the pace and when I noticed him breathing too heavy or when his stride became labored I would taper off the pace a bit. I paced us out to an 11 or 12 minute mile.
He 's anxious to run again. Nice kid, not a bad partner for a late night run but I still prefer running longer and solo.
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