Wanted to try to load an image :-) Here is the new shoe that the dude from Runner's Soul fitted me with. So far so good!

Luke

Slow Recovery

Well I had my first bout w/ knee pain following my run w/ Robb last Tuesday. Took a week off from running altogether but still did some bike and elliptical though. It has been a frustrating week after going 10 miles w/ Max 2 weeks ago to now barely doing anything.

However, got a patella strap yesterday and tried out the new kicks at a real slow pace for about 3.5 miles w/ Nic. Actually felt pretty good and no residual pain from the run today either. Thinking I'll probably give 5 slow miles a shot tomorrow and see if I hold up.

24 days until the Snake River Canyon Half!

And by the way, my marathon buddy will be up for a long run the last Saturday in February. We will be running around 3 o'clock somewhere around Tri-Cities if anyone wants to join in :-)

Train on!
Luke

GOOD TUESDAY TRAIL RUN

Well today I had a blast. Wicked fun trail run. A little over 6 miles in just under 1 hours was good too.
I'll let Max say more.

Robb

Week Recap

*Every time I try to link my Saturday run from http://www.mapmyrun.com/, the internet page shuts down and yesterday it completely froze, so I might have to post this one in increments*

So over all this week I took some recovery time for my aching right calf muscle (injured during a 4 mi treadmil run lat friday). I missed our Tuesday group run, and felt terrible, so I went back to the basics and worked up miles slowely.

2/4- 1 mile, 40 mins of cardio machine -gym
2/5- 3 miles, 35 mins of cardio machine, plus arms & abs <-my favorite -gym 2/6- 8 miles- done outside. I was only planning on 6 but after using mapmyrun, I guess I did more then I was aiming for. I also took my dogs out for a 1 mile out and 1 mile back run, dropped the dogs off and went 4 miles by myself, but only after making a quick pit stop to see my girlfriend who lives on the way. 2/7- 2 miles, recovery style (took 20 mins to do), 35 mins cardio machine- gym

[] Picture of my brooks while they still look new, I have yet to break them in running outside. I like the clean new look and frankly I haven't owned such white shoes in a long time, so lets admire them together. Plus!!!....

I'am excited about my new running watch I got, mind you it's nothing fancy but it sure does alot for under 40$

[]O and my girls, Tiegan and Meehka[]

K guys I'll try to post my run seperatly in fear of computer crashing again, but see ya tomorrow. I got packets on St. Pattys Day run.

Maxene

Sunday morning trail run

7.79 miles with a time of 1:16 and I feel great.

I'm Back!

So... After a long uphill battle with what's known as "DEATH" (if I could put bigger quotation marks I could) I am finally back.

To catch up, last sunday I went for a trail run around Bennington Lake again. It was just over 5 miles and super muddy. I finished, but I was lacking a lung and all of my energy. I guess that's what I should expect of my first run back.

Then on Tuesday luke and myself did just over 6 miles. Before the run I was as scared as a little girl in a den of tigers, Grizzleys and lots of poisonous snakes. But, it turned out to be the best run yet. So much fun.

Anyways, today I went out and did 4 miles in just under 35 miniutes and I felt great the entire time.

Looking forward to my Sunday run. Maybe I can add a few miles to the loop.

Keep on trucking Crazy people.

Robb

New kicks!

Robb and I hit the trail yesterday for what was Robb's longest run of this early running season. We did 6 1/4 miles in under 1 hour. Robb even sprinted the end of it so he definitely has a lot of gas in the tank!

Finally broke down today and hit up Runner's Soul in Kennewick. The guy there was pretty helpful and got me into some pretty slick Asics. Also couldn't leave w/o a new running shirt and some more GU. Got the new flavor blackberry jet or something like that.

Anyway, all geared up now and ready for the home stretch. 31 days until the Snake River Canyon Half Marathon! Knee acted up on yesterday's run so I'm just doing some lifting and recumbant bike until I feel a lil' better. Hoping to do another 10+ miler next week.

Train on!
Luke