7-20 Woahink a dink

Well, I ran 31:04 at Woahink, a little bit more than a minimum, maybe 4.3 miles. This run wasn't bad. My legs were feeling better. Ran with Travis and Yak. Ran the minimum route and ran the furthest camp ground area twice on the way back because late man Joe showed up. Sheesh, Joe. Just a fiddling. Anyway, this shall be my last run until Steens. Huzzah. I plan on running in group 3, because I do not believe I am up to group 2 level yet. I'll see.

7-18 Crap chutes too narrow

Well, this run didn't feel to great. My legs felt dead. I ran about 26 minutes from home. I ran down to the Darlings Loop road and back. Maybe 3.4 miles or so. It was also kind of muggy. mug mug mug.

7-17 Tommy Two (tone)

Well, I ran this Tommy Balcolm in 36:54. It was a fair improvement over last week. I still felt like I was dieing. I was able to keep up with the rest of the guys until we got out of the trail around 17:50. I struggled from the road on, but I was able to do fairly well. I guess I was slightly motivated to beat Mrs. Cambell because she was right on my tail at the end. She probably could have passed me too. No big deal, though. It wasn't a bad run. Even though I had gotten a fair ways behind by the time I hit the road, I still was at the road earlier than we hit it last week. I got there in 20:25. I think I got to the gate at about 28:00, so that was a fairly slow mile, 7:35. I think overall I averaged about 7:23 miles. Not bad. About 12 seconds bettter than last time.

7-16 inaugural minutes (post sleep fall)

Well, m yfirst run post sleepwalk/window jumping went surprisingly well. I felt no ill effects from the fall. I felt pretty strong, actually. I ran 1-2-3-2-1 minutes, and I ran for 37:31. That must have been at least 5 miles. I ran the normal route through the campgrounds east of 101 and followed Travis, Jacob, Joe, and Sir Johnson along the road and around the end of the park with the store. I then went on the trail to the main parking lot to the trail. At the end of the trail, I turned left on the road and went back towards the trail. I ran about two minutes total before getting back on the trail. I then ran straight back except for taking the normal route for the middle park area. It went well. I felt strong. Steens shouldn't be too bad. ... I guess I feel somewhat dazed from the fall. To go down in legend, so it seems I should say.

7-15 Overshooting the moon (but not kinda worried)

Well, this run went much longer than expected. I ran 54:53 at Sutton Boat launch. I ran with Daniel, Jacob, and Travis. It was a pretty good run overall, for the weather was ideal and Sutton is always one of my favorite places to run. We ran on the trail and into the campground on the usual route, but we turned around were the road branches just beyond the yellow gate and ran to the sand course. That decision made this a much more difficult run. We ended up running to the Alder Dune trail and ran all the way to the Alder Dune campsite. Once there, we turned around and then went right once back on the sand trail. Sand is brutal. I don't understand it, but I just cannot go as fast on sand. I try hard, but the effort just seems useless. I just sit there and churn sand, while others fly ahead of me. This is how it always seems. Maybe its a weight factor. Oh well. I ended up falling behind pretty quickly after they waited for me at the sand trail/ Alder Dune trail junction, and we parted ways, oh yes, parted ways at the bridge at the meadow. At that point the run was alread yat 36 minutes, so I knew it was going to be a doozy. I tryed to push back, but my legs were pretty tired from the sand. I've been trying to use my calves more when I run, as Jeff pointed out I should do last winter. It should help, especially when I feel I have nothing left. When I hit the last trail just before the finish, I kind of tried a different stride where I had my legs slightly in front of my and tried hard to minimize my motion to use nothing but my legs. It felt wierd, but I was able to run faster. That was definitely more tiring. I'll see if that will work. I'm going to have to do some experimenting this summer, for I believe that will be what helps me make bigger improvements.

7-14 Ignition sequences one and two

First off, I did not run yesterday because the team practice was at Cape Perpetua, and I don't feel insane enough to run at Cape Perpetua at the moment. I was also in Eugene watching a cetain young Brit be possessed by the he-who-must-not-be-named. Oh yes.
This run went fairly well. It was cloudy and coolish, but it was also kind of muggy. Muggy weather is oppressive, especially in Ohio. Anyway, I ran 38 minutes to the guardrail and back. About 4.8 miles, I believe. I ran with Dad on the way out, and it took 20:30. It took 17:30 to run the way back. I felt much stronger this time than I did running this last time. I want to compare my time to how I did doing this last time. This was my main motivation for running this run, for the usual road course has never been my favorite. I push through it, though.

7-12 North Jetty: Running on this Desert Ocean

Well, Ran quite a lengthy ways on North Jetty. Ran from the parking lot to the creek and back. Maybe 5.3 miles? 5.5? Anyway, it took 40:24.81. It actually felt pretty good until 30 minutes in, and then my legs were dieing. It was pretty warm for it being nine o'clock on the beach. There was barely any wind on the way out and it was sunny. It was a long run, for running on the beach is fairly monotonous. I ran with just Jacob today. Travis took the day off, and I think Joe and Daniel did also. It was okay. It was a tough run, but it went well. I thought of the entire song of Driver 8 to distract myself while running back. Thinking of entire songs takes up good chunks of time. I also started thinking of South Central Rain, but didn't finish. Anyway, a good overall.

7/11 wind whipped

Ran at stagecoach trailhead with Travis and Jacob. I ran 39:36, and it was probably a little over 5 miles, although probably not much, since the sand running was slow and running into the intense winds was slow. The winds were in our face on the way out. It was pretty nice on the way back, though. We were cruising. I kept up with Travis and Jacob for about 17-18 minutes. Then I turned around early and kept up with them for another 7 minutes. It was a pretty good run. It wasn't too fast, but I felt fairly strong through it. I feel I'll be ready for Steens if I keep running every day.

7/10 Tommy gauge

Well, today was the first run of the summer where I could really check where I was at fitness wise. I ran a Tommy Balcolm in 37:45, so I'm a ways behind normal 7 minute pace, but not bad for the shape I'm in the the time of summer it is. I ran about 7:33 miles. I ran with JAcob, Joe, Travis, and Daniel and kept up with them until the main road, which we hit at 20:45. They were running somewhat slower, also. Still getting ready for steens.

7/9 neighborhooding

Ran around the neighborhood, for I didn't feel like going on the usual route. I ran to the road across from Salal and then ran the boy scout loop backwards. It took me about 26 minutes, maybe 3.5 miles. It felt okay. Legs still not strong, especially up hill. They're okay, though.

7/8 not well thought out run

Well, along with playing 2 basketball games today, I went on a run with my dad. I was planning on running just twenty minutes and not going to run down ginormous (now officially a word) hill after Earhart road. However, I started talking to Dad about his jobs he had during the summer. It was a pretty good conversation, so I didn't want to stop it early. I ended up at the bridge at the bottom of the hill, which was about the last place I wanted to be. I decided to run up the hill and then walk for a bit once I got to the top, because my legs were totally waxed. I probably gould have walked up the hill faster than I ran. But I struggled through it. In total it took about 35 minutes. I also did a ton of physical therapy on this day. I excercised a lot on this day.

FERRATIN LEVEL= 49.1

7/6-7/8 Soy un basquetbolista

WEll, I played 8 basketball games over the course of these three days. I got some pretty good workouts from them. I need to focus on running now, though. Basketball is over, so that will make it easier. I played pretty well. I think I averaged about 5 points a game.

7-5 The usual

Ran with Dad to the guardrail and back. About 4.8 miles, in 38 minutes. I'm still definlitely not in great shape, because I've been able to do that under 35 minutes. Oh well. Still working at it.

7-3 Tahkenitch, with its communist hills

Ran about 35 minutes at Tahkenitch. The hills were pretty tough, pretty oppressive, but I fought through it. My legs started feeling powerless pretty quickly up the hill. I found that taking short strides with kind of straight legged bounds works better than my normal stride when I feel powerless like that. It was an okay run.

7-2 In the Woahink Air

Well, on 7-2 I ran at Woahink, I believe about 30 minutes. I ran close to the route for the minimum, so about 4 miles. Felt okay. I still have a ways to go to get in shape.

7-1-07 Nightrunning

Ran about 14 minutes at 10:05 PM. It was about 1.8 miles. I had sat around all day, rode in cars, and eaten quite a lot, so I felt like I had to at least get in a small run. It felt surprisingly good. I felt somewhat nervous, and I think that helped me run faster. Maybe that could be a strategy to make me run faster.

6-31-07 hot

ran about 35 minutes in the hot Canyonville. Didn't run too fast. My legs felt fairly powerless running up the hills. Ran with Jeff and Dad. It was an okay run. It was too hot, though.