January 2010
1 post
Goals?
I’ve still been deciding about some goals for 2010. Goal number 1 is to run my first and second marathons which would lead to my second goal of completing the Iron man in the Grand Prix series. Other small goals are to buy some land, make some money. Get engaged????? haha. Something that I’m still debating on is what I can do to help somebody else. I want to do something for...
December 2009
2 posts
While I was out....
A lot of things have happened since December 2nd when I last posted. I swore off running till new years to recover from all my aches and pains brought on by this awesome sport I picked back up in 2009. I finished nursing school and got a job in the Emergency Room at the Local hospital where I live. And finally I’ve gotten to spend time with family and friends that I have put off forever...
I'm DONE!
I took my final nursing test today!
Now all I have to do is walk at graduation and some other non sense stuff and I can start to work. It looks like I will be staying put and becoming an Emergency Room Nurse. Kinda crazy to be done.
November 2009
3 posts
Finally Finished
I am thankful for one more thing this Thanksgiving. Finishing the Grand Prix series! I had my last 10k of the year in Stuttgart AR and it was terrible. I made the first 4 miles in good time considering I have only run a few times since the half marathon forever ago. After mile 4 I was done. My knee was hurting so bad I prolly walked the at least 1 mile out of the last 2. BAD day. I ended the...
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2 Races Left
There are only 2 races left this RRCA season and looking back it’s kind of crazy to think of where I was in February. I ran my first 5k in 24 almost 25 min at the end of Feb and just 2 weekends ago I ran my first ever Half Marathon in 1 hour 49 min. After these next 2 races (10k’s) myself and my running buddy Jared (nick cage) are looking at running the LR marathon. March 7th is the...
October 2009
6 posts
Soaring Wings Half Marathon
AWESOME
Only way to describe the feeling of completing this race in such a good time. I took off really well and ran the first 4 miles in 30 min, about mile 8 I noticed my ankle brace rubbing really bad but I kept on going. Miles 9-11 were the hardest, I felt as if I was running about 10:30 min miles and I was getting really tight. Jared caught up to me at Mile 10 and that helped me to push it...
Motivation...
I think going into the Soaring Wings Half Marathon this week I am setting a goal to just have fun. I haven’t been running at all since I raced in Fayettville this past week, so I don’t see a huge PR coming this weekend. I do have a huge piece of motivation at the moment that may push me to go all out this weekend…. we will just have to wait and see.
Keep on Keepin on...
Today has been a fantastic day.
Passed my last Med-Surg test.
Only have 6 weeks of class time left until I graduate.
Don’t have to take the HESI again
Good luck to my fellow classmates who do!
Going on a short run (second run since breaking my foot)
The weather is perfect.
I have a wonderful girlfriend.
Not so fantastic
Work tonight : (
September 2009
8 posts
Sheesh....
2 weeks in a row and I’m not in the results. I know I took forever when I walked a 5k in a walking boot with a broken foot, but yesterday I actually beat a few folks (not fast at all) but they were in the results and I wasn’t…. Geez haha
To run or not to run?
This is the question……
I’m still really sore from yesterday and I wonder if I should take the day off or not.
Back at it...
I got my dreaded boot off today. Hopefully I can recover quickly from the broken foot and get after it quick like. If I can I will post a picture of my bad leg. It’s quite a bit smaller than the good leg now : ( Tyler Curtis 5k in LR this weekend
Hurry....
If only I could speed up time…
I could be 23
I could be starting my final nursing school rotation
And the most important ….
I COULD GET THIS DANG BOOT OFF SO I CAN RUN AGAIN!!!!!!!
I’m going to have a ton of motivation for the winter months…
GOALS: 19:00 5k, 42:00 10k, finish a half marathon (personal first), train for the LR maraton in march 2010. Graduate...
Clear Mountain 5k
I just participated in a 5k in NLR and due to my broken foot was limited to walking. I got a ton of looks (that I didn’t care for) and finished almost dead last. This really stinks not being able to run and especially getting beat by people who I shouldn’t be getting beat by. I will try to find a picture of my adventure and post it on here. September 23rd and a healed foot could...
August 2009
10 posts
Pain?
I found out tonight that I have a high pain tolerance apparently. While playing the first of 3 softball games last night, I was rounding third base and hit the bag wrong and heard a pretty good “pop”. I shook it off and beings we didn’t have anybody to replace me, played 2 more games and hobbled around. I slept good through the night, woke up and did some small chores around...
School...
So today was my final in Leadership and I needed to make 23/60 to pass the course. I would like to think I did good, I made 47/60 and ended the class with an 86%, my first B for a course grade since starting way back in the day. Now I have to take the HESI on Monday and I’m a little nervous. Anybody have any last week hints that may help a brother out?
Hope Watermelon Festival 5k
Yesterday’s race was a good one for the Saline County Striders as we took home numerous age group awards and people broke their PR’s, so all in all it was a good weekend. As for me…. not so much. I ran a 22:11ish and will take the next week off to recoup from a bum calf. I hope this is enough time because we have a 20k race in September that I really need to get training for. ...
Gonna be a good day tater...
I officially started my half marathon training today, kinda scary in a way to think in about 8 weeks I will be pushing myself to run 13 miles. I set a goal for myself being to finish around or better than 1:35. My fastest 10k is 48 min and 18 seconds so I think this is a reasonable goal to set. I started the first day off with a 2 mile warmup (15 min), followed by a 2 mile tempo run. This was...
July 2009
5 posts
Hot!
Sheeeshh its hot outside after this run. I ran it in 31:49, 5 min faster than the last time I ran from Amandas house to mine. Got a busy week with work and school and a big race at the end of the week, gonna be fun……
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June 2009
6 posts
Week End Review
This week was a busy one…. I ended up working some every day so maybe I can get out of the “broke” hole. I ran with the striders twice running 4 miles on Tuesday and 5 on Wednesday. It was a good training week in my opinion, I logged 12 miles in 3 days and had a good performance at Brickfest. 21:17 was my overall time for the 5k which is a new PR for me and this is awesome...
5:30 "Fun" Run
Good run this morning but far from “fun” like they said… We did an out and back 4 mile route in a fancy neighborhood and it was the first Saline County Strider fun run that I have done since joining the club. There were about 9 of us on this lovely, humid, hot morning and I forgot to turn on my stop watch so I don’t have a clue how fast I ran it in… oh well. ...
Super Busy.
This week has been pretty hecktick to say the least. I had a test on Tuesday, final clincals on Thursday and Friday and my Final for Peds Tomorrow. I am pretty excited about finishing up this semester and starting my last semester of school! I’m getting ready to run the Arkansas 2 Miler on Saturday and hope to put up a time of 13:59 or better, this would beat my old time by almost 20...
HOT!
This is an awkward week…. We had a race Saturday and took Sunday off so I am going to run tonight 3 miles and have a predicament. I am racing on Wednesday another 5k and was wondering if I train on Tuesday or if I take the usual day of rest?
May 2009
17 posts
Bored
No family here yet, and nothing to do right now. I’m tired of working on my clinical paperwork which is taking forever and I need to go running, but lack motivation. Gotta love the rainy days and weeks that we’ve had here for a while now.
Good run
05/21/2009 Route Find more Runs in Benton, Arkansas
Tonight I ran with Gramps and we went 3 miles after it. It was cool outside but we put up a decent pace and sweat quite a bit for a good run overall. Tomorrow I have clinicals and work after that so I ‘m not sure when I’m gonna be able to work in a run, but hopefully I can get in a few miles before the weekend. Goal: 18 counting...
NO PAIN!
I ran today without any pain! It was the first time since the Monsoon 10k (Toad Suck) that I ran and it actually felt good. I decided to go at it slow or at a minimal distance and finished about 1.3 miles in 10 min, not bad but not good ha. I hope to get back into shape fast enough to put up a PR at the Dino Dash in 2 weeks which currently is a 22:44 back in March. I would like to finish about...
Update.....
Just a quick update…. all this non posting that has been going on has gotten me an 87 on my nursing test this week hooty hoo. Maybe studying is all that its cracked up to be. Josh got out of the ICU today and into a regular surgical stepdown room which is a plus cause this means that much closer to coming home. I am going to try my first mile since my ankle was messed up about 2 weeks ago...