Hot, Hot, hot

Well, the heat and humidity are here. It was around 90 degrees today, coupled withthe humidity, seemed hotter. Looks like I'll have to start dragging my butt out of bed a little earlier and get my runs in before the sun comes up. Anyone care to join me?

CWW 5K

Wow, 58 degree weather with high winds. Talk about your fun and challenging 5K. We had a blast. Deb and I ran the whole way together. She was the first woman to cross the finish line. Very proud of her. :) When we hit the turn around point, we turned right into a strong head wind. But, she pushed through it with no problem. Might be the start of another addiction. :)

First Triathlon

Ok, decided to add a twist to my running. Spoke with my buddy, Barrett, and we're going to run the Mighty Mite Triathlon starting in Village Creek State Park and ending at Forrest City high school. Going to be interesting since I only have a mountain bike, not a racing bike. But, I'll give it hell anyway. Really looking forward to this. I'll keep you posted on the training and the final results. If anyone has advice for training, please share.

5K for fun

Going to run a 5K at work tomorrow. Not going to do it for competition. Going to just enjoy a day with my family and friends, and keeping up with our fitness. Deb might run it with me. Would be our first race type run together.

Today's Run

Still feeling the effects of that long week at Ft Hood, I really didn't want to run today. That was until I got on Facebook and saw my cousin was knocking out the Pittsburgh Marathon for his 16 th state. So I got off my butt and knocked out a 6 miler. Felt good to get it done. Ready to really get back into it. Congrats on number 16 cuz. Hoping to have my fourth knocked out by the end of the year.

May

Ok, just got back from a week at Ft Hood, TX for our Regional Crisis Management Training. Spent that week living in an open bay barracks with a bunch of crazy, gas filled tactical trainers. While exposed to the sun and wind on our range, we had a pretty good time running the SORT guys through their firearms courses. Was pretty worn out so I only got a few runs in while I was there. Still debating on Columbus. Will start my training for it next month, just in case.

Mom is scheduled to be released Monday. Hopefully things go well with that. She's been in there over a month.

Update

Mom is doing much better. She walked about 100 feet today, been off the ventilator all day, and can eat certain foods by mouth now. Thanks for all your prayers. Runs are coming back. Two five milers so far this week. Registered for the Midsouth Marathon, in Wynne, today. Still uncertain on Columbus.