Doin' the Dino!

Posted by: Mark

Just signed up for the Dino Tri again!

Last week I made an executive decision to switch from the full marathon to the half in the Ogden Marathon coming up on May 15.  During the Pear Blossom 10 miler last month I injured my hip muscle (Primaveris or something?) which had a debilitating affect on my training shcedule. I couldn't run at all for the first 2 weeks after the race and last Saturday I was 5 miles into a 12 mile weekend run when it cramped up so bad I had to hitchhike home!  Needless to say, only being able to run 5 mi. in preparation for 24+ is inadequate.  So in order to make the best of the situation, I switched my registration to the half.

However, I have decided to sign up once again for the Dino Tri in Vernal, UT on June 26.  This will allow me to train for a little less exhaustive event in May plus mix up my training schedule between three disciplines giving my hip some rest and keep me going through summer. 

We had such a good time last year at the Dino Tri that Cheyenne and Justice are coming and so is Stephanie and her family.  Stacy and I are hauling 7 teen-aged kids out to EFY and will have them in tow as well.  That means we will we have about 14 people in total.  We booked three adjacent rooms at the local Flea-bag Inn and I am now trying to rally some of the troops to register for a sprint relay while there.   It will be a fun family event and I'm excited to do it again in beautiful Vernal, UT.

My Dawgs Are Barkin!

Posted by: Mark

When I started this whole running thing, I did not realize the trauma it would cause to my body. After I got out of the shower from my workout this afternoon, I looked down at my feet and to my horror they looked like they belonged on a homeless person.  My left foot has a blister on the top of two toes and I have this huge black toe nail on the toe next to the big one that I got the day of the Pear Blossom Race.  The right foot is worse.   My big toe got blackened a few months ago and the nail has gradually been working its way off.  It's kind of hangin' on by a thread and is all nasty looking.  Then, there are huge blisters a top the remaining toes all the way down the line.  If you did "this little piggy went to market"  with my toes, it would look like the pig got robbed, mugged and left for dead along Market Street.  That's how bad it is.  Oddly, my shoes fit fine and it doesn't hurt when I run.  Someone told me to have a toe blackened during a race is normal and the nail I'm losing on the big toe is from my old shoes.  Hopefully, the blisters will turn to calluses and this will all blow over so my little piggies can go "wee wee wee" all the way home...

P.S.  I have not even mentioned my "butt" issues.  I'll save that for another blog.

Lost Toe-Nail. Reward?

posted by Stacy

It's gone.  Just like a loose tooth, it wiggled and fell off!  I am planning on sticking it under my pillow to see if there's a toe-nail fairy and just how much a toe-nail is worth these days.  Fingers crossed.  Toes missing nails.

This Little Piggy Went Jogging

Posted by Stacy

This little piggy went jogging, that little piggy did too.  The next little piggy wanted new sox, it's friend to the right did too...and because I kept jogging anyway it decided to turn black and blue!

UPDATE:  I took this photo a little too soon.  today, this little piggy looks like someone colored it in with a black permanent marker.  And now a second one is turning colors too.  Lovely.  Anyone have dark nail polish I can borrow??

New PR for Mark

Posted by Mark

Because of the unfortunate course of events that happened to me a few days ago (for the scoop, see family blog about the ban on pokey things skillpeople.blogspot.com) I have not worked out this week until yesterday (Thursday) because my foot hurt. Today, feeling pretty good and wanting to take advantage of the last few days of nice weather I decided to ride my bike to Callahans. And since its been a week since I've ridden I was expecting a lack luster climb. When I first got on my bike, it was still in high gear from the downhill ride the week before and I decided to leave it in gear just to see how far I could go back up the hill. To my surprise, I felt pretty strong and made it almost a full mile before I had to downshift to a lower gear. This gave me a pretty good boost so I decided to stay with it and give it all I had all the way up. Well guess what? I set a new personal record!  Check this out...36 minutes and 36 seconds to the top! Can you believe it? I can't hardly drive it in a car in that time. It felt great! I was very tired but now have a huge since of satisfaction for the breakthrough and will undoubtedbly sleep well tonight.