Taper

I find my self at home recovering. I left work sick yesterday and am out today. I plan on resuming work tomorrow. This is my body getting ready for the marathon on saturday. The golden light is Jenny is home. We had to drop the beetle off to have them finish. We rented Hangover to watch. Here's for getting better.

Running Down

I'm on taper an so is my body. Had a wonderful 10m run with Jen at Sewell school. Went to lunch and found Caris a backpack that fit her. Jenny tried on a wool summer weight dress that really looked good. She now wonders why she didn't buy it then? Split more wood and then went down hill. My body hurt, itchy throat/eyes and nose stopped up. Still have lots of chores to do today, including wood splitting, moving and running 3m. I know this is a taper illness and will leave me stronger than before however it still sucks. Weather for Umstead looks great, 35 for the start and near 60 by finish with clear sky all day.

Taper

I find myself in Taper Madness. I love when the running tapers to near nothing. 16 weeks ago I was pushing to keep up with the mileage I taper at. Next week is the Umstead Marathon and I will treat it as a long run. I have singed up for the Bel Monte 50K on march 27. I am hoping to finish in 6.5 hrs. Jen is doing the 25k.

pacers run

Last night was the final running night for the club. Wendel made a great scavenger hunt. He placed envelopes all around campus. Ater a hot day of running we made it to the SRC where popsicles where wating. Here are the clues,


Stadium The Hybrids often here were seen
Up and down we went, round and round
At the top of section (6 x 17)
Is where the next clue can be found



Old Well In the middle of the campus
A symbol of the school
You can get a drink of water
And also the next clue




Planetarium (Sun Dial) If an ancient giant came
And didn’t know the time of day
On a sunny afternoon
This is where he’d stray






Top of the Hill For a great view and a nice meal
This is the place to know
But to travel to the Top
How would the Pacers go?




Fountain One day we ran to this spot
In order to play and splash
It helped cool us off that day
And there you should now dash




Bell Tower At the top of every hour
And often in between
This spot gives us something to hear
But now there’s something to be seen




SRC If Carolina students want to work out
This is where they go
Your prize is waiting for you there
You don’t want to be slow

Sunday

Having a lazy day. Jenny and i rode 1.5 hours on the tandem. We saw a snapping turtle laying eggs in the yard. She left after we took her photo though and never finished her nest. Caris finished an incredible ABC book of Endangered Species of South America. Most everyone is napping at 6:30p. Last week of pacers, can't wait for pool party on thr.

day one

day one, i've had my pin out for 1 day now. it took 2.5 hrs at the dr office. we waited for an 1.5 hrs before we went in back, never go the week after the holidays as they are catching up. the cast came off and the skin was not to bad. the fellow/resident looked and seemed to like what he saw as for as healing. he informed jenny and i that the nerve could take a month to 'wake-up'. dr. bynum had the pin removed which felt weird but not crazy. we then discussed what i can/nots do. wear your removable hard cast accept when moving it to strecth the ligament, no squeezing, pinching, torquing, jarring, crashing of any sort. i'm out of work for 5 more weeks.

luckily i also started training for umstead marathon with a 3 mile run. we'll see how things progress.

home destroyed

last saterday we went to ikea in annapolis va. the total trip was 12 hr. 4 to, 4 at, 4 home. lots of x-mas gifts and most importantly storage for silas closet. well fast forward to wednesday and the closet is cleaned out, painted, and organnizer almost complete. hopefully we will manage most of the gear back in the closet today and recover silas's room.