Craig Hudman - Simply Live

Ran with Jeff for about 9 miles this morning. It was a great run and I think I was laughing half the time. Weather was awesome this morning no breeze and about as mild as it gets for December. Left Jeff and continued on to loop SRL and then back to the car. In SRL I encountered one of our famous idiot drivers who enjoyed rolling down his window and having his passenger hang out to the window to yell at me. Its all ok because I was enjoying a good pace and run.

I'm starting to like my more neutral Brooks Launch more than my Racers or Adrenaline that have the over pronation support in them. I'm going to get some new shoes here soon to replace my Adrenaline and am thinking about changing things up and getting a different brand.

Had a great Christmas with the kids, just enjoyed watching them. 

4 mile warm up with Nikki. She did really good this morning after running yesterday she said she felt a little tight so it was a good shake out for her. I haven't ran with her in a long time and it was great. Should be a good week running with her.

6.68 miles at or near MP. The cold wind got me a little on the way home and I haven't ran the hill in awhile so it was harder to maintain pace going up. Overall the run felt good.

Now off for a day of playing with the kids, maybe bowling. 

TM workout. Started out at MP and worked down to a HMP for a total of 9/56:30/6:17. I took my son to the gym at the urging of my wife and ended up having a pretty good time. He watched Tom and Jerry and ran 3.75 miles, which was great for him. He didn't complain and even talked to me a bunch. I might have to drag him back in one more time before the break is over.

Looks like skiing on Friday as long as it snows. Yeah!! 

Wind, Treadmill, Wind, Treadmill. TM won out so I ran indoors. I had no energy today. Was planning on doing more than double this but just ended the run because I just wasn't feeling it. I checked my heart rate a bunch of times and it was were it should've been, so I'm going to chalk this up to poor fueling and going to bed around 1AM last night after going to Lava last night. The great thing about this is even though it turned out to be a bummer run, I have no training schedule to follow right now so it doesn't matter. At least I got out and did a few miles. Sometimes I feel like an addict...just got to do it to keep me going.

I need some sleep.... 

So the bed felt pretty warm this morning and it was tough to peel myself out of it. Good thing for the group run today or I wouldn't have gotten up. Last run of the year with Jeff, Curt, McKay and Andrea.

I didn't feel very good this morning and have felt a little under the weather so it seemed a little tougher than it should. Came home and sat in front of the fireplace trying to get warm but now as I'm away from it I getting cold again.

Year in Review:

I never thought I would run as much as I did this year. It has been fun and I've enjoyed it a lot. When I ran Ogden Half Marathon at the start of the year I never dreamed I would do as well as I did in it. I think it helped fuel a lot of my running this year. The 10K race I did in the middle of the year taught me more about racing strategy. Having a guy sit on my hip for 5 miles only to pass me with about  1/2 left to go gave me a good lesson. And let's not forget St. George, my first marathon. I was planning and training on running it much faster than it turned out but it was a bad week. I've replayed that race in my mind a thousand times on what I could've done better and a million different solutions have come into my mind. So I'm excited to see what a new race season and a few races will teach me this next year. I hope to still have the fire inside next year at this time. Only time and more miles will tell.