Marathon Training Part 12

We've been very dedicated this week. We even convinced some of our family members into hiking the Three Ponds trail at Snow Canyon State Park in Utah on Saturday. Thanks for putting up with the heat and the horrible sand! Sorry, no pictures. One of those times we realized halfway through our 8 hour drive that I forgot my camera. We had a fabulous time camping with family and want to go again soon!

The answer for last week's quote is: Sparky Palastri from "Bring it On." He is the "spirit fingers" guy who also says something really horrible about how in cheer you lift people"and fat people don't go as high."

Gunther Marathon Training Part 11

AKA: "You. You have weak ankles." - 10 points to anyone who can name where that quote comes from.

Ok, nothing too serious. I rolled my ankle pretty badly Wednesday morning as I was heading down the stairs to start my run. Luckily it was on the last step or else this would have been a completely different post. I took it easy on Wednesday and did an easy run yesterday (very little pain). Today is cross training day - so lifting weights instead of running. I'm hoping taking it easy the past few days will make tomorrow's long run possible. So in summary, be careful going down stairs.

Diamondbacks!!!

Last night Justus and I had the opportunity to take Ryan to a Diamondbacks game against the Cardinals. For fun, we drove down to the park-and-ride station and took the light rail to stadium. Ryan enjoyed seeing both downtown Tempe and Phoenix on our ride. We sat in Section 133, along the 3rd baseline, and ducked nearly six times as balls came flying into the section next to us. The DBacks also scored two home runs in a row! We are very proud of our Diamondbacks!

Ryan sitting down while riding the light rail home. It was a pretty crowded ride back.

We took this picture mostly because I wanted Justus to have to see the award that the Dbacks won from the Yankees.

The infamous Gerry Hickman Brick ... He was "this close" (hold two fingers about a inch apart) with Jackie Robinson

Gunther Marathon Training Part 10

One of the consequences of the running habit, is that I'm now waking up each morning by 5:15 whether I set my alarm clock or not. It's pretty nice to have more time in my mornings, but sometimes I wish my body would let me sleep in until 7:30 on Sundays. :)

Gunther Marathon Training Part 9

Current statistics:

- Able to run 30 minutes without feeling like collapsing afterwards

- Able to run 40 minutes with lots of exhaustion afterwards

- Long runs are up to 4+ miles (thank goodness for the slow but steady training program)

- Feeling much better than we did two months ago is worth it!