Long run of week 9 of marathon training. 15 miles.
Life Does Jed
Date night at Playworld. Arcade games, tokens, spider rings, merry-go rounds, slides, and my favorite, the big pit of balls. Dinner at Moe’s afterwards. Not the same type of Friday night as ten years ago, but much more fulfilling.
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My 7th grade off-season football players doing sit-ups for St. Jude’s. They are wearing helmets and singing “All I Do is Win.” When I told them why we doing them with helmets and singing they were super excited.
The Wheel of Death
This is what I made for my football players that get in trouble at school. Get detention, spin the wheel. A teacher tells me that you aren’t working hard, spin the wheel. Get suspended from school, spin the wheel everyday for 10 days.
Today a player had to do 3 spins. Took him an hour and a half. When I drove him home he told me that he wasn’t getting in trouble again and I informed him that was the point.
Cross training day yesterday. 30 minutes on the stair master at a high level. Thought I was going to die.
You know what is depressing? 48 laps around a track. I used the penny trick from swimming. I put 48 pennies in my pocket and every lap I throw one down. Normally I would do my long runs around town but our football banquet is tonight so I need to be at the Fieldhouse all day. 12 miles 1:57:20
Flashback Friday
Pa and I visiting a house he grew up in that was on an island. No bridge. They had to boat out to their house.
5 miles on the training plan today
8:50 pm I DON’T WANNA GO! I WILL STAY ON THE COUCH AND GET FAT. I DON’T EVEN CARE! SCREW RUNNING AND EATING HEALTHY.
9:00 Arrive at fitness center and begin running.
9:10 It’s only been 10 minutes! I wish I was still at home on the couch, this is miserable.
9:20 Let’s pick up the pace a little bit.
9:30 I’m in a groove. This CSI episode is good.
9:40 Crank it up! I LOVE RUNNING!! Why stop at 5? Let’s do 6 and finish when the fitness center closes. I love running!
9:57 6 miles are complete. and then I remember that Ben did 6.2 so of course I decide to run 6.3.
It is absolutely amazing how running can change your attitude and perspective. The toughest part is starting.
The wind was showing out today! 3 miles at a 9:08 clip.
This isn’t me, but today was one of those days where it all feels worth it. I got up feeling light and the scale confirmed my feelings and then when I was getting dressed for church my belt went past its normal notch, which is AWESOME. Since I was feeling good I decided to go for a run with no watch, no Garmin, no heart rate monitor, no specific route or plan. Just me and Pandora radio. My goal was to run for the fun and enjoyment of it. If I went two miles, fine. 10 miles, great. All I wanted to do was run for running. I thoroughly enjoyed my time outside today. I took a couple of walk breaks and soaked up the time and scenery. I really need to do this more often. When I got home I used mapmyrun and saw that I went 7.3 miles. I have no idea how fast I went, but I know it wasn’t fast and that I actually enjoyed the entire run.
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Profile on a high school wrestler here in Arkansas:
Jesse Johnson has seen more adversity in his 17 years than many of us will face in a lifetime. The Russellville junior has overcome physical disabilities to become one of the better 103-pound wrestlers in the state. Johnson, missing three limbs, is the No. 3 seed in the State Meet, which begins today and owns a 22-3 [record]. He only lost two matches last season.
An American family adopted Jesse from Russia when he was a toddler. He was born with a physical challenge that would make most people assume that sports would never be a viable avenue to pursue.
He wrestles without the advantage of two legs and with only one arm. The word adversity does not even begin to describe the challenges he faces every day, let alone on the mat.
What’s your excuse for not being active today?
(article via VYPE Magazine)
(photo via NWAonline)
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Profile on a high school wrestler here in Arkansas:
Jesse Johnson has seen more adversity in his 17 years than many of us will face in a lifetime. The Russellville junior has overcome physical disabilities to become one of the better 103-pound wrestlers in the state. Johnson, missing three limbs, is the No. 3 seed in the State Meet, which begins today and owns a 22-3 [record]. He only lost two matches last season.
An American family adopted Jesse from Russia when he was a toddler. He was born with a physical challenge that would make most people assume that sports would never be a viable avenue to pursue.
He wrestles without the advantage of two legs and with only one arm. The word adversity does not even begin to describe the challenges he faces every day, let alone on the mat.
What’s your excuse for not being active today?
(article via VYPE Magazine)
(photo via NWAonline)
I don’t need to add anything, this story says it all.
Got 11 miles in tonight. After all the miles I have seen on tumblr today; Rach, JoseThompson, Robin, Runlong, Ironmanbrad, I almost didn’t want to post my miles. But then I remembered that Ben ran 9 miles, so I felt better about myself.
I got in 2.5 miles on the treadmill before Sarah found me and asked if I would do spin class with her. I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to workout with her, so we rocked the front row of spin tonight.
Nothing like teaching team work by pushing an Expedition around the track.
Poo Pourri. You can’t make this stuff up!
This is why I love tumblr. I post about blowing it up in the bathroom of a complete stranger’s house and someone sends me this in a message. I checked out the website. This stuff is legit. Might have to try it out. You spray BEFORE you use the bathroom. Very interesting concept.
