Swim

Swam for a half hour today at lunch, then sat in the steam room.

Swim and Racquetball

Went to the gym this morning and swam for a half hour, then went in the steam room. Later, after I took the kids to see I am Legend at the Imax, played racquetball at the gym with Jordan, had a couple good games.

Racquetball

Played racquetball at the gym this morning with my son, he got to try out the new racket he got for xmas.

Swim lunch

Swam laps at lunch for a half hour yesterday with a nice xmas hangover. Sat in the steam room after.

Racquetball

Jordan and I played some Christmas Eve racquetball this afternoon.

Swim again again again

Swam laps for 30 minutes this afternoon and did crunches in the steam room.

Swim again again

Went to the gym today at lunch, Pure Fitness pool this time, it's in crappy shape and I won't be using it again, and swam laps for 35 minutes.

Swim again

Yesterday after work went to the gym and swam laps for a half hour, followed by the steam room.

Swim lunch again

Went to the gym at lunch and swam laps for a half hour, then did crunches in the steam room.

Swim lunch

Swam laps for 40 minutes at lunch at the gym today, no idea how many laps. I should probably get one of those counter things.

Swim

This morning I went to the gym and swam laps for a half hour, then went and hung out in the steam room for awhile.

Racquetball again again

Played racquetball again mid afternoon after doing a bunch of xmas shopping.

Racquetball again

Yesterday, played racquetball with the boy after I picked him up from school.

Racquetball

After I picked my son up from school we went to the gym and played some racquetball.

Gym Swim

Went to the 24hour fitness on Scottsdale Road for the 1st time today and swam laps at lunch. After that went in the wet sauna and did some crunches.

Gym lunch

Went to the gym at lunch and rode ~11.5 miles on recumbant bike, then did core exercises.

Racquetball again, etc.

Played again today around lunchtime.

Racquetball again again again

Played racquetball at the gym this morning, a couple good games.

Racquetball again again

Played racquetball with my son after I picked him up from school today. All three games were hard fought and he won the 3rd game, 11-9. I am so PROUD of him I could puke, and he is so happy, its one of those parent moments that totally kicks ass. He got a victory smoothie afterwards and we did the jacuzzi thing, sometimes being dad is so cool. After that went to watch my daughter cheer at a route of MP in basketball, which was cool, but she pretty much ignored me, which was a drag. Sucks that the kids can't both be cool at the same time, eh?

Racquetball again

Played racquetball tonite with Jordan at the gym.

Racquetball

I went to the doctor yesterday, apparently I have a stress fracture of my left tibia and need to get a MRI to see if I need surgery or not. He told me not to do any cardio except swimming and recumbant bike for now, absolutley no running. I'm going to follow orders for the time being, but I refuse to stop playing racquetball with my son, and we played 3 games tonite at the gym.

Gym racquetball

This morning I signed Jordan and me up for memberships at Pure Fitness, then we played some indoor racquetball. It should be alot easier now to get out to play now. We also hit range balls at Shalimar in the afternoon.

Taliesin Overlook

After work today drove over to the Lost Dog Trailhead at 124th St. to run a 4.20 route up to the Taliesin overlook. It rained the entire time, but it was beautiful on top. About 1 mile on the way back down I reinjured my left calf climbing up out of a wash, and had to limp the mile or so back to the car, what a drag. Good thing I have a doctors appt. on Monday.

Quartz-Taliesin-Westworld loop

Ran the 5.99 mile Quartz-Taliesin-Westworld loop at lunch today, this time in the opposite direction (much more user friendly uphills) at a little over a minute off pace.

Gym tuesday

Rode the bike at the gym for about 11 and a half miles at lunch. After did some core exercises and a few weights.

Horizon Park-Cactus Bridge

Ran 5.96 mile route at lunch from the park to the bridge and back, a 12 second PR!

Spin class

Went to Debra's spin class this morning, had a good workout.

Rural Road

This morning, after some black Friday shopping, ran the 4.39 out and back route to Rural Rd., about 30 seconds off PR pace.
After lunch played a bunch of racquetball with the boy at Dobson.

Quartz-Taliesin loop

At lunch today drove to the 104 Street trailhead parking lot, and ran the approx. 6.0 mile loop along Quartz trail to Taliesin trail by Lost Dog pass, down Taliesin to Westworld trail and back up Quartz to the starting point. This was an awesome trail run, much harder than I expected, particularly on the Quartz part, and made for a FABULOUS lunchtime.

Gym

Went to the gym yesterday at lunch, did elliptical and core exercises.

Cactus bridge

Tried something a little different at lunch today. Drove up to Horizon park and ran from there to the canal bridge by Cactus, approx. 5.9 miles. Entire route off of pavement to save my legs a little wear and tear.

Driving range

Took the boy to the driving range at Dobson Ranch Golf Course around lunch time and hit a bunch of balls. Not exactly fitness related but it was fun and Jordan really enjoyed his first time hitting balls.

Racquetball

Played racquetball yesterday afternoon with the boy at Dobson, courts still under construction at the gym. I have been sick all week so its nice to get some activity finally.

Gym

Went to the gym at lunch, rode the bike, ran a couple miles on the treadmill, did some elliptical.

Golf sign one point five

At lunch ran a route approx. 4.75 miles, about half way from the first golf sign and the second golf sign. Calf is still very tentative, not sure what I'm gonna do about this.

Racquetball again

Went to sign up at the gym with the boy so we could play indoor racquetball yesterday, but the courts were being redone, piles of lumber in each one. We ended up at Dobson and had some good games.

Racquetball

Yesterday afternoon played a little racquetball with the boy at McClintock High. There is still a place in town with old school three wall courts, I was amazed and the boy was very unimpressed.

Short Golf

At lunch ran the 4.12 short golf loop. Was well off pace due to calf muscle that seemed to be on the brink of pulling most of the way. Stupid injury is pissing me off.

Gym again

Went to the gym at lunch, did elliptical and core exercises.

Gym

Went to the gym at lunch and ran 5.0 miles on the treadmill, no leg problems thank god.

Spin and Racquetball

Went to Debra's spin class this morning, more or less hit the wall at 20 minutes and worked very hard to finish strong. After lunch played racquetball with the boy at Dobson, it was at least 90 out, what the hell, it's November!

Racquetball

Played racquetball with Jordan before the ASU game. GO DEVILS!

crap

Yesterday at lunch I started out on a ~5.5 mile run, 1.5 miles in my calf started hurting in that way it does right before I pull it, so I stopped, turned around, and walked all the way back to work. =(
Later in the afternoon I played racquetball with Jordan.

Halloween PR

Another PR, at lunch the shorter route to Northsite Park, northsite2, 4.34 miles, by 2:20 off the old one. Spooooky!

New PR!

Against all odds, ran a new PR on the 5.54 mile golf sign 2 route by over a minute and a half at lunch today. Yay!!

Running again

After getting a cold last Tuesday and having my shoulder freak out on my last Thursday, I finally felt good enough today to go running. At lunch I ran the 4.0 mile Notre Dame scoreboard route a few minutes off pace.

Long Golf

At lunch ran the 5.97 long golf loop thru Sanctuary golf course, a couple minutes off pace.

Spin

Went to Debra's spin class this morning, I really don't like the super-drills very much.
Late in the afternoon played racquetball with the boy again.

ASU Research park

This morning ran the 4.30 mile loop thru the ASU research park, as it turned out only 3 seconds off PR pace.
Late afternoon played racquetball with the boy at Dobson.

Short golf 2

At lunch today ran the 4.46 mile loop thru the golf course I call short golf 2, a minute or so off pace.

Gym

Went to the gym at lunch, rode the stationary bike then did core exercises.

Golf Sign

At lunch ran the 3.93 mile route to the first golf sign and back.

Run for the Cure

This morning ran the Komen run for the Cure 5k in downtown Phoenix for the 4th year in a row. My time was a little better than I expected. The crowd was huge and the new location was OK, the streets were a little narrower at this location tho, which made for lots of traffic jams.
Later in the afternoon played racquetball with my son.

Gaicki Park

Ran the 4.37 mile loop through Gaicki Park this morning, it was absolutely wonderful out.

Golf sign 2

After work ran the 5.54 mile route to the second trail sign behind Sanctuary golf course, only 8 seconds off PR!
Late afternoon played racquetball with my son.

Gym lunch

Went to the gym at lunch, did elliptical and core exercises.

Short golf

At lunch ran the 4.34 short golf look thru Sanctuary golf course.

gym lunch

Went to the gym at lunch yesterday, rode about 13 miles on the bike, then did core exercises.

Scoreboard

At lunch ran the 4.0 mile route to the Notre Dame prep scoreboard behind Westworld and back.

Rural Rd.

This morning skipped spin class and ran the 4.37 mile route to Rural Road and back on the canal, a couple minutes off pace. It was about 65 degrees out, absolutely perfect.

Racquetball

Played racqetball this morning, it was real nice out and we had a couple good games.

New shoes

After work today went to the running store on Warner and Rural (used to be Scottsdale Running Company, I forget what its called now) and bought a new pair of shoes. Brooks, the first pair of those I have had. They fit real nice and I ran an approx. 3 mile route from the parking lot in the neighborhoods south and west of the store. Went thru Harleson Park and Hanger Park (finally saw the weird ramada covers I 3d modeled and drew years and years ago).

Golf sign

At lunch ran 4.0 mile route to first sign behind sanctuary golf course and back. Felt pretty good and wasn't too far off pace.

Gym yesterday

Went to the gym at lunch yesterday, did elliptical and core exercises.

Westworld

Today at lunch ran the ~3.5 mile route to the Westworld trail start point and back again at a leisurely pace. It was GREAT to be running outside again.

Spin day

Spin class with Debra this morning, real good and hard class today.
Late afternoon played racquetball with Jordan.

FINALLY!@#$!

Went to the gym this morning and very CAREFULLY ran 3 miles on the treadmill without any major problems. I guess things are all good now, and I can run the race for the cure in 3 weeks. Oh and did some core stuff after the run.

Gym again

Rode about 16 miles on the stationary bike at the gym at lunch, did core exercises after.

Gym

Elliptical at the gym at lunch, core exercises after.
After work played a little racquetball with the boy.

Another aborted run

Managed a quarter mile on the gym treadmill at lunch before I bailed with a sore calf. Then did elliptical and bike, push ups and sit ups.

Back to Spin

Made it back to spin after a 3 week layoff (power outage at gym, calf injury, injury still). Was good and I'm glad to be back in the class.

Racquetball

Finally got back to playing again, played this morning at Corona, it was very nice out, finally cooling off.

Elliptical again

At lunch did mostly elliptical and some core exercise

Elliptical

Yesterday went to gym at lunch and did elliptical and core workout

Aborted run :\

Went to the gym at lunch. Got about 1/4 mile on the treadmill before the leg started hurting real bad. Moved over to the elliptical for cardio. After did core exercises and a few weights.

Lunchtime gym

Went to the gym at lunch, did elliptical and core workout.

Racquetball again again

Played a little racquetball yesterday morning with the boy. A little later went and bought a new racquet at Sports Authority and tried it out for a half hour or so at Corona.

Racquetball again

Played in late afternoon with the boy.

Racquetball

Played racquetball with Jordan after work, leg hurt like a bastard :(

Gym again again

Went to gym at lunch, did nothing but elliptical.
After work played some racquetball with the boy.

Gym again

Went to gym at lunch, did elliptical and core exercises.

Gimpygym

Went to the gym at lunch, thanks to the leg did NO cardio, just abs and weights. After work played racquetball with the boy.

Gimpyball

Played racquetball with my son a little in the morning and some more in the late afternoon. The leg hurt a bit but not so much as I thought it might.

Owie

Ran at lunch yesterday and reinjured left calf, smaller tear this time as I can actually walk somewhat today. This should sideline me for a week at least :(

Gym run

At lunch ran approx. 3.30 mile route from gym down Frank Lloyd Wright to canal bridge near Cactus, back via Sweetwater and 100th St....HOT out.
After work played a little racquetball with the boy, he got 16 points off me, definelty getting better!

Racquetball

Played a bunch of racquetball in the late afternoon with Jordan, 110+ degrees out.

McClintock

The power was out at the gym this morning so Debra's spin class was canceled, so instead I ran the 3.10 mile route along canal to McClintock, Carriage Lane and home.

Country Club

Ran 6.07 mile out and back route down the canal to Country Club Road this morning, a little less than one minute off PR pace.
Late in the afternoon went to play racquetball at Dobson with the boy, it was 114 out :-0

Yet even another Gym Lunch

Once again ran 4.0 miles at lunch, did some core exercises and a little weights.

Yet another Gym Lunch

Went to the gym at lunch and ran 4.0 miles, then did core stuff.

Another Gym Lunch

Ran 3.0 miles at the gym at lunch, lifted weights after.

Gym lunch

Ran 3 fast miles at the gym at lunch, did abs and lifted weights a little.
After work played some racquetball with the boy.

Spin

Debra's spin class this morning, the new shoes worked real nice, I'm glad I got them.
Around lunch time Jordan and I went to play racquetball, but it was very hot and we didn't last that long.

Bark Park PR!

It rained all night and it was real nice out this morning, about 80 degrees and overcast. I ran the 5.43 loop thru the Bark Park, getting a new PR by just over a minute :)
Late afternoon played racquetball with my son at Dobson, he has gotten way better recently and we had a couple good games.

Gym

Went to the gym at lunch time, tried the bike shoes and cleats that I got this week and they worked on the spin bikes, yay! Ran 3.0 miles on the treadmill and did core exercises.

Racquetball

Finally got back to playing racquetball again with my son, his cold is better. Played after work at Dobson.

Track

After work went over to Dobson and ran 3.0 miles around the track, did some speedwork.

Gym run

Went to the gym at lunch and ran 4.0 miles at 5k race pace, hurried back to work.

Gym

At lunch did a approx. 3.5 mile run in the neighborhood around the gym, did core exercises after I got back.

Gaicki Park

Ran 4.37 mile route to Gaicki park (where a little kid soccer game was going on) and back home, well off pace.

McClintock

At lunchtime ran approx. 2.4 mile route down canal to McClintock Rd. and back.

Lunch

Went to the gym at lunch time, ran 3.2 miles on treadmill at a pretty good clip, did core stuff the rest of the time.

Early morning

I woke up at 4am to the lovely sounds of my 16 year old daughter having some major drama on the phone with one of her "friends", and couldn't go back to sleep afterwards. Got up and ran the 4.91 mile route to the well site between Alma and Country Club, half in the dark, at about 30 seconds off pace.

Tuesday

Played a little racquetball with my son after work last night.

Lakeshore bridge

3.37 mile route to Lakeshore canal bridge before work this morning, a few minutes off pace. Hot as hell at 8 in the morning already.

Sunday spin

9am spin class yesterday morning. Too many people showed up so Debra gave up her bike and taught from the floor, which translated into her paying way too much attention to everyone, making it a brutal class. Great workout tho.

Lake run

Ran the 3.96 mile route to the park by the lake in Dobson Ranch, a couple minutes off pace.

Morning run

Set the alarm an hour early this morning and ran an approx. 5 mile route down the canal to the well site half way between Alma School and Country Club and back. Weather was nice and I got to race with a few strangers for a bit.

Wednesday

Gym at lunch again, ran 3 miles on treadmill, then did core exercises the rest of the time.

Short golf 2

Ran the 4.46 mile short golf 2 route thru Sanctuary golf course at lunch today, about 30 seconds off pace.
After work ran 2 miles on the track at Dobson, did some speedwork.

Gym lunch

Went to the gym at lunch today, ran 2.5 miles on the treadmill, lifted weights afterwards.

Spin

This morning went to Debra's spin class. It was nice having her back from vacation.

Lakeshore PR!

Came back from an overnight trip with my son from Kartchner Caverns and Tombstone today. In the late afternoon ran the 3.37 mile route along the canal to the Lakeshore bridge and back, got a PR by almost a full minute!

Cholla Park

At lunch ran from the gym to Cholla Park and back, 4.97 miles. It was hot and I pretty much wilted the last mile.
After work played racquetball at Dobson with the boy.

Gym run to Altadena

Ran from the gym at lunch today, down Frank Lloyd Wright to Altadena and back, approx. 4.5 miles. Had to take a break over a mile from the end because a thorn was poking me repeatedly in the middle of my right foot. I ended up getting it out of the bottom of my shoe with my teeth, yum yum.
After work play racquetball with my son.

Gym Monday

Went to the gym at lunch, ran 3.1 miles and lifted weights.

Bike

Did the 9am spin class, Debra was on vacation, Shanna filled in again. Some dude did a endo on his bike and landed smack on his head with about 10 minutes left in class, I guess his handlebars came off.

Booker T

This morning ran the newly logged 5.45 mile loop to Booker T Washington elementary thru Dobson Ranch.

Racquetball times two

Played racquetball with my son right after lunch, then again right before dinner, he's all about the racquetball right about now.

Notre Dame

At lunch ran the 4.28 mile loop to Notre Dame Prep, a few minutes off pace.
After work played three games of racquetball with the boy at Dobson.

Research

Ran 4.30 mile ASU research park loop this morning, wife rode her bike with me for a bit.

Racquetball

Made a reservation at Fitch Park and played tonite, weather was actually real nice, there were thunderstorms around the area.

Spin and Ball

Did the 10 am spin class, Debra on vacation, Shanna from the Gilbert gym taught the class, was pretty cool. Around lunch played racquetball at Finch Park in Mesa with the boy, it has lighted courts and I think we will be spending a lot of time there in the near future.

Pure Fitness

Ran to the old gym, Pure Fitness, about 4.6 miles, to check into getting memberships for racquetball for me and the boy. In the late afternoon went to play racquetball at Dobson with Jordan.

Racquetball again

Played racquetball at Dobson with my son at mid-afternoon. Ran a few laps on the track afterwards.

Racquetball

Got screwed out of the gym at lunch today due to some dumb work emergency. Went and played racquetball with Jordan after work tho, the last game was a draw cuz it got dark, was a lot of fun.

Morning run

About 5.4 mile (no gps log yet for this route) from home, along canal, to middle canal bridge in Ken McDonald golf course.

Gym lunch

Ran 3.1 miles at lunch at the gym, and lifted weights.
After work went and played racquetball with my son.

Short Golf

At lunch I ran the 4.34 mile short golf route, a couple minutes off PR.
After work I went and played some racqetball with my son.

Bark Park

This morning ran the 5.43 mile route thru the neighborhoods to Pomeroy Elementary and the big park next to it, back by Hendrix and the canal. About 2 mins off PR.

Gym with Jordan

Gym with my son after lunch today. Ran 3 miles on treadmill, lifted weights, spa and sauna.

Gym and racquetball

Went to gym at lunch today. Ran 3 miles on the treadmill and lifted weights for awhile. Kinda took it easy because I tweaked my back out a bit carrying my daughter around (she hurt her foot practicing her full at tumbling).
After work went to play racquetball with Jordan at Dobson. It turns out after much driving around over the last week that there is NO outdoor lighted racquetball courts in the east valley, possibly in the whole stupid city, no one plays anymore I guess. So we will only be playing during daylight, heat or not.

Heat SUCKS

Ran the 5.54 mile route to the 2nd trail sign behind the golf course at lunch today, had a real modern day bonk at around mile 3.5 for some stupid reason. Took almost an hour to recover at work afterwards. On a bright note got a PR by 1:18, that combined with the 100+ temp. might explain the BONK (golfsign2)

Notre Dame

Ran the 4.00 mile route to the Norte Dame Prep scoreboard after work, ~30 off PR. (scoreboard)

Spin

Went to Debra's bike class this morning, was a real good one, very hard and a very enthusiastic group.

Saturday

Went to the gym with my son in the late morning. Ran 2 miles, did some elliptical, lifted weights, went in spa and sauna.

Lakeshore bridge

Went at 1pm for the 3.37 mile route down the canal to the bridge at Lakeshore and back. Was one second slower than PR, which is cool actually because it was 115 degrees out!

Gym lunch

Went to the gym at lunch, ran 4 miles and lifted weights.

New PR

Ran the 4.30 mile route thru the ASU research park. Felt good, cut 21 seconds off my PR for the route!

Gym

Went to the gym at lunch. Did a little elliptical, treadmill and bike, but mostly lifted weights. Felt pretty crappy actually and didn't work as hard as usual.

Monday

Missed lunchtime run thanks to a last minute work lunch, but went to play racquetball at Dobson with my son after work.

Sunday

Did Debras spin class at 9am.

Around lunchtime went back to the gym and signed my son up for a free month membership. We did some elliptical, treadclimber, row machine, weights, and went in the wet sauna and spa.

New PR !!

Did the 4.37 Gaicki park route this morning, new PR, -44 seconds off old :)
Route is to Gaicki park in Tempe, park dedicated to first Tempe firefighter to die in the line of duty. (gaicki)

After lunch went to play racquetball with my son Jordan, 110 degree heat, yay!

New Route!

Did a new route at lunch today, 5.54 miles from office, thru horizon park, on trails between canal and Sanctuary golf course to the 2nd trail junction sign and back. So hot out there I got woozy a few times. (golfsign2)

Gym day

Went to the gym at lunch. Warmed up on elliptical for 10 mins, ran 3-8 min miles on treadmill, lifted weights after.

Long golf run

5.97 mile run at lunch. It was HOT out and i missed PR by 2+ minutes. Still beats the hell outta working tho. (longgolf)

Monday

Went to the gym at lunch. 10 minutes on the elliptical to warm up, 3 miles on the treadmill, lifted weights for about 15 mins, shower, hurried back to work!

June 23, Saturday

First daily post!! 3.96 mile run to the Dobson Ranch lake park (with the frisbee golf course), my time pretty much sucked ( 2 mins over PR) but it was hot out already (9:30 am) and i was just finishing my miles for the week (21 miles)

Backfilling runs

The following runs are based on memory and email logs over the last few months, not a complete list by any means.

June 21, Thursday
4.96 mile run at lunch, McDowell Mountain Ranch loop 1. It was at least a 100 degrees out there and the entire run is on pavement, no water either. I got very hot and missed my PR for the route by 2 minutes (mmrloop1)

June 20, Wednesday
Went to the Gym at lunch , did elliptical and weights, 2-8 minute miles on the treadmill

June 19, Tuesday
7.96 mile run after work, Cactus and Frank Lloyd Wright Blvd. This is my favorite run, 6 of the 8 miles are on trails, but it was so hot (somewhere between 105 and 110) that the last two miles almost killed me. (cactusfrank)

June 18, Monday
Went to the Gym at lunch , did elliptical and weights, 2-7 1/2 minute miles on the treadmill

June 17, Sunday
Spin class with Debra at the 24 hour fitness on Baseline

June 16, Saturday
5 mile run to Rancho Del Mar park on Guadalupe in the late morning. Stopped by my wifes new work on the way back and said hi. It was hot out (ranchodelmar)

June 12, Tuesday
8 mile run to Cactus Park (Cactus and Scottsdale Rd) over freeway and thru neighborhoods. It was very hot and the last 2 miles of this one were a BITCH. (cactuspark)

June 10, Sunday
9 mile run up the 101 to Apache Blvd. It has been almost two years (thanks to my injuries) since I have done more than 8 miles and it felt GREAT (apache)!

June 2, Saturday
5.66 mile run to Scudder park in the late morning. Nice run thru Optimist and Gaicki Parks (both have water) and a good distance for Saturday morning (scudder).

May 24, Thursday
7.96 mile run (cactusfrank)

May 17, Thursday
4.56 mile run thru along freeway and thru neighborhoods to Cactus and back (cactus)

May 15, Tuesday
4.34 mile run to Northsite park, short way back (northsite2)

May 14, Monday
7.36 mile run to bridge over canal before Cactus and Frank Lloyd Wright intersection, long route (cactusbridge2)

May 10, Thursday
5.58 mile run to Northsite park, long way back (northsite)

May 1, Tuesday
6.45 mile run to bridge over canal before Cactus and Frank Lloyd Wright intersection, short route (cactusbridge)

April 17, Tuesday
6.45 mile run to bridge over canal before Cactus and Frank Lloyd Wright intersection, short route (cactusbridge)

April 13, Friday
4.39 mile run to Rural road and back on the canal (rural).

April 3, Tuesday
6.97 mile run in McDowell Mountain Ranch, long loop, brutal uphills at the midway point, pavement all the way. (mmrloop2)

March 29, Thursday
3.93 mile run to the first sign between the canal and the Sanctuary golf course (golfsign)

March 17, Saturday
6.09 Mile run on a route thru neighborhoods, over the freeway and back down the 101 (malibu)

March 15, Thursday
6.37 mile run on canal to south end of Kiwanis park (mcdonald)

March 14, Wednesday
6.07 mile run on canal to Country Club (cclub)

March 10, Saturday
3.96 mile run to Dobson Ranch Lake park (drlake)

Previous Races

As I said before, I have run in a few 5 and 10k's over the last three years. I run the Race for the Cure 5k for the last three years, times progressively getting worse (sigh). I ran the New Times 10k the year before last and 2 and a half years ago I joined Arizona Road Racers and ran the I Did a Run 10k at Reach 11 in North Phoenix. I managed 47:08 which is real fast for me. I will continue to do races every once in a while, but I sorta prefer to run by myself.

Intro - First post!

I am doing this to keep a record of my running and other fitness activities. I am a 44 year old married guy in Chandler Arizona. I usually run 20 to 25 miles a week, with gym workouts thrown in on some off days. I usually run from either my house in Chandler (very close to the Western canal and 101 freeway crossing) or my office in Scottsale (Raintree and 101 area).

I have been running now for about three years and have run a few 5 and 10k's over that time. I am going to start more or less daily posts of my activities and am going to try to backfill as much as I can remember to get some stuff on here.

I currently run with a diamond rio mp3 player with a 512M card in it, it holds around a 100 songs. I listen to hard rock and heavy metal very loudly, it one of the things I love most about running. Currently my player is heavy with Ill Nino, Hellyeah, 40 Below Summer and Mushroomhead, along with a few songs from half a dozen other bands.

The mileage for my runs is based on gps data from my Magellan Explorist 400. For what its worth, it's pretty much perfect as a running gps, about the size of a cell phone, accurate to within like 10 feet and has the map software to see the routes on the computer screen. I use it for camping and hiking as well.