154 days until the 2012 Leadville Trail 100 Mile Run...
61 degrees this morning! I have been waiting for this. Ran in a t-shirt and shorts - no hat, no mittens, no jackets - it was wonderful! It was still very dark as we started from Rick's house at 4:30 a.m. and with 'spring ahead' for daylight's savings time last weekend, the sun stays down a bit longer - didn't feel like we saw any light until after 6:30 a.m.
Since the CASI St. Patrick's Day 5K Run was this morning, as well as the back weekend of Spring Break, we figured there wouldn't be too many runners joining us this morning. Rick and I headed out for the first leg of our run and while it didn't feel like we were moving that fast, we covered nearly 9.8 miles in 1 hr 24 minutes - this time included some short walk breaks on hills. We didn't get a negative split in on this one - we probably moved out faster than we had been used to.
Rick and I had some great conversation on career aspirations and goal setting. He's probably tired of hearing my talk AGAIN about my desires for more motivational speaking opportunities and finishing my book. He gave me some great ideas on how to promote myself to others that I will follow up on. I had not really thought much about this blog being material for an upcoming book but it actually could play very well into that as I'm putting real time thoughts down as I'm experiencing them.
On Wednesday, April 18th I will be offering a motivational speech at St. Ambrose University's Rogalski Center at 7 p.m. to the graduate students (sponsored by the Graduate Student Government Association). This event is free and open to the public. Please know that I would be delighted to have you attend. My talk stems from my experiences with the Leadville Trail 100 Mile Run and ties into a number of issues that are important to all of us in achieving our own goals (i.e. personal, family, career).
I"m also very proud to tell you that the Graduate Student Government Association will be making a significant donation to Hand-in-Hand, a not for profit dedicated to assisting children with special needs and their families. If you would like to learn more about this organization, please go to the website.... http://www.handinhandqc.org/
Curt Johnston joined us on our second leg of the morning - we went 9.3 miles in 1 hr 28 minutes. We did hit a negative split on this leg of the run. It had been 2 weeks since I had run for more than an hour - I could tell my legs were not used to it but they feel good now. Not sure what the schedule is tomorrow but I'm guessing a quick 2 hr run from 5:00 - 7:00 a.m. Make sure to text me if you want to join us (563-343-3909) as I'm not exactly sure where we will start from, when we'll start, or if we are going to run for sure.
1st leg of the run - Rick Fountain, John Byrne
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/75767630
2nd leg of the run - Rick Fountain, Curt Johnston, John Byrne
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/75771874/?new_route=1
Until my next post, have a great day! DIG DEEP!
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Since the CASI St. Patrick's Day 5K Run was this morning, as well as the back weekend of Spring Break, we figured there wouldn't be too many runners joining us this morning. Rick and I headed out for the first leg of our run and while it didn't feel like we were moving that fast, we covered nearly 9.8 miles in 1 hr 24 minutes - this time included some short walk breaks on hills. We didn't get a negative split in on this one - we probably moved out faster than we had been used to.
Rick and I had some great conversation on career aspirations and goal setting. He's probably tired of hearing my talk AGAIN about my desires for more motivational speaking opportunities and finishing my book. He gave me some great ideas on how to promote myself to others that I will follow up on. I had not really thought much about this blog being material for an upcoming book but it actually could play very well into that as I'm putting real time thoughts down as I'm experiencing them.
On Wednesday, April 18th I will be offering a motivational speech at St. Ambrose University's Rogalski Center at 7 p.m. to the graduate students (sponsored by the Graduate Student Government Association). This event is free and open to the public. Please know that I would be delighted to have you attend. My talk stems from my experiences with the Leadville Trail 100 Mile Run and ties into a number of issues that are important to all of us in achieving our own goals (i.e. personal, family, career).
I"m also very proud to tell you that the Graduate Student Government Association will be making a significant donation to Hand-in-Hand, a not for profit dedicated to assisting children with special needs and their families. If you would like to learn more about this organization, please go to the website.... http://www.handinhandqc.org/
Curt Johnston joined us on our second leg of the morning - we went 9.3 miles in 1 hr 28 minutes. We did hit a negative split on this leg of the run. It had been 2 weeks since I had run for more than an hour - I could tell my legs were not used to it but they feel good now. Not sure what the schedule is tomorrow but I'm guessing a quick 2 hr run from 5:00 - 7:00 a.m. Make sure to text me if you want to join us (563-343-3909) as I'm not exactly sure where we will start from, when we'll start, or if we are going to run for sure.
1st leg of the run - Rick Fountain, John Byrne
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/75767630
2nd leg of the run - Rick Fountain, Curt Johnston, John Byrne
http://www.mapmyrun.com/routes/view/75771874/?new_route=1
Until my next post, have a great day! DIG DEEP!
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