Gordo Running

Hey look, two weeks in a row!  Today's post is more of an update.  Friday we had "Trucktoberfest" where they invite about 10 local food trucks on base, have a live band, and the Make Goodfellow Great Clubs are invited to come out and try to recruit new members.  Last year it was very well attended and I had roughly 35 people sign up for the run club.  Of course, only a handful ever showed up, but that's better than this year.  I had two people come by and the event wasn't nearly as well attended as the year before. It wasn't well advertised, took place on a Friday before a three day weekend, and the students weren't mandated to show up like last year.  We sat around, talked a bit to some of the other club leaders, and grabbed some really good food before heading out.  Mila did get a video of the kite though. Sunday I ran the ECVFD Stop, Drop, and Roll 1/2 Marathon.  It's the biggest fundraiser of the year for the volunteer fire fighters and ...

It's been a while, hasn't it?  When I have time, I try and write once a week.  Hopefully this'll be the first of a few weekly blogs.  Don't worry, I haven't stopped running, I've just been in classes between college (only 3 left!) and Air Force training.  So, let's get caught up, shall we?  I'm in the heart of my 50 mile (Wild Hare) training (which I introduced in my last entry ).  September was my first 200 mile month ever (hit 200) and this past week, due to shuffling some long runs around, was probably my heaviest week ever at 63 miles.  Don't worry, I took some pics of my last couple long runs. looking goofy after 20 miles a few weeks ago double rainbow at the start of my 22 miler last weekend And a few while I was running solo on Arden Rd yesterday morning.  The run went well, was able to run mile 22 in 8:57 and my last 800m in roughly 4:10.  My foot started hurting, but I think a lot of that was due to the type of pavement I w...