miles...

Back again for another installment of the blog. Summer seems to be in full swing. The temperatures have been cool as of late. Cooler than a normal June would allow to believe. But, I have been reassured by the 'trusty' weatherman that we are supposed to warm up this week and finally peak over the 80 degree mark.

It was my birthday yesterday and I am no longer a teenager under law. A new decade has arisen in my life.

I am racing in a 104 mile mountain bike race on saturday. Do I think I am ready for it? probably not, but i am going to give the ol' fighting try and keep pedalin' til the finish line. Its only 12 hours of riding right? Stay tuned for a re-cap of that race early next week.

I am still trying to fight off a minor cold i have been dealing with since early last week. It comes on as a stuffy nose and doesn't seem to be shaken.

My running is coming along. I am up to about 3 miles at a time. Once i feel comfortable doing that distance i will increase it a little more and sooner or later i will be getting in a good amount of miles every week. I am doing no speed work until July. Not even strides at the end of a run. I want to make sure my legs have enough miles under them before I add any speed.

I believe that is it. Work is still rocking my socks. And I can't believe that one of my literally 3 days of vacation this year is going to be mountain biking 104 miles. Whatever.