First Post

I'm new to this blogging thing. I think I will use this site to link to my training log and to enter thoughts about my running and other random subjects. I am a runner and belong to several running groups, Tulsa Running Club, TATUR (Tulsa Area Trail Ultra Runners), and the RunnersWorld Tulsa running group. I would like to start into triathlons too, but there are too many other things in life, so that will have to wait a while.

My last race was the Race Into the New Year 5k. I ran it in 23:33. Oh, I guess I also did the 300 yard river scramble on New Year's Day. That was not so much a race as a struggle to survive in the cold water of the Arkansas River. The picture of the start, which I got off the Tulsa World site, is included in this post. I am fourth from the right, in the sunglasses.

Today there was no training. I usually run at lunch, but today I used that time to take tables and folding chairs to the KJRH studio to set up for the TATUR annual Christmas party. Yeah, Christmas is past, but December was a busy month, and this is the best we could do.

Yesterday I ran north from downtown Tulsa, around Owen Park, north on the east side of Tulsa Country Club to Latimer, and then back Boulder to my office. It was almost 3.7 miles at an 8:15 pace. I felt pretty good. Weather was 44F and windy.

Other training runs so far this year are:
Jan 1: about 5 miles on Turkey Mountain with the Runners World group. Afterwards, I went to Ken and Dana's and had a bit of chili. Mmmm!
Jan 3: 3.9 miles at noon, and 3 miles in the evening with the RunnersWorld group. Two of my daughters, Katie and Becky, showed up for the group run, and I was glad to see them there, and I ran with them.
Jan 5: about 6 miles on Turkey Mountain with Scott Herbst and Dave Davis, then I rushed over to the river to meet the RunnersWorld group and ran 9 with Mike Mosely (we also ran with Stefany for a bit). Scott and Dave ran a bit faster than I had intended, but it was a good run. Mike ended the run with a sore toe.

I logged 1363 miles of running in 2007, ending the year with a total mileage (since September 2005) of 2554 miles. PRs that I set in 2007 are:

5k: 23:33 - Race into the New Year (finished race in 2008)
15k: 1:13:03 - Tulsa Run
1/2 marathon: 1:56:11 - Jenks Aquarium Run
marathon: 3:58:11 - Route 66 Marathon
50k trail: 5:36:18 - A-OK Atoka Trail Run