The Running Ram

#duckface with #alcatraz from this mornings run before #devopsworld2018 foggy AF https://www.instagram.com/p/Bn1wI9lhfvV/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=l3xnpyuv65s2

Trying to keep up with running while working and going to grad school has been hard. So when the last professor cancelled class due to weather I decided to take the time and hit the trails.

Is this real life? Did the American population seriously just vote into office the guy who brought this meme to reality? How much is a 4 year pass to WestWorld? I'm scared.

Make sure you do too!

Edit: omg it finally worked!

Cheap for a marathon and the swag was great (jacket and gym bag). Lets not forget to mention the free pasta dinner the night before and the free food at the finish (burgers, hot dogs, chips, bananas).

I'm in Huntington WV waiting another 11ish hours until the start of my next marathon. The swag at this race is pretty awesome. A duffel/gym bag plus a nice asics jacket. There was also a free pasta dinner for all participants! And registration was only 80 bucks!! I'm still having plantar fasciitis issues but I'm pretty sure I can work through them. I also just got over a cold, so I'm not holding out for a sub 3 again, but I'm going to see how long I can make it. I'm sure around mile 17 I'll just take it easy and make sure I can finish and keep running in another two weeks. This is basically just a checkpoint/training run at this point. I have back to back marathons in January so I plan on giving my foot 2 weeks off to heal before I get back to training again. ...and then I have a 50k to run in February before I can officially take a break before deciding in my next state. TL;DR: Marathon tomorrow and more coming soon. Wish me luck!

Blah blah better weather better run. Nervous about my marathon coming in two weeks. Tumblr stop eating my posts

Let's try again shall we? Not as bad as yesterday's run, but still a little slow. Not feeling very optimistic about the marathon in a couple weeks :/

Try to make a quick post, first in over a month, and tumblr eats it. Yeah, I'm totally excited to keep posting now.

Me IRL stressing after an interview a couple hours ago. Oh, and I'm still running now and then for those of you who were wondering. Sorry for the prolonged silent treatment. Hopefully more posts will flow from me soon (TM)

W2D4 Marshall Marathon training. Early morning run to beat the afternoon heat. Also needed to stock up on poke balls and took a few moments to siege my local trails gyms while I was out there.

Also, did you know that your garmin alarm will still try to "wake you up" of you're on the middle of a run? Now I have to wonder if there are any people that go sleeprunning.

Looking forward to fall marathon training!  I think my training plan starts soon...or it started this week...or last week.  I do this every time, but at least this time I’ve been logging decent miles.

I have no idea why, but it was. Got a late start on the gallon since I was busy with work. After work the plan was to hit up home depot and go for a run before we got home. I guess I didn't get the memo that the run wasn't supposed to be attached to the Depot trip. So after spending forever and a day at home Depot we get back and it's 730 and I'm starving. I still have half a gallon to drink and at least a mile to run at this point. Luckily the wife was cool making dinner while I ran up and down the driveway until I got my mile in. The reason for this is that the roads out my front door aren't exactly pedestrian safe. That and the closest trail I know is like 20 mins away. So I go up and down the drive who knows how many times (approx .1 miles per "loop") until I get my mile. Woo-hoo! Run streak continues. I really need to find something closer. I go in to shower and come down for dinner when I realize I still have all that water to finish. Took me until 10 to finally finish it, but I got it done. Almost didnt cut it, but that's run streak day 11 and gallon streak day 9.

Was looking through some programming tutorials for D3.js and found this reference in an example.

So yesterday I finished my gallon by 1700, which I realized was a terrible mistake once I started running laps at my local Wednesday night workout. Still managed to get in some good sets, but I could really tell my stomach was full. Today I took a more leisurely approach and finished around 2030, just in time to grab a (diet) soda to go along with dinner. Today's run was a relaxed 7 miles but I felt a while lot better even though I was worn out from yesterday's workout. So thats...Gallon challenge day 2 down and run streak day 4...right? Also, I managed to plant the plants I bought the other day. Random assortment of cucumber, watermelon, eggplant, and edamame. I told you it was random. Had just enough light in the sky after my tun to dig up the dirt and get those buggers tucked in. Here's to hoping I can keep them alive long enough to get some return on investment.