Trailing It

This is my 2nd post of the day. I didn't want to take away from Michael "The Man" Phelps.
I just going to comment on my good trail run today. After the last 3 weeks of "lousy running", I couldn't be happier with my running this week. I almost got to 20 miles for the week - 19.15 to be exact. I had 2 easy, 1 medium, 1 tempo, and 1 interval run. I've not been able to do that in a while. When I got more chances to run, my attitude, my strength, my patience, my energy is so much better.
I ran again in Panther Creek State Park while knocking out 6.65 miles in 1hr 19 minutes. That's a 11:52 avg. Well normally I would be upset with that kind of pace, but the massive amount of hills that I have to ascend makes it okay. In fact, my HR pretty much stayed in the 170's the whole time. When I run the mountainous trails, I shoot more for a time running than a mileage. Lots of pliometrics during these runs. Tomorrow the quads, hammies, and gluteus maximus will be sore. LOL!!
Finally, took my youngest after church to another park (Fred Miller) and let him play in the water. Whilest I walked another 1.5 miles. My son is such a stud!

Whitewater Rafting

I didn't get the chance to post this earlier, but I wanted to add this to my page since it is my new active lifestyle. Or rephrase - "my new accident waiting to happen!" LOL!!

I went Whitewater Rafting for the first time last week in the Great Smokey Mtns . Me and a group of coworkers went rafting down the Pigeon River. There was 5 - 'class 4 rapids,' and a few 'class 3 rapids.' I had a blast!

You can tell by the pic that I just came down a rapid. That's me with my mouth open and the pink helmet. Don't ya just love it! If you have never done it before, you need to! I can't wait to go again.

My crew