Thursday, April 21, 2011

Day 141 - Colorful bird

Time is really flying by. Every time I look at a calendar it seems like another day is gone. Right now there is less than 24 days to go. That gives me another 2+ weeks of training. After that I will be hiking the rest of the days - maybe;-) I'm not a big taper fan but I won't be running real hard if I do.

Tonight I went for a hike. The last 4 days I had 66 miles and I needed a break from running. I loaded my pack up with two water bottles and carried two bottles to get some more weight. I posted the 5 mile loop below that I have been doing on days I don't run. I really like this hike and the sites you get to see and tonight provided that. After taking a picture at Pulpit rock I hiked about 50 yards and I see a very colorful bird on the trail. I knew this bird should not have been here and I don't know how it got there. I quickly dropped my pack and bottles to get some pictures and some video. I later find out it was a Chinese Pheasant. It was really cool to see a bird with all that color up on the mountain. There was a lot of water on some parts of the trail heading back down to the reservoir. A great night for a hike and the weather was perfect for a hike.

Below I also posted all my mileage for the last 20 weeks. This month as of right now will be my biggest month so far. I also added my total hours for the last 10 weeks.


4-20-2011 - 5 miles - 1:11 - hike

View from Pulpit Rock

Chinese Pheasant

Chinese Pheasant

Sunset 4-20-2011




Week 11
Walk = 16.1
Run = 80
Total Miles = 96.1
Total Time - 17 hrs. 25 min.

Week 12
Walk = 13.5
Run = 60.9
Total Miles = 74.4
Total Time - 13 hrs. 24 min.

Week 13
Walk = 9
Run = 41.4
Total Miles = 50.4
Total Time - 9 hours 8 min.

No more walks at work.

Week 14
Run = 40
Total Time - 6 hrs. 6 min.

Week 15
Run = 71
Total Time - 12 hrs. 16 min.

Week 16
Run = 78.25
Total Time - 13 hrs. 17 min.

Week 17
Run = 67.2
Total Time - 11 hrs. 40 min.

Week 18
Run = 82.2
Hike =8
Total Miles = 90.2
Total Time - 18 hrs. 20 min.

Week 19
Run = 65.5
Hike = 10
Total Miles = 75.5
Total Time - 12 hrs. 37 min.

Week 20
Run = 77.6
Total Time - 13 hrs. 2 min.


First 10 weeks below:



Week 1
Walk = 4.5
Run = 72.25
Total Miles = 76.75

Week 2
Walk = 10.6
Run = 68.7
Total Miles = 79.3

Week 3
Walk = 14
Run = 69.5
Total Miles = 83.5

Week 4 (Disney 3 days off of running)
Walk = 5.8
Run = 21.35
Total Miles = 27.15

Week 5 (Disney 3 days off of running)
Walk = 5.6
Run = 38.75
Total Miles = 44.35

Week 6
Walk = 14
Run = 68
Total Miles = 82

Week 7
Walk = 11
Run = 56.75
Total Miles = 67.75

Week 8
Walk = 15.4
Run = 62
Total Miles = 77.4

Week 9
Walk = 15.8
Run = 61
Total Miles = 76.8

Week 10
Walk = 15.6
Run = 51
Total Miles = 66.6

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