Getting stoked,

I'm not sure if it's because i'm coming home. I'm not sure if it's because I will be running in two races while I am at home. I am sure that this morning I felt great. I decided to run a new route to see how long it was. 7 miles. I was joking with Jack and Alisha that night at dinner that I might soon be running by their house, which is probably 7 miles one way. Maybe not. I might just have to head that way once just to see.


I listened to Pheddipidations again. That is quickly becoming my favorite podcast. I really like 4 Feet Running, but they only update once every two weeks. Pheddip updates weekly.


Anyhow, here's the link to todays run. Click here.



Get out there and run.

The Church of Running

Today i'm going to borrow some thoughts from Steve Runner over at SteveRunner.com.

He believes his calling, and the calling of all runners. Be it from God, or some other higher being, is to inspire others to get out on the road with us and run. Maybe not literally right next to us, it could be anywhere. Just as long as they are running. He has a podcast that I have been listening to for about a week now. I could tell him he has fulfilled his calling on this planet, because he (and a number of other people) have inspired me to get out on the road more often.

So, maybe that is a subconscious reason for this blog. Hopefully I can inspire one person to get out there and do what we are born to do, and that is run. I talk about my running all of the time. At work, at home, on the internet with various social networking sites, and this blog. In hopes that one person may stumble across one of my posts, or overhear me talking, and it might get them out there with nature.

That is another thing I so love about running. It is just me and nature out there. Also, if it is early enough, and the sky is clear, I can see plenty of stars. More than you might think, being on the outskirts of a city. It makes me feel at one with the planet. Call me a geek, but I really dig that.

This morning, I added a little to my normal route. I thought it would get me close to 9 or 10 miles. It didn't, it barely added a mile and a half to my usual path. So, I added some more onto it at the end. I ended up doing 8 miles exactly. It was a great run. I felt great, no major aches or pains, and it was down in the mid 50's.

I am adding another race to my schedule. On Labor Day in Rogers, Arkansas, is the Run for a Child 5K or 10K. I am leaning towards the 10k. We'll see, I hope the weather cooperates!

Until next time, get out there and run!

Another day off.

I took the day off again. Last night, a couple of buddies from work asked if I wanted to play some night disc golf. Jeremiah has some older discs that he drilled some holes in. Then you put little glow sticks in the holes. Then you attach some glow sticks to the baskets. Then you just have fun. We went from 11:30 to 1:30am. So, needless to say, I was pretty tired when I woke up at 6:30. We planned on going to the Zoo, so I knew I wouldn't have time, and I would be tired from disc golf. I'm not too worried about it though. Tomorrow morning I plan on trying to run further than 8 miles. I would like to do 10, but i'm not sure if that's possible. I'm going to try though.

The Zoo was awesome. Almost all of the animals we saw were active. Except the damn Giant Anteater. I have been trying to see this guy for months. He is always asleep.

Have a great day!

TGIF

Hey guys, what's happenin? I don't have much time for a long post. I was dragging my feet getting ready this morning. I got out there and ran 5 more miles. Feeling good. It felt good outside also. I think it was around 60 degrees this morning. This weekend is supposed to be super nice. We are thinking about going to the zoo again. The animals should be pretty active in the cooler mornings. I'm thinking about trying for a 10 miler on Saturday or Sunday. Not sure if I should take a day off prior to that or not. We'll see.

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Here's the link to my run. Click!

Have a great day guys!


Get out there and run!

5.8 more

Last night Jodie and I went out to eat with a couple from my squadron, Jack and Alisha. We met them at Old Chicago which is a pizza place in Wichita. I was worried, since I have to weigh in tonight with Weight Watchers. I ended up getting a turkey burger, actually, we all did. Still probably not the greatest, but I didn't feel super glutinous after finishing the meal. However, I did know that I would most definitely have to get a run in this morning to make up for it.


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I ran 5.8 this morning. Most times when I run I try to make it an even number of miles. This morning, I just wanted to finish. Not bad I guess, after having just ran 8 yesterday.

Here is the link to my run summary for today. Click Me!


Get out there and run!

Breakfast

So after running 8 miles, I decided to treat myself to a decent breakfast. We just happened to have some rice, black beans, already opened in the fridge. So I decided on some Huevos Rancheros. We also already had some red pepper and onion already partially used in the fridge, so I decided to dice some of them up and saute them before cooking the eggs. We had some leftover jasmine rice from some Thai food the other day that I added salsa to for some impromptu "Mexican or Spanish" rice. Anyhow, it's pretty self explanatory if you see the pictures. Which I will post up after this post. Don't be too over critical of the photography. They were taken with a point-and-shoot and I had just ran, so I wasn't the most stable. Let me know if you want me to post up a recipe, i'm sure I can scrape one together.

Good day,

This morning I had a great run. I woke up at 5am with the intention of running. I let the dogs out, then sat down to watch the weather channel to make sure I wasn't going to be running in a thunderstorm. A little rain doesn't bother me, but if there's lightning, all bets are off. By the time I finally got dressed, it was 5:30. I'm very slow at getting around in the morning. I had planned to run 5 miles. At some point during my run I decided to change my route up. The next thing I know, 8 miles. I felt great. An added plus, my iPod actually decided to work right this time! It actually logged my run. You can see it here.

Something cool happened after I ended my workout. Some of you may know that when you reach a certain distance, or length of workout with the Nike+, that you hear a little message from a famous athlete. I have heard Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and a few others. They will chime in when you log a certain distance or length of workout, then any time you beat that record. Today I heard from an athlete i've never heard from, but that's okay. She told me I had a great workout then told me I had burned an enormous amount of calories. 1068 to be exact. Although, if you clicked on the link to my run summary, you'd already know that.

Can't wait for my upcoming races!

Until next time, get out there and run.

Upcoming Races!

Hey there Running with Fish readers, all 3 of you!!! I just wanted to post up some info on some races I plan to be attending soon.

The first one is over Labor Day weekend. The Prairie Grove Battlefield 5K in Prairie Grove, Arkansas. September 5th. We are planning on being home that weekend, and why not participate?? It should be a good chance for Josh and I to run "together" He is much faster than I am, but we will be in the same event at least.

The next one is going to be in Hayesville, Kansas, on Saturday September 12th. The Hayesville Running into Fall 5K. It's not that far from the apartment, so why not?

I'm going to shoot for new Personal Records with these races. That is, unless you have to have ran in the race in order to set a new PR. I don't quite know that stuff, if anyone wants to fill me in, that would me greatly appreciated!


Get out there and run, people!

Added feed

Now you can subscribe to my blog using your favorite RSS feed reader! That way you can stay on top of my adventures in fishing and running. Leave me a comment to let me know if they are working correctly or not.

Enjoy!

Day off.

I decided to take today off from running. Now I feel like I really should go run. But, hey, I just ran 7 days in a row. That's nothing to sneeze at is it? I also have today and tomorrow off since I worked through the weekend. Maybe i'll go for a bike ride later.

Have a good day.

Parker

Quick update

Not much time to post on here before work. I will add that I ran 6 miles this morning. I think my new goal will be to run at least 5 miles a day. Since Josh uses Saturday as his long day, I may do that too. That way I don't have to worry about being anywhere at any certain time.

Here is the link. Click here!

On a side note, we found an awesome Thai restaurant last night. It is very similar to the Thai House that was in Sanford, North Carolina.

Anyways, more to come later.


Have a great day!

Parker

Even on Sundays!

Ran another 5 miles today. I wasn't so sure if I wanted to run today. I went anyway. Its good I did. Josh is catching up. I thought he was slacking. Turns out he was just in Branson and couldn't upload his runs. I have about 7 miles on him. We'll see what he cranks out today.

Here's today's link.


Parker

New

I just added a few new things. What do you think?

5 more

I ran 5 more miles this morning. I was listening to a podcast of "This American Life" The show was about a month old. I just put off listening to it. For the most part, when running, I need music. These past few days I have been able to listen to more talk than music. I have noticed my pace drops slightly, but I am okay with that.

Here is a link to my run for today. Clickity click!

Today we had a record low set in Wichita. The record low was 56 in 1961. We got down to 55. It felt good.

Off to work.


Parker

Bull Shoals

I have been following the river reports of the White River. Particularly below Bull Shoals Dam. Turns out, (Dad, you'll appreciate this) they are currently running three units from around noon to midnight, or something around there. Then shutting down to no units in the morning.

Are you SERIOUS?? Just my luck. Oh well, I guess I am getting into this hobby relatively early in my life. By the time I am retired I will have the skills and gear to fly fish anywhere.

I just wanted to get that out there. Oh yeah, and Norfork is only running one in the afternoon I believe, and shutting down at night.


Parker

It's Friday!!!

For most of you that is. I got volun-told to work this weekend. Which explains why I was able to go play disc golf and fishing yesterday. To be honest, the longer I am here the less I want to re-enlist when the time comes. But, that's a whole different topic.


I ran 5 miles this morning. The iPod actually logged it too. I thought I might try to post up a link to my Nike+ running stats. Here it is Click me! Let me know if that doesn't work. I fear that you may need a log in to view it. We'll see. Ok, time to get ready for work.


Parker

One more thing.

So, I forgot to mention that I am in Weight Watchers. I will be posting up my weekly weigh-ins.

For those of you that don't already know, I started WW at 217 pounds. As of today, I am at 168.8. My goal weight is 163. So close! Let's hope I can keep it together and get there in a few weeks.

Parker

Some fishing and disc golf

A friend of mine from work, Will the Thrill, asked if I wanted to go throw some discs around and try to catch some fish.

Had a decent round of disc golf, and I managed to get a few photos of Will in action. These were just taken with a point and shoot, so don't be too critical.


















After throwing around some plastic went traveled down the road a bit and hit up some ponds. The wind was probably blowing around 15mph, gusting to 20 or so. I was using the Orvis 7ft 5wt rod that he is letting me borrow. I was fishing with a black bead head wooly bugger. I landed a handful of decent sized bluegill, and another 4 inch largemouth. Not all too bad given the wind. I was getting pretty frustrated trying to cast in the wind, but it was good practice. I didn't get any pictures of us fishing, I had left the camera in the truck. Well, We are planning on doing this again next week. So hopefully I will get some pictures of the fishing.


Parker

Frustration

I jinxed myself. Last night, when I mentioned how great technology is, that's when it happened. I knew I shouldn't have said that, but I did anyway.

Today I ran 8 miles. 8.1 to be exact. I can't tell you my exact pace since my iPod decided to dump the info. I do remember it saying I burned over 1000 calories. So, I have no proof that I did it. I guess it's more for me anyways.

I was listening to a podcast that I recently found. It's called "4 feet running" A neat podcast where Nik and Dan record conversation while they run. This one was a little over an hour, so I decided I would run until they were done talking. By then I was at 7.4 miles. I just had to make it to 8. I did. Too bad Apple can't manufacture a product that will work as advertised. They said it was a glitch in the compatibility with the Nike+ sensor, and that a software update was going to be out soon. That was probably 7 or 8 months ago. Thanks Apple!

Later I am going to go try some more fly fishing. Lets hope I can have more luck fishing than I do with gadgets.

Until next time,

Parker

I will go run today, I will go run today.

I have to tell myself that sometimes when I wake up. There's nothing on the radar now, so no excuses. I'm just waiting for Jodie to get ready do I can give her a send off for the day. More later.

Parker

Trying out this crazy mobile blogging feature. If this works, that is awesome! Isn't technology great?

No gold star today. . .

Okay, so I didn't run today. Time for my first excuse of my blog! It was raining all morning. There, how's that? A horrible excuse, since I ran in the rain yesterday, and Saturday. Oh well. There is always tomorrow.

I plan on running and fishing tomorrow, so check back in for some updates.


Parker

First Blog

Welcome to my blog. This is my first blog. Okay, well I have had one on Myspace, but this is my first real dedicated blog.

One of the main reasons I started this blog was to become more accountable for my running.

I have been trying to really get into running. I think I have done a pretty good job, but have started to loose motivation. So, i'm putting myself out there on the internet. Nothing to hide from now.

Wish me luck.

Parker