Day 8

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: 60's and Sunny

Comments: For some reason my watch went on auto pause for almost 2 miles today. It shows up as a straight line on the map below. There are no straight lines on the Wildwood. So our total today was 8 miles (just what Coach Love prescribed.)

Day 7

Comments: Spent all day building a deck today. We had burgers using toasted sweet potatoes for buns. Delicious.

Day 6

Runners: Russ and Jim

Weather: 60 and Cloudy

Comments: Nice 4.5 miler with Russ up and down Mt. Tabor

Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Day 5

Comment: Went for my first mountain bike ride in a long time. And it was just a mile from my house:

Day 4

Comments: Ruth and I went to Dick's Kitchen and had the Paleo Plate plus we shared sweet potato baked fries. Yum.

Monday July 10th

Day 3

Comments: No workout today except destroying the deck.

Day 2

Comments: Made a great energy bar today out of almond butter, almonds, cocoa nibs, coconut flakes and flax seeds. Just put everything in a food processor, press into a pan and put in the fridge.

Day 1

Runners: Russ and Jim

Weather: 50's and Sunny

Comments: Starting over with my streak. This time it is lined up with Whole 30 eating. I started out a little sluggish this morning (maybe missing my peanut butter and bread) but finished fine. Brought an RX bar to have with coffee afterwards. Sorry for the bad directions Russ!

Day 25

Athletes: Russ, Andy and Jim

Weather: 50's and Sunny

Comments: Daily double today: ran 4.4 with Russ this morning and went to the gym for 45 minutes this afternoon with Andy.

Wednesday June 28

Day 24

Rest Day 3

Day 23

Athletes: Andy and Jim

Comments: Went to the gym with Andy today.

Day 22

Athletes: Jim

Weather: 60's and Cloudy

Comments: Nice easy run with Finley.

Sunday June 25

Day 21

Comments: Rest Day Number 2

Saturday June 24

Day 20

Athletes: Dave and Jim

Weather: 60's and Sunny

Comments: Went for a recovery ride with Dave along the Deschutes river. Very nice.

Friday June 23

Day 19

Athletes: Carolyn and Jim

Weather:40's and Sunny to 70's and Sunny

Comments: The 25K trail run turned into a 30K trail run. I ran to extent my "barefoot" feet would let me (14 miles) and then started walking and running, and then fast walking and then strolling. I was very pleased with how I did on the trail and Carolyn did great on the entire race. Amazingly not one blister between us! This was the longest I have run in over 20 years.

Thursday June 22

Day 18

Weather: NA

Athletes: Jim

Comments: Rest day before the 25K trail run tomorrow.

Day 17

Athletes: Jim

Weather: 50's and Partly Cloudy

Comments: The workout today was to drop my car off to get an oil change and bike home from there. Took a longer way home and had to bike bike as well for a total of over 14 miles.

Day 16

Athletes: Andy and Jim

Weather: 50's and Partly Cloudy

Comments: First I ran around the neighborhood with the dog and then Andy and the dog and I went for a hike on the Wildwood. Good start to summer break!

Day 15

Athletes: Chris and Jim

Weather: 50's and Partly Cloudy

Comments: Part way into the run Chris pulled up before his calf could cramp up. Lesson learned, use the routine that works!

Sunday June 18th

Day 14

Athletes: None

Comments: First rest day in two weeks after yesterday's 10 miler. Okay.

Day 13

Athletes: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: 50's and Partly Cloudy

Comments: Good to have Russ back on the trail. Happy Retirement (but not from running, sorry.)

Day 12

Athletes: Jim

Weather: 50's and Cloudy

Comments: Short run today to rest up for tomorrow.

Day 11

Athletes: Jim

Weather: Rainy and 50's

Comments: Today the work out is riding to school in back. I added miles both direction by going towards Mt Tabor.

Day 10

Athletes: Chris and Jim

Weather: 50's and Cloudy

Comments: Nice to be back to a regular 9:00 pace for an easy 3 miler.

Day 9

Athletes: Jim

Weather: 50's and Cloudy

Comments: Nice 3 mile run inside the neighborhood.

Day 8

Athletes: Chris and Jim

Weather: 50's and Cloudy

Comments: Basic three mile run from school.

Day 7

Athletes: Jim

Weather: Mostly Sunny and 70

Comments: Had a nice ride to Grand Central Bakery where I met Ruth (and she brought Finley.) Rode by Oregon Bike Shop on the way back to it was a little longer. Rode a total of 11 miles.

Day 6

Athletes: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: 40's and Showers

Comments: Went out and back today for the longest run in a month. The cool showery weather was helpful.

Day 5

Athletes: Jim

Weather: Rainy and 50's

Comments: Basic run around the neighborhood

Day 4

Athletes: Jim

Weather: Rainy and 50's

Comments: I left about 6:20 AM and bike past my school and RRMS and then out Holgate to the South side of Powell Butte. I turned around at the entrance. It took about 30 minutes to get to the turn around and then 20 minutes back to my school.

Day 3

Athletes: Jim

Weather: 50's and Sunny

Comments: Finally back biking!

Day 2
Athletes: Jim

Weather: 50's and Sunny

Comments: I figured out how to run 3 miles within my neighborhood.

Day: 1
Athletes: Jim
Weather: Mid 40's and Sunny

Comments: I am beginning a running / biking consecutive record today. I will still post Saturday runs but also include all other workouts until I end my series. I am starting at 194 lbs and attempting to workout (running or biking) until my weight is down to 178.

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: 50's and Sunny

Comments: Finally out on the trail again. Took a tumble and a few near misses today. It seems to happen every year when the trail dries out. Good times:

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Sunny and Cool

Comments: Carolyn ran a couple of miles with us and then took off downtown at a blistering pace. The wise old men run up Marquam trail over to Terwilliger and back for a nice 8.3 mile run. Carolyn got 9.5 miles and finished at the nearly the same time. Pine State Biscuits was delicious!

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: 50 and Rainy / Windy

Comments: Went on a 9 miles 2,000 ft elevation gain adventure run through the rain and mud. We started on 53rd and went out Wildwood to Firelane 3. Took FL 3 to Skyline, back to Thompson to 53rd and back.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Cool and Sunny

Comments: Really nice loop today up towards Council Crest and over to the trail and down to Terwilliger. It seems our long winter is starting to lose its grip.

Weather: 40 and Cloudy

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Comments; We parked at 53rd and ran out and back. The image below only shows half because TomTom was acting up. So we ran about 8. Good to be on the trails.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Upper 40's and Cloudy

Comments: We ran the Marquam Trail over to Terwilliger route. Back to the trail next week!

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Weather: 40's and Sunny

Comments: Nice run up to Council Crest with the dogs. 7.2 miles and at a nice easy pace.

Runner: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: 40's and Rainy

Comments: We got caught in heavy rain today but after we warmed up so not too bad. We went up Terwilliger all the way to Barbur Blvd for a 10 miler today. Good practice for Shamrock Run next week.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Upper 30's and Mostly Sunny

Comments: Every once in awhile we don't run on trails. We did 8 1/2 miles by going up Terwilliger to Capitol Highway and then turned around. Very similar to the Shamrock Run.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: 30's and Partly Cloudy

Comments: We tried to run up from MacLeay Parking lot today be there is a trail closure. So we went on the road up to Lief Erikson Trial entrance and then Wild Cherry trail up to Wildwood. This turned out to be a nice out and back we may do in the future. We end up further out on the nicer (flatter and less crowded) section of the Wildwood.

Runner: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Mid 40's and Showers

Comments: Ran up Broadway for the first time in a year. Still really steep but we got up in 28:00 without too much trouble. Not bad. Then we went down towards the Zoo and down through Washington Park. Good loop.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: Low 40's and Sunny

Comments: We parked at the middle pull out on 53rd. That is one of my favorite places to start. We ran 8 relatively level miles under nearly perfect conditions.

2/4/17

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: 40's and Cloudy

Comments: We ran from Burnside towards Council Crest. Didn't quite make it but we'll get there.

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: 30's and Partly Cloudy

Comments: Finally a standard trail run. We'll start at 7 miles and go up from there. Haven't run Pittock in a while.

Runners: Russ and Jim

weather: Upper 30's and Partly Cloudy

Comments: First 'normal' run in weeks. We ran up Marquam trail part way. A small creek is running down the trail and many branches and trees are down. We also saw a small landslide.

Date: 1/14/17

Weather: 20 Degrees and Sunny

Snowshoers: Carolyn, Stacy and Jim

Comments: For the first time in 15 years of running in Portland our run was converted into a snowshoe adventure. 18 inches of snow on the Wildwood and that is what happens. Made a nice double loop up to Pittock and over to the Zoo.

Date: 1/7/17

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Weather: 24 Degrees and Cloudy

Comments: We tried to go up Marquam Trail but ran into ice so we headed up Terwilliger for our own 10K. We were going to do a 10K in Forest Grove but snow is on the way.

Date: 12/31/16

Runners: Carolyn and Jim

Comments: Last run of 2016! We parked on 53rd and ran out for 40 minutes and then back.

Date: 12/24/16

Runners: Carolyn, Russ and Jim

Comments: Great Christmas Eve run today. Very dark but relatively warm. Not quite as warm as where Russ is going tomorrow (Maui!)

Date: 12/17/16

Runners: Russ and Jim

Comments: We ran on snow and ice today up to Council Crest and over to Terwilliger for a 5.5 mile loop. YakTraks were required.

Date: 12/11/16

Runners: Jim

Comments: I ran from home today, past the athletic club on Stark St and back home. Not a bad out and back.