Sunday, October 7th

I finally had some company again from my brother & his wife on their bicycle built for two!  My brother and sister-in-law, Jetsy, took some good photos too that I will share.

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We went around Fiesta Bay (I know, how boring!  I always run there but it is a great place to get in 8 miles and it is usually beautiful.

My brother, Brian & I before the run.  (Amazing what having vitamin C everyday while growing up can do!)  It was a great way to clinch the 1600 mile mark and it was a nice day for a run as well!

Going over the new bridge behind Mission Bay HS and next to Campland on the Bay.  It goes over the Rose Inlet as I have mentioned before.

This is on the north end of Crown Point and I made it big so you could see the nice view of the San Diego skyline in the background.

Further south on Crown Point I decided to ham it up for the camera a little!  Great work by Brian to catch that as I only did it once!

And finally a little stretching afterwards.  Actually I do A LOT of stretching and I attribute my ability to keep going to stretching after each and every run!  So important...

Thanks for following and supporting & please let me know if you can help me to advertise!  Take care!

Total miles:  1607.37   Pace Runner:  1544.73  +62.64  (back above 60 again feels very good!  I won't let that drop down that low again!)

Love you Mom & Dad and am praying for you everyday, in every class! <3

"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them"  ~  John F. Kennedy 

Saturday, Oct. 6th

Ran at Canyonside Park today in PQ with the varsity XC team.  I went early and got a few miles in before their practice.  I then waited for one of our best JV kids, Madi, to show up so that the varsity didn't have to wait.  Google maps does not always do great work!  We had a good 6 mile run and with the 4 that I did early, I got in double digits which is always a good day!

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Just a hair away from 1600 miles after today so I will have to do another good one tomorrow to get way ahead of the 1600 mark!  Keep up the support, comments, & donations!  Remember I have plenty of advertising print ads if you have a place for them, please let me know & I will get them either to you or to the place itself!  THANK YOU!!!

Total Miles:  1599.00   Pace Runner:  1539.23   + 59.77  Going back in the right direction!

Love to my Vegas family!  Can't wait to see you all again soon! <3

"All that is worth cherishing in this world begins in the heart, not in the head." ~ Suzann Chapin  

M - F Oct. 1st - 5th

Well, we are looking at about 1/4 of the way to go on this wild journey and I am still happy to say that I have been ahead of the game the whole way!

Here is the week that was!

Monday, Oct. 1st:  Did the Torrey Pines canyon run today.  Need to bump up the mileage soon though!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/229080754

Tuesday, Oct. 2nd:  Short pre-race run, 1st light to the stairs and I added a trip around the track for a little extra.  Our 1st league meet tomorrow!

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Thursday, Oct. 4th:  Well, it could have been better, the girls won but the boys lost to UC by 1 point!  2 of our top 5 had bad days but no excuses!  JV kids did well! 

http://connect.garmin.com/player/230160496

Friday, Oct. 5th:  Hill party!  I did 5 hills and managed not to hurt myself!  Miracles do happen! 

http://connect.garmin.com/player/230160496

The good news is that the boys can still win league with a win over UC in the league finals and a little help!  Lastly, for you tonight, I have a song that I am believing in more and more through this crazy journey.  I'm giving you an older live version that has the late great Clarence in it.  Do it Big Man!  Definitely one of my favorite live acts of all time! 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxuThNgl3YA

Total Miles:  1588.99  Pace Runner:  1533.74  +  55.25  (the lowest my cushion has gone to date, a big weekend is in order!)

Love to my folks who keep battling everyday!  :)  <3

Sept. 30th Sunday

Tonight I did a simple out and back on the east side of Fiesta Bay.  I was exhausted after a very long day in PV for our meet but our kids did very well with the highlight being the Frosh girls dominating the competition!  Boys and girls ran together and many of our girls were beating boys!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/228959691

Here are some photos I took with my iPhone 3 so not great quality but better than nothing!

Here is Madi & Gabby who were the only Frosh left to stand on the podium to receive their 1st place bobblehead trophy!

Here is Izzy, Jenny, & Angela accepting their 2nd place JV race plaque.

Here is the whole girls squad group photo.  As you can see, Everyone who raced has some hardware  around their neck!  Great job!

Total Miles:  1573.59   Pace Runner:  1506.25   +  67.34 miles  If I can finish our season up at least 60-70 miles ahead of pace, I will be content!

Love to all the Parkinson's and cancer patients out there!  I'm still running for ya! <3

Sept. 29th Saturday

Hi all,

Just another quick run around Lake Murray this morning before taking off to Palos Verdes for our XC meet.  This is a fun course that has bales of hay to jump over and a good hill called Agony!  Hope our Frosh girls do well as we anticipate. 

http://connect.garmin.com/player/228959681

I have some icing to do along with laundry, sleep, etc.  I'll recap the races tomorrow & hope to get a little run in there as well.

Going into the 4th Quarter, folks!  Please help me get this last bit of donations in!  SHARE, ENCOURAGE, DONATE!!!!!  Thank you!

Total Miles:  1567.32   Pace Runner:   1500.75   +  66.57 miles (help I'm shrinking!)

Love you Mom & Dad!  <3

Sept. 24th - 28th M-F

Another new week and more miles to put under my feet!  Hoping to keep what cushion I have left in tact so I will be running more often, please keep me going!

Monday:  Today I did a long run with the Varsity up at San Elijo Lagoon.  It was a nice change from our usual canyon runs!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/226656403

Tuesday:  Torrey Pines run today.  We had a girl get numb feet so we will have to see if her shoes don't fit, are tied too tight, or there is some other crazy thing going on...

http://connect.garmin.com/player/227698177

Wednesday:  Hill Party in honor of hump day!  For some reason the girls really do well when we do hills.  Maybe they just want them to be done so they crank them out, who knows!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/227698190

Thursday: Today we did an adventure run as we had not been on this trail before.  We went to 4th light (Rancho Santa Fe Farms and then turned left and cut through the canyon that way.  It was different and therefore, good!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/227698202

Friday:  We did our first track/speed workout today.  The girls ran a series of 800's to try and work on the their closing speed at the end of a race.  They did very well and hopefully will get used to turning it on as they head for home!  I had to time so not much running for me today.  :(

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That is the week and we head up to Palos Verdes for our meet tomorrow.  Only 2 of our JV girls are going but I am confident that they will do well, they have been working hard!



I just hope to get some running in for myself!  Early AM run tomorrow planned before we drive up north!

Total Miles:  1560.96   Pace runner:  1495.26   +  65.70 miles  (I have to turn this trend around!)

Love to all who have supported in me in any way these past few months!  THANK YOU! <3
 

Sunday, Sept. 23rd

Sunday's run was the usual trip around the Fiesta Bay trying to beat the sun! 

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If I repeat anything on here, I apologize but didn't keep track of what I have posted and what I just wanted to post!  I think there are a few more people reading now than in the beginning so it might be good to repeat some of the better things that I have put on here!

I do really need motivation to keep myself going and to stay on track to get my extended goal of 2,112 miles in honor of my favorite band RUSH!  Here is the song "Marathon" that is on my playlist (I have actually used the same play list for the whole 1500 +  miles!) so here it is I think again!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUcdRLn3bgM

Thanks again for all of the continued support, donations, and please share this blog or the Facebook group "2012 in 2012" that is more for the time crunched supporter!

I also just got a shipment of 100 t-shirts ($20) so let me know if you would like to purchase a part of history! :)

This is the main logo on the back with a 2012 in 2012 on the front "pocket" and there are also small logo's for ACS & MJFoxFoundation.

Hope you all have a great week!

Total Miles:   1541.48  Pace Runner:  1467.77   + 73.71 miles  Keep me moving forward please! :)

Love you M & D!  Hope you are well and GO IRISH!!!!  <3

Saturday Sept. 22nd

Part 1 of my run today was at Lake Murray.  Haven't run here in quite a few weeks!  Wanted to get some mileage in before our practice this am so got an early start. (7:13AM)  I always run a little fast here as I think I am usually under some time constraint for some reason!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/226205341

Next, I'm off to our practice at Morley Field in Balboa Park at 9AM  They are building where some of our old course used to be so we now have to run some pieces more times.  I think it will work out alright but time will tell. 

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Managed to get in 9.5 miles today which is a good chunk of mileage, so I am pretty happy. 

Here is a great leadership video (very short!) that I like to share with my students and Ambassadors.  Hope you can get something out of it as well!:

http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/rock-solid-leadership/

100 days left in the year to finish this off!  Please help in anyway that you can: financial, emotional, or sharing this with others!  Thank you!

Total Miles:  1533.15  Pace Runner:   1462.27   + 70.88  gained a little back!

Love ya Mom & Pops!  Stay positive and take life one day at a time! <3   

Sept 17th - 21st M-F

Saturday was pretty crazy with the heat at our meet.  Multiple kids on other teams were taken away in ambulances due to heat exhaustion.  They shortened the course twice as it got hotter & towards the end it actually got a little cooler but our kids did pretty well and we were happy that our kids did not over do it and all walked away on their own after their races!

Here is the week in review:

Monday:  Long run (at least fro the girls!) Ran 3rd light, left trail back to the stairs.  Actually got my quota in for today which is great!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/224070076

Tuesday:  Torrey Pines run (a fan favorite amongst the girls)  it is a cool single track run once you get in the canyon. 

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Wednesday:  Hill party today!  We run a dirt hill behind the tennis courts and the baseball field.  Pretty good workout & I ran 3 hills today!

http://connect.garmin.com/player/224721400

Thursday:  Today we ran 1st light, left trail, back to the stairs.  Tara ran with us from varsity and I tried to keep up with her and that lasted for about 2 miles and then I died!  Check out my 1st 2 mile splits and then the next 2! 

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/225066681

Friday:  Short day, 3rd light to the stairs as we have a practice tomorrow at Morley Field to show the new kids the league course.  No meet this week.

 75% of the way done now!  This has been a crazy wild ride and now the light is beginning to be a little pin hole at the end of the tunnel.  Please keep sharing this, supporting in anyway possible, and donating if you haven't already!

Total Miles:  1523.65  Pace Runner:  1456.78   +  66.87 miles (I can't let this cushion fall below 50 miles!  Time to get to work!)

Love you Mom & Dad!  Time to start working a little harder and get this done!  <3

Sat, Sept 15th

Early morning run today around Fiesta Bay at 6:45 AM to try and beat the heat.  We have our XC meet @ Morley Field for the Mt. Carmel Invitational.  Going to be a warm one, that's for sure!

Warped from the heat!.

Just in case any of you think this is easy, it is not!  The mileage is one thing but for the most part, that isn't the worst of it all.  The time factor is big thing!  Trying to fit in all of the things you normally do in your life along with the running time, stretching time, icing time, extra showers, trying to get more rest (which I could never get enough before I started this!) promoting the fundraising, and the list goes on along with trying to manage my many jobs, family time, social time, and don't get me started on my house, it is a disaster!  I won't even bring in the heat factor...

Glad to get some decent mileage today as that has become an issue as well with limited mileage during XC training during the week

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/223876761 

Also broke the 1500 mile mark on this run!

  

Total Mileage:   1503.66   Pace Runner:  1423.79   +    79.87 miles

Love you Mom & Dad!  Please keep or start spreading the word!  Need some more donations to get to my goal!  Thank you!

Week of Sept 10 - 14th

Tuesday was the Torrey Pines run.  Monday I took off from running to play in our school's golf tourney to raise $ for tuition assistance.  It was a fun scramble & I played better than I expected!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/221704095

Here is a link to a great 60 minutes piece they did last year on the 1st responders 10 years later.  A great tribute to some good people "just doing their job"

http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=7380698n&tag=contentMain;contentAux

Wednesday was our usual hill party and I decided to run a hill just to see how it would be as I am a little wary of getting injured!  I survived and I got a little more mileage in too!  Might do more next week!

http://connect.garmin.com/activity/222053759

Thursday brings us to another trip down the Torrey Pines trail.  This one is a favorite of many of the girls, a single track through the canyon once you get past the dog park by TPHS.

http://connect.garmin.com/player/222380348

Friday was a WASC day at school so the kids didn't have to come to school and the JV kids didn't have practice.  The heat was pretty ridiculous and so I went down to the beach to run where it was a bit more tolerable.

Not San Diego weather, that's for sure!


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I will leave you with another good story from ESPN OTL about a coach and his XC team in SF.  Very cool:

http://espn.go.com/video/clip?id=6370304

Total Miles:  1495.36  Pace Runner:  1418.30  +  77.06 miles  (I need to make some very long runs on some weekends very soon so my cushion doesn't disappear!)

Love to ALL my supporters and family!  <3  

Sept. 9th, Sunday

Tonight I played beat the sun as it was setting and I was in almost complete darkness as I finished by the Fiesta Island entrance. 

http://connect.garmin.com/player/221704091

Just so you know, on the link, there are 3 views you can use, I have this one on Player, that shows the map of where I ran and you can have it cruise around at different speeds etc.  (Could be good if I ever need an alibi!) There are also the Details and the Splits pages if you want more number data but they are all on the right side of the screen if you are curious.

Usually don't get any much needed work done after these Sunday night runs but such is life!  I can only do what I can.  I have to keep telling myself this as I get frustrated pretty easily when I don't get enough stuff done over the weekend.  I'm sure I am not alone!

Here is another video I show to my students about teamwork:

http://play.simpletruths.com/movie/pulling-together/

Hope you enjoy it and share it.  Pretty amazing how birds can show more sense than humans can!

T-shirts should be arriving soon so let me know if you are interested.  $20 for white T's and $25 for dri-fits (gold or white)

Hope you all have a great week!

Total Miles:  1478.99  Pace Runner:  1390.81  +  88.18

Love you Mom & Dad!  <3