Week 19

12/16/12 - Lazy day / recovery from Holiday party (see previous post).  Ran 5.0 while watching Premium Rush.  Highly disappointing!


12/17/12 - Went out for river run, right by the U "Oh my god it smells like fresh donuts you bastards!!" Ran 10.10

12/18/12 - Ran 2.05 + lift


12/19/12 - We're in Cali trip! Flight out was a little rough for Jess. Very motion sick :-( Also Frontier Air crams you in like mad, not a fan. Condo is really nice tho. Ran 9.45 on Mission beach. Lots of hills here if you want them! This is the view from our place.  Notice the walkway. Its about 3 miles end to end all along the ocean. We saw dolphins playing in the surf this morning !

12/20/12 - Day 2 in Mission beach and we're off to the mall. Open air mall, cause it's Cali and it only drops to high 50's for winter. Rough. Ran the boardwalk twice, 6.55m

12/21/12 - Mayan Apocalypse Day! Or not. Time for the zoo, yay!  Not really.  Jess and I, not fans of the zoo, but is good family time.  Also, Elephants!  Jess got a lot of good practice with the new camera in too :) Ran from the condo to the end of the boardwalk and back, 3.5

12/22/12 - Ran from the condo to the end of the boardwalk and back, 3.5.  Jess and I are driving up to Balboa Island to visit with her cousins.  The decorated houses and boat parade were a LOT of fun.  Seriously, check out the link, those pictures barely do it justice.

16	17	18	19	20	21	22
5.00	10.00	2.05	9.45	6.55	3.50	3.50		40.05

Week 18

12/9/12 - Holy crap snow!!  It's been snowing since about midnight and we woke up to 5" or so, and it snowed at least another 5" throughout the day.  Thank god we bought a snowblower!!  BOTH neighbors were out shoveling, ouch!  I think I will have to help them out in the future.  Ran 5.0

12/10/12 - We were supposed to have a team offsite today but because of the snow, and that our boss lives 20 miles from downtown, 1/3 of the people couldn't make it.  Thankfully I had brought my computer with me Friday so I just worked from home.  Also ran 10.1 while watching Dylan Dog: Dead of Night.  I liked it.

12/11/12- Ran 2.05 + lift

12/12/12 - TWELVE TWELVE TWELVE!!!  Cooooool.  Ran the hill program at level 8, since level 10 nearly killed me and kept me sore for a week last time.  8 miles on hill program, 2 miles after.  10 miler x 2 this week!

12/13/12 - Ran 2.05 + lift

12/14/12 - The downtown Y just got all new treadmills!  They look really nice.  However I haven't run outside at all this week so I'm doing that today.  10 miler # 3 for the week!!

12/15/12 - Holiday party!!  Turned out great!  Jess did an amazing job organizing it and Prime Bar did a great job setting up and bringing the wine and apps out in waves.  Also, the white elephant exchange was an uber hit!  Nerf gun, giant, flask, and beer coozie cowboy hat were hot items.  Also, Jake brought a beta fish that Chris Washick got (not to his wife's delight)!  Jess wound up with a CASE of chocolate pudding and I got a framed copy of this gem from Ryan Walters (on purpose!) Ran 3.0  New week total!

9	10	11	12	13	14	15
5.00	10.10	2.05	10.00	2.05	10.00	3.00		total 42.20

Week 17

12/2/12 - New shoe day!!  New balance 880's.  Gotta treadmill run to see if they work.  Ran 4.0

12/3/12 - Shoes didn't give me any issue yesterday.  Ran 8.35 river run

12/4/12 - Ran 2.0 + lift.  Jess's 14 week checkup!  Everything is great, heard lil baby's heartbeat! 
Haven't had any issues running but later in the day as Jess & I were at the mall my ankles were sore.  That's new.

12/5/12 - Pizza party at work for lunch so ran 7.5 with 7 x 800s before work.  Ankles feel a little sore, going to try different inserts.

12/6/12 - Ran 2.0 + lift, but did it on the indoor track instead of treadmill.  Doesn't feel terrible but I can tell it might if I went for any distance.  Going to try double inserts tomorrow.

12/7/12 - Ran 9.45 river run today.  SLIGHT twing in my ankle but ignored it.  Seems fine now.  Though it was only 30 or so out this is the first run of this winter where I started to numb up, though I never notice it until I get inside and start to warm up.  Usually it's most apparent in my jaw being numb and my speech being affected.   That happened today, but also my stomach was numb, and my knuckles!   Weird!

12/8/12 - Jess and I had a relaxing, lazy morning followed by Christmas shopping at Patina (the place is a goldmine when it comes to Christmas gifts!) and Target, which was as insane as to be expected.  Then a few beers at Toby Keith's with Walters, LaVenture, and the Motschenbacher's!  Ran 1.7 to get an even 35 for the week.

2	3	4	5	6	7	8
4.00	8.35	2.00	7.50	2.00	9.45	1.70		35.00

Week 16

11/25/12 - Got up and ran 2.4 right away.  Cold again!  Came across a runner with the same pace as me, said he was running 12-13!  Good luck with that!
Stopped by the Cormorant Pub on our way back from Fargo to meet up with the Nerdhals: Tim, Tracy and their kids Troy, Tyson & Talyn (twins).  Lots of alliteration going on there!

11/26/12 - A little cold for me to want to run outside.  Ran the Hills program on the treadmill.  8 miles @ 7:30 min/mile.  Tiring!!  At one point I was running at an 8 % incline!

11/27/12 - Calves tight from yesterday.  Ran 2.0 + lift

11/28/12 - Ran 7.65 with 10 x 400's

11/29/12 - Calves still tight from Monday!  Bloody hill program!  Ran 2.0 + lift

11/30/12 - So, big surprise, my calves are still tight, even though I've been stretching extra after every run.  On the plus side this seemed to really make hills easy as I ran the 8.35 river run.

12/1/12 - Ran 4.9.  Also Second Annual Rosenfeldt Tacky Christmas Party!!  My sweater lit up thanks to a discarded display at work.  Lots of fun, food, fam, and terrible outfits!   Though it was close, I think Ben takes the cake. 



Stay classy San Diego.




Ugly sweater party?  This is my going out outfit!



Flashdance what!?!

25	26	27	28	29	30	1
2.40	8.00	2.00	7.65	2.00	8.35	4.90		35.30