But then again no

So I started hitting the bike,and pool. Decided to not do the 1/2 at lonestar in April and do the oly. I have not done a oly distance and I had a late start as I normaly start in second week in Jan. O well it cost half of what the 70.3 does so I'll go and have fun. So training is going good feel like I could do the half but. On April 5th about 3 weeeks from lonestar at 2:30 I'm at school it 5th graders against the teachers in no holes bar soccer match. This was something I was against from the start and said so. I felt like it was something someone could get hurt at,we don't have a flat place to play ect.. so I said no. Well I guess that makes me an ass,so after further review I said I would play,as I don't know jack about soccer so reffing was out. There arent many teachers playing so here we go.We find the flatest place and I put out cones to mark the field and someone brought thier kids goals from home. At about 5 min. into the game I stop turn and start to run after the scrub. this was a compleate stop,I look around and yellat some of the kids a bit and then take off. But instead of taking off I hear this snap crack sound like you were breaking a good size stick.My left leg folds and I go down. When the crack sound happens I have great pain in leg at knee. Im laying on the ground,I just lay there as the pain is bad. After a couple of seconds I roll over and push myself up,I am afraid to look at my leg at first as I thought the bone would be sticking out,the whole school is out and wrapped around our make shift field,500 of them teachers and all. No body comes to help,no body says anything,I thought for sure they would have heard the snap but no. I tell myself that it must not be bad, and don't be a puss so I try to walk it off. The first step I take with my left leg I hits my other leg and I have to reach down and pull my leg and foot around so it is pointed in the direction that Im walking. I can get around but this isn't working It jacked up and theres nothing I can do about it ,its not going away. I go insides and get two large zipp lock bags go to the ice machine and fill them up and go to office prop my leg on top of desk and put bags straight on skin all around knee,I set there until its time to do duty 3:10 still no one says anything. Ice has melted so I ditch it and go outside to do after school duty(putting kids in cars)After duty standing with the last children waiting in front of office I tell my bosses that I have jacked up my knee,one says ya I saw that,the other say I should go to the dr. but doesnt really know what the deal is what to do if you are hurt on the job. I come home and Ice it some more for about a hour,I find a ace wrap around thing with velcro and put it on. I drive to Burleson to put money down on a car for my son and then go to see one of the boys I worked with at boy scouts get his eagle. Came home Iced it some more, took some motrin,and rubbed some DMSO on it rapped it up put a pillow undere it and proped it up and tryed to sleep. Spent most the night talking to my knee,It was very pissed at me. Next day it is black blue,and swollen. I am lucky in the rest of the week, was testing so I got to set around. So on friday I get a call from Austin,Tx. its the claim ajuster for workmans comp. I had filled out a report the next morning after the game. He said that he had got my report and it was a report only, but said it didn't sound like one and that I should go have a Dr. look at it,everyone else said the same thing but I just didn't wont to believe what had happened. I know what was wrong and knew what the Dr. would say. So on monday morning I called the district office and they got me set up right away. Went in saw a PA he took a xray,checked it out and said it was just a sprain and the swelling would go away and he would see me in a week. Week later went back to Dr. saw the Dr. this time and the swelling had not gone down even though I Ice it three times a day.The Dr. looked at xrays did the latchman test(I failed)he wiggles your leg below your knee and if you have a ACL tendon it doesnt wiggle. He give me a shot,gets be a brace and sets me up for a MRI and tells me he is afraid my knee is jacked up. By now its time to go to galvaston for the tri,I go and watch. The next week my MRI report is back and my leg is jacked,fracture tibia,torn ACL and some other stuff. They send me to the surgion,I am afraid of these guys,so he's a nice guy and he allso does triathlon. He tells me he can fix it,I tell him I wont to recondition it,he say thats fine but he will see me in about three weeks. So I do tharapy Its a bummer,the baby steps thing and the people in there are really messed up,and its super depressing. In the mean time I get a letter where the worker comp people wont pay for a good brace. I call them up and it just business,they have thier ways and they do not want to spend anything if they don't have to. Its getting more depressing,my leg is getting stronger but don't have any stability,and never will because I don't have a ACL. So I go back to the surgion guy and say lets fix it,school is out and may be I can be ready when it starts again it will mean starting over whith the tharapy and everthing but if I don't fix it now it will just get worse. I have started having dreams that Im running,running hard up hills and on trails,funny when I was running all the time while I was running I would be day dreaming about sleeping. So I got a couple of weeks to go before I go in for the fix. And the brace guy called and we meet up and he is making me a brace. Seem that if you go for the fix it ,all pretty much pre approved, wild. Guess they know you cant grow ACLS. So thats the story.But what I have learned is if you love something do not risk that on something you don't. And be thankfull for what you have,and don't waste time being down for something you don't.

cowtown 50k ultra

So did the 50miler the first weekend in Feb. still felt good so what the heck why not. I will start tri training the next day after cowtown,the last weekend in Feb. So I don't tell anybody that I'm doing cowtown because just don't want to hear the your stupid stuff. So I get up and get Darla to take me to the start,she is going shopping and will come back and pick me up after. Got real cold and stiff after the 50mile run and had a couple of bad moments try to get up stairs and into room at motel. Thought that maybe I should have someone around to make sure I make it to the car and drive me home after long events. Live and learn,hate to make people kill there whole day for my hobbies. Anyway had to wait out with a cugillion other fools in the cold, it was a delayed start,just a point cowtown and white rock you have out grown your start area. I know its about the money for you but come on its still a race treat it as so and take care of your runners. Anyway started off slow had to take a pit stop at mile 3 that took over 10 min. to few portajohns. But if I hadnt stopped I would have popped. It was a great day for a 50k and felt good untill about 10 miles to go and then it got hard,road race are a hammering. Whith 3miles to go my hamstring started to cramp so I had to walk about a 1/2 mile or so but was able to run in the last mile. Was pretty tired and hammered after but was done untill after tri season. But then again no

Once angain I forget a race

So I skipped past the FWRC race in Jan. at Benbrook lake it was a half and I ran it with Darla and Ricci. It was very cold,snow and ice on ground and very windy and as allways you have the hills(nice hill). We had all the things we owned on and every inch covered. The low water crossing was full of running ice cold water to run in and my feet went numb for about a mile. It was one of those put your head down and get it in kind of runs.I had my face covered and I guess that caused condesation to form on my face and when I turned into the wind comeing back at around the guard shack the water/snot froze in my nose. After the guard shack you turn a bit and it melted. Darla and Ricci did a walk run,but it wasnt a walking kind of day for me so it was every man for himself so I took off to get it over. But I did wait for them at the finish and had the car warm to get in. At least thats my story.

New Years day

After talking to Mike aka totally spoked, at Heathers NY eve party got the bug to do the rocky racoon 50mile endurance trail run. It was a pretty good party I guess,the tarp naked midnight run was funny in a stick a needle in your eye,I don't know these guys kind of way. So on with the trail run,I signed up and didnt tell anybody about it. I think Darla knew what I was doing she would find me on there web site all the time. She like whats wrong with you,all you guys that have this problem you know what I mean. So I think this is the race for me as they run a hundred mile race at the same time and they give the 50 milers the same time to finish 24 hrs. I do the math and feel if I can make it trough the training it's a slam dunk. I start doing the miles,most on the old tread mill. Doing the long runs on the treadmill is easy for me as I have all the things I need close,restroom,fluids,food. And I know from all that time on the website that they have three aid stations that you hit 6 times on a 16.7 mile loop that you do three times so they would have every thing that I needed and wouldnot have to carry everthing. As my Long runs started getting 7,8,9,up to 13.5 hours long The tread was it for me. It just drove Darla crazy,spent the whole day on the tread mill,watched football games you name it,but I finished everyone and each one made me know that I could do it. Did some back to back long days 30miles sat. and 18 to 22 on sunday. Came race day it was cold but clear,no rain or wind. want bore you with the blow by blow but I had a plan kept to it and finished and that was my goal to just finish. Was hoping to finish before dark but still needed 3/4 of a lap when the lights went out so there no way I was running those trails at night. So I walke it in and that put alot of time on my run but thats ok as you don't know how tore up you are until it to late. After the race It came to me how cold it was and by the time I drove to motel I was pretty stoved up.

dallas white rock marathon

in my last post I went from el sorcho to a week before my first 50miler that was in Feb.2010. So it seems that I jumped over the white rock marathon, it was a good race for me and was fun. Just ran as I felt and didnt worry about anything,ran into the normal bad spot out on the lake but it went away fast. Was able to pick it up from 20 on into the finish. Could have ran it much faster but thats the way it works, that was my 6th WR marathon did my first in 1980 and even tho it was a 5hr run it felt great.

So I'm going to get cought up on the old blog. Last we blogged I had just did 25k of the 50k el sorcho well I moved on from that to training for my second 70.3 ironman in austin,tx. My training went well and felt very strong, got a new sleeveless wetsuit and was pumped up and ready to go. But then again no. Came down with flu a couple of days before event. Felt like hammered crap but went ahead and started the event. The swim was just about the best feeling swim I have ever had, the bike was crap, hills,cracks,bumps,gravel,plus all the things they said you were not to do was done all the way in aces. Did not see anybody in the time out cage,but did see some crash victims. Anyway got through it and went on to the run. It was a death march for me but I finished and cut 10 min. of my time. When I got back to town went to Dr. got some meds and after a month of them the head and chest infections got better. Ran the Turkey trot 10k, and the jingle bell 5k, chest still got hot but was better. All the Hart rate training makes for a slow runner but a strong one. On to White rock marathon,got there late had to pee so was the very last one at the very back of all the runners/walkers ect... I guess that was good because I just ran and had a good time finished strong felt good. So I finished 2009 with two marathons,25k,10k,5k,two 70.3 half ironman tris,one sprint tri,3 or4 tshirt rides at +100k so not a bad year.

So here I am a week away from running a 50mile trail run, got the Idea new years eve,so Its now jan. 29 so I have had to cram to get ready so we will see. Thats it for now, more to come.

Wow have not posted up in a while. Well have done the El Sorcho and wussed out again just did the 25k don't know what it was about it was cool,just didn't have it. Done a couple of t shirt rides but have tryed to get with the program on the 70.3 ironman in oct. am about to load up for the fwrunners club 15k, will try to post up more later.