A new month

Sorry I haven't been keeping up everyone, but life has been busy and really haven't felt like sharing a lot of what's been going on with everything in my life. As the kalendar turns to a new month, hopefully better things are on the horizon and the month closed pretty well for me all things considered. I ran less miles in September than I had since I started running. I took almost 3 of the 4 weeks off completely. My weight has jumped up to almost 180 pounds, a combonation of too much junk food/beer and no running. It actually probably isn't that bad, I just never changed my diet after I stopped training for Chicago. I have been struggling with pain in my abdomen for the last 3 weeks or so and the sad truth is that I finally after all this time may have found out what keeps bothering it. I wear a uniform that is supplied to me at work. All of the pants have a 32 inch waist. I remember when I first got them, I had a pair or two of them that were a little snug...over the last month, they have all become that way as my waist has grown a little. Bottom line is I spend 12 hours wearing pants that are too tight in the waist and its pushing on my midsection, causing pain in my ab. I went out and bought a couple pairs of "dress pants" last night to wear for a couple weeks till my weight comes back down.

From a family standpoint, I have been trying to keep up with my family on the Western Slope a little bit more here lately, but that hasn't gone great. I called my mom on Sunday and she was a mess so I kind of let her cry a little, did what I could, but in the end we just said goodbye and left it at a 5 minute conversation or so.

Mustache week was a success for a local establishment and I could not help but take part. The deal was that Road 34, which is a combo bike shop/bar/deli that always has Original Coors on tap for $1 a pint would give you 1-10 free Coors every day, depending on the quality of your mustache. I walked in Monday night and the dude behind the bar promplty handed me a free beer. My mustache was worth only one free beer each day. By the time it was all said and done, I grew a crappy looking mustache to get 4 free Coors that would have cost me 4 dollars had I just bought them...totally worth it. It was a little late in the evening when they drew for the motorized cooler, so no new wheels for me.

Sorry everyone, no pics of mine, I must have forgotten, but it was still a good time for everyone involved and in retrospect, a great promotion for the bar. Thursdays in their dollar beer night and that was the big night for it. Lots of fun. :-)

I also returned to running yesterday, with 2 miles in just under 16 minutes, nothing too stellar, but I need to get some miles in before Chicago, partially to see if I can get my weight under control. Plus I need to see if the change in my pants solves the ab pain because it does get to hurting when I run. I plan to push to 2.5 tonight and see how I feel. I'm kind of getting excited about running again, if I can feel good and do it. The plan right now is for me to begin to get healthy, build some miles, and kick full training in again 18 weeks out of the Colorado Marathon and retry that one again.

Jaz is doing great, she's down almost 4 pounds since they put her on thyroid medcation and she is far and away faster than she used to be. Plus she's got a lot more "spirit". Very cool.

That's all for now.