Cyclobenzaprin, Percocet, and Chlorzoxazone...

I know, sounds like a good time, right. Well, as your friendly family doctor could tell you, anyone taking those three meds probably has a very painful back. Very, very, very painful. And probably isn't running. At all. Barely walking, probably. Most likely wishing they hadn't been born when they twist their back the wrong way.

Sometimes I just want to trade this body in for a new model.

RACES FOR WEEK OF JANUARY 5th TO JANUARY 11th

January 10th / Frenchman's Bar 9, 6 and 3 mile runs / Vancouver, WA

January 11th / Cascade Half Marathon and 10k / Turner, OR

January 11th / Maui Paradise Marathon, Half Marathon and 5k (Hey, a guy can dream, can't he?) / Maui, HI

It's that time of year...

Yesterday, I saw a woman running down the sidewalk past Reser Stadium in her soccer cleats.

Oh, did I mention we have snow and ice on the sidewalks here in Corvallis? Yep. The city that has white Christmas as often as Phoenix has some of the white stuff. Will it hang around until the 25th?

Get tough, get cold, and get out there and run.

RACES FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 29th TO JANUARY 4th

December 31st / First Run 2009 5k / Portland, OR

December 31st / Year to Year Run 5k / Longview, WA

December 31st/January 1st / First Run 10k and 5k (two runs) / Eugene, OR

January 1st / Padden Resolution 2.6 mile Run and Polar Bear Swim / Bellingham, WA

January 1st / Capitol Mile / Salem, OR

January 1st / Pooch and Pal 1.5 mile run and Thunder Run 5k (races run back to back) / Pasco, WA

January 1st / New Years Day Hangover Run 9 or 4 mile / Lewiston, ID

January 1st / Resolution Run 5k and Polar Bear Swim / Seattle, WA

January 1st / Y2K9 Run, 20.09k and 10k / Forest Grove, OR

January 3rd / Lake Samish Runs, 13.1 and 6.5 miles / Bellingham, WA

January 4th / Kitsap YMCA Resolution Run 5k / Bremerton, WA

New Year, here I come!

Between the move from Sedro-Woolley to Corvallis and the job hunt and the house hunt and the apartment hunt, I think I ran in about two races last year and didn't do a single tri. Man, that's sad. But 2009 is gonna be a whole different story! It's time to embrace my Masters-ness and try to set some PR's. I'm looking to race in 20-25 races this year. Get ready, get set, and go!


RACES FOR WEEK OF DECEMBER 22nd TO DECEMBER 28th

December 22nd / Tour de Lights 5k / Bonney Lake, WA

That's it. One race. On a Monday night. But you get to see Christmas lights. Get out there and run.