October Summary

Runs - 20
Work Outs - 8
Injured - 0

The Bad: Being sick for well over two weeks. What started out as a cold led to a hearty sinus congestion for 4 days. While I ran thru most of this sickness, rarely were any of my runs strong. Miles were short, quality left a lot to be desired. Most of my runs were simply one foot in front of the other till I was done.

During the last few weeks, I've had a crew in the house remodeling our master bedroom and what will be the babies room right next to us. Knocking down walls, putting in new windows, refinishing hardwood floors and painting more then I really ever care too. The past few weeks I've been inhaling all this crap while living in the basement in a complete mess. The wife was a few blocks away in a much calmer environment at her sisters. All this probably didn't help me get over my cold. But I'm fine with it. The wife and I now have a bigger bedroom and we now have a babies room in the making.

The Good: While my mileage for the month was relatively low compared to prior months, I did experience some solid fall running. Apex, 3 Sisters, Bergin Pk and Mt Falcon to name a few of the trails I ran on over the weekends. Even got my first taste of Green Mt in Lakewood thanks to an invite by a pretty sold dude in Patrick. I don't have any one favorite season but running in the fall when the leaves are falling does not suck one single bit.

The early part of the month yeilded some solid speedwork. Something I was hoping to build upon throughout the month but will refocus on once the lungs decide not to yak out snot.

The gym finally became part of my routine. Eight solid workouts this month which could easily have been more had I not been sick. Loved getting back in the gym and pushing weights and look forward to doing this a lot in the upcoming months.

Lastly, and I realize this technically falls on the first day of November, but my beloved San Francisco Giants just pulled off something I waited patiently for my whole life. I was at all the 1987 NLCS games against the St. Louis Cards. I was at every single home game of the 1989 World Series run. Yup I gave Jose Canseco the bird as the earthquake hit. My last playoff game I attended was the Giants getting swept by the Florida Marlins. All these games at Candlestick Park and then I was off to Colorado and missed the past 4 playoff runs with two of them leading to the World Series. Heartbreak in 1992. World Fucking Champions in 2010!!!!