So I finally got around to getting myself on runnerspace, and ahh the relief!!  It was keeping me up at night!  Especially with the trials going on down there in Eugene.  Speaking of which, is it just me or were those the best darn T&F Olympic trials in Gen-X's (or later, I know, i'm getting old) history?!  Awesome!  And consider I wasn't there - I just watched them on crappy old NBC and I still thought they were amazing!!

So after that amazing week I'm getting pumped to get back out there and post some decent times.  I 'took off' from last July to January becuase of the twins.  Of course, it depends on who you talk to if you call it that or not.  What that means to me is that I just run easy for 4-8 miles a day and don't do workouts - what with Janet's complications with the twins and then business of life when they were born I tried to be around most of the time when I wasn't at work.  My first attemp to come back was in April at the UPS invite.  My ~15:35 5k was a decent first run back but I was then dissapointed with my Bloomsday performance in May of just over 40 minutes.  All I could think of the last 1.5 miles was that I was so glad I wasn't running a marathon.

So now I've started uping the old miles and hitting the workouts harder.  I have to be in good shape this year for Hood-To-Coast because the TeamXO/NCIC All-Stars need to perform this year!!  A tuneup at Torchlight and Sammamish 5k should help.  Keep your fingers crossed for me! :)

Take care all & enjoy the trails,

-Destry