update

Since my last post I've been mostly concentrating on putting in some extra miles running. I have however been doing some cross training in an attempt work on my core. I've been swimming once a week on Wednesday nights and been doing some additional work outs. I ran the Trail Mix 25K on 4/18. It was my first trail race and was an awesome day. The weather was great. I got there in time to see the 50K runners take off. I got stretched and ready and approximately 30 minutes later we were off.  This was my longest run to date and realized about half way in I should have done more hill work. None the less, it was fun. I finished in 2hrs and 41 minutes. I really feel I could have finished in the 2hr 30min range, but took a slight detour. About half way through the race I did the 2 mile loop between the aid station twice. I was a little thrown off. I walked for awhile trying to decide what to do. I decided that when I returned for the second loop I would turn around without doing the loop a third time.  I was happy to see my wife and daughter waiting for me at the finish line. After the race, we went to the enormous playground and played. My daughter and I climbed to the top and I had to carry her back down as she decided she didn't like walking on the rope bridges. It was a great day!

I got in a 3 mile run the following day to get the "kinks" out. I met some cool people while at the Trail Mix and 3 of them had completed Ironman's, an eventual goal (dream) of mine. 

I got a couple of good runs in this week and a good bike ride (first of the year), 10 miles in about 44 min. 

Grandma's marathon is 8 weeks away and I'm getting excited. Time to get in some long runs and shoot for the sub 4hr marathon.