Because I can say that now

ChasMcG wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:
Sucks balls eh? I mean isn't that a good thing? I wish I had balls to be sucked. Is this a pic of all the blood rushing ... dooooown?? hahahah

You like teabags, don't you?

HAHAHA...I am just reading this shit!!!! Hilarious...Now I wish I wouldnb't have went to bed last night. Sounds like a lot of good banter.

See! Now you know better! 365 after 10. Only 9.99 a minute.

Nick Morris wrote:

Tim M wrote:All I can do is shake my head when I read this blog.

Did I really start all of that shit...my bad...

Yes you did.

Ken Mello wrote:Its good to see that there is some occasional discussion of running in here.

Nick Morris wrote:

Ken Mello wrote:Its good to see that there is some occasional discussion of running in here.

Well a little. I only run like 4 days a week and only short runs right now. Working on stride and holding my pace. Shithead.

"Some" is big stretch...

Trust me - Running by Chas is not nearly as interesting as 365 after 10

Nick Morris wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:His neck? What about mine????? Got anything for my jaw?

TMJ??

Nah just TMD. hahaha

LOL...I litterally am rolling on the ground laughing!!!!

hahahah awesome!

Nick Morris wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:His neck? What about mine????? Got anything for my jaw?

TMJ??

Yeah, that's why

What, did you expect it to be from something else??

YES!

I know my girl and she answered it...TMD! BTW, niiiiiice, Chas! Haha!

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:His neck? What about mine????? Got anything for my jaw?

TMJ??

Yeah, that's why

What, did you expect it to be from something else??

YES!

I know my girl and she answered it...TMD! BTW, niiiiiice, Chas! Haha!

hahaha you knew I couldn't let that go!

And what the fuck is that? hahahaha oh hell no! Dude got ahold of a smurf last night. He should wipe that off!

ChasMcG wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:His neck? What about mine????? Got anything for my jaw?

TMJ??

Yeah, that's why

What, did you expect it to be from something else??

YES!

I know my girl and she answered it...TMD! BTW, niiiiiice, Chas! Haha!

hahaha you knew I couldn't let that go!

And what the fuck is that? hahahaha oh hell no! Dude got ahold of a smurf last night. He should wipe that off!

Poor smurf had some tea. Poor little dude

Chas - GREAT RUN! I'm so happy to see your excitement for running and see how much you are improving every time. You should be so excited, I am!! Keep up the good work, it's paying off!

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:

Nick Morris wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:His neck? What about mine????? Got anything for my jaw?

TMJ??

Yeah, that's why

What, did you expect it to be from something else??

YES!

I know my girl and she answered it...TMD! BTW, niiiiiice, Chas! Haha!

hahaha you knew I couldn't let that go!

And what the fuck is that? hahahaha oh hell no! Dude got ahold of a smurf last night. He should wipe that off!

Poor smurf had some tea. Poor little dude

From the looks of it, looks like it broke off in his mouth.

Mrs. Schuey wrote:Chas - GREAT RUN! I'm so happy to see your excitement for running and see how much you are improving every time. You should be so excited, I am!! Keep up the good work, it's paying off!

Thanks! I'm much stronger than before. I'll get there. Just takes time and hard work!

ChasMcG wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:Chas - GREAT RUN! I'm so happy to see your excitement for running and see how much you are improving every time. You should be so excited, I am!! Keep up the good work, it's paying off!

Thanks! I'm much stronger than before. I'll get there. Just takes time and hard work!

No doubt and your great attitude alone will more than likely get you there

Chas you've really gotten speedier! Keep up the great work!!

Just read this page. Shaking my head. That is all

Nick Morris wrote:

ChasMcG wrote:

Mrs. Schuey wrote:Chas - GREAT RUN! I'm so happy to see your excitement for running and see how much you are improving every time. You should be so excited, I am!! Keep up the good work, it's paying off!

Thanks! I'm much stronger than before. I'll get there. Just takes time and hard work!

No doubt and your great attitude alone will more than likely get you there

Thanks Nick - I try to stay positive even though sometimes I just want to kick my own ass hahhaha

Julie wrote:Chas you've really gotten speedier! Keep up the great work!!

Thanks! We're getting there!

Mike MacLellan wrote:Just read this page. Shaking my head. That is all

hahahahha did you expect something different??? hahahaha

It's not that I didn't want to run. I really did. Do you ever have one of those weekends where you're just on the go every second. It was literally like this

Let's go for a run....right after we take the car in to get fixed

Let's go for a run.....right after we drive to the mountains to hit a trail

Let's go for a run....right after we take the girls for a hike in 100 degree weather

Let's go for a run....right after we stop off at the 50th birthday party for your neighbor ... yeah right

Let's go for a run....right after I drive to Brush to drop girls off for the week, take Grandma to lunch, and visit Kirk's grave

Let's go for a run....right after softball

Let's go for a run....right after we have dinner but then decide going to visit a friend on the other side of town.

Let's go for a run....right after Shelby's 21st birthday dinner at a Italian place serving family style meals.


So...there are my excuses for Sat/Sun/Mon. Seriously? WTF? Was I too busy or too lazy?

Tonight, I wanted to run outside even in the heat but we have terrible lightening and thunderstorms. It was so creepy sounding so I hit the treadmill. Since I don't have a plan, I had no idea what to do tonight. I just knew I wanted to sweat and run hard.

So I warmed up with a 5 min jog and then jumped off for jumping jacks, and some other running in place workouts I learned from Insanity. I jumped back on the treadmill and set it for mountain climb. Increased every minute and I did a mile of that. Not too bad but had to really slow it down the last few. At 10 minutes, I was at 10% incline and .80. It dropped back to 1% and I finished the mile off at 5.5mph

Then a ran the 2nd mile at 1% incline which felt like nothing. 10:07 I stopped at .60 and .85 but at that point I increased the speed to 7.3 which is fast for me. I felt like I was pounding my feet down on the belt. I sounded like a dinosaur!

After that, I did some more stretches, situps, and called it a night.

I need a plan. I need direction. I need someone to tell me the same thing happened to them this weekend and that I'm awesome!!! hahahah okay....how abut the first 2?

Hey Chas,
My daughter and I started running trails and I am liking it too . It's so different not boring at all and I think for sure it makes you a stronger runner., I just need to pick my feet up more so I don't face plant so much that is not fun:(

You are AWESOME!!

You are awesome and motivated and you've had a lot going on in your life the last few days! We all have lives and things that can get in the way of having a good run. That's one reason I get up at 4:15 or 4:45 most mornings. If I don't things will get in the way and I'll miss my run.

Ken Mello wrote:Its good to see that there is some occasional discussion of running in here.

At least Mello visits your blog! Maybe I need to discuss things that are non-running related and more exciting.

amyjoann wrote:Hey Chas,
My daughter and I started running trails and I am liking it too . It's so different not boring at all and I think for sure it makes you a stronger runner., I just need to pick my feet up more so I don't face plant so much that is not fun:(

I feel the same way and the trails have really helped me with that. I'm more aware of my stride and strength. I can really see it on the streets, I don't slouch like I used to or shuffle my feet. My arms have even straighten up. I used to run with them like right under my boobs. Weird right?

Nick Morris wrote:You are AWESOME!!

Actually I think you're awesome But thanks for being a friend and lying to me hahaha

Julie wrote:You are awesome and motivated and you've had a lot going on in your life the last few days! We all have lives and things that can get in the way of having a good run. That's one reason I get up at 4:15 or 4:45 most mornings. If I don't things will get in the way and I'll miss my run.

You are the one motivated! 4:15 in the morning takes a lot of convincing. I should have done that this weekend really and I would have beat the heat. But life does get busy. I have 2 girls, a husband that trains, a career that is very demanding and stressful, and a bunch of needy friends! hahaha If I could just get rid of the needy friends.....

Peg Coover wrote:

Ken Mello wrote:Its good to see that there is some occasional discussion of running in here.

At least Mello visits your blog! Maybe I need to discuss things that are non-running related and more exciting.

I haven't seen him since! It was a drive by Mello!

Peg Coover wrote:

Ken Mello wrote:Its good to see that there is some occasional discussion of running in here.

At least Mello visits your blog! Maybe I need to discuss things that are non-running related and more exciting.

Right. Who wants to read about running?

Tonight's run was different than last nights. Tim and I went over to the fireroad. Starting off was tough tonight. My legs felt like bricks and suddenly I could feel sore muscles from last night's run? I didn't feel it at work today. I started off and I slowed the pace and just dug in. I could slowly feel my legs warm up and feel normal again. There were many times I wanted to quit and head home but Tim pushes me. He gets in front of me and I just follow. Sometimes I can keep up for a little while but tonight he was way ahead of me quick but I wasn't stopping. The second mile felt better and we turned around. Tim decided to take me through this really nice neighborhood by our house. The 3rd mile was even better and I felt my pace come back and I could feel my body straighten up. I did have to watch my feet more tonight. I wore my eye glasses today so I had to run in them. I can't change from contacts to glasses or vice versa in the middle of the day. Fucks me up but running in my glasses is really different. It's like my depth perception is off a bit. It's weird right? So I just kept it at an easy pace.

3.50 - 42:25 12:07 pace

2.0 - 12:37 pace
1.0 - 11:37
.5 - 11:10

Slower than usual on this route but by the end of the run, I was pretty happy. It really started off slow.

Tomorrow I go pick up the kids but I might try and squeeze a late run in. My job is stressful. If I don't work out, it starts to build and then I blow. It's usually at engineers. Seriously, I know you went to school for this but you need to actually work in the industry to fully understand it. Put a hard hat on for a week and then come tell me you don't want to accept my pipe. Fuck sticks. Ah...I feel better and for those here that are engineers, I'm sorry I told you to suck my dick today but have fun trying change acceptable material listed in your city spec book. Hopefully you live in a different city than me! hahaha

Have a great night everynight!

Did you really call your customers "fuck sticks"? Classic Chas!

I don't know if it's allergies or what but my contacts have been driving me crazy this week and I really don't wear glasses except for maybe a few hrs a year...but I couldn't go out with them because I don't think I see as well with them and am legally blind without them.

Hey you got out there and ran! Good for you!!

Tim M wrote:Did you really call your customers "fuck sticks"? Classic Chas!

Hi Chas! No need to catch up on the blog, this last page pretty much sums it up for me. I am with Tim though, just shaking my head.

Chas, after trying to catch up a bit on your story and reading a bit here on your very lively blog, I wanted to say congratulations on your life changes and how you have gone after the things that you are passionate about.

It takes courage to make those changes and you are continuing to make progress from what I read here. It is people like you who help keep me going when I think I have it tough. In most cases, I probably have had it pretty easy in reality.

So keep on doing what you're doing. Keep thinking in terms of progress, not perfection.

That is all.

Tim M wrote:

Peg Coover wrote:

Ken Mello wrote:Its good to see that there is some occasional discussion of running in here.

At least Mello visits your blog! Maybe I need to discuss things that are non-running related and more exciting.

Right. Who wants to read about running?

This is a running forum??