17. December 2007 by admin.

Hi again everybody, hope you are all doing well this christmas season and avoiding getting sick, I know I am not it seems to be impossible to go outside and run but avoid getting sick at the same time… However this past week 12/10/07-12/15/07 still kicked ass! So here’s the re-cap- Monday I didnt run because I felt way too sick. Tuesday I ran (dumbly) firstly I did 13 miles from my high school to RB high around to the 15 freeway and back, that was a good run. Then I went home that night and my mom pissed me off. So I went running again and managed to cover another 17 miles (at night…really dumb idea probably what got me sick again..). However, so on tuesday I managed to cover 30 miles. Wednesday-thursday I didnt touch my running shoes nor dare to I was getting all flemmy and such. Friday I went running the Cross Country team for four miles which was nice and easy for me, short distances like that I will tell you are relieving.. Then Saturday, haha well I could tell you what happened Saturday except this is my running blog, it pretty much involved me and my friend stuck out in the Desert by Ocotilla Wells for 6 hours laughing at words like “potato” for 30 minutes at a time. Anyway back to running, So Sunday…ya sunday it was pretty much amazing! So we’ll re-cap sunday piece by piece. So on monday during this week I was e-mailed by a guy named Joe Drucker (the leader of the San Diego Ultra-runners group) and he invited me to join him on Sunday at five in the morning with some other runners to go do either a 26 miler, 50k or a 50 miler. I was thinking all the way until loop 3 (which I will explain momentarily) sure ya I’ll just do the 26 miler with them. So I show up on Sunday morning at Penasquitos Canyon (on the west side closest to the beach) and i firstly meet a guy named Toby a really cool guy who seemed like he knew what he was talking about when it came to ultra-running. Then slowly everybody else from the Ultra-running group shuffled in and I greeted them. They were each amazing indviduals and I would describe them in Detail however this blog might end up taking like an hour to read in that case. Joe Drucker (crazy, inspirational guy), Nicole (Joe’s wife and ultra-runner extroidinare), Meg (mother of 3 and an amazing runner), Toby (adventure runner/ aspiring ultra-runer) and then me (17 years old and wearing my mothers running pants..) So the five of us started out in the dark at 5 in the morning, into Penasquitos canyon and we did a 13 mile loop, running at Ultra-mode (you walk all the hills) and running at a 9-10 minute mile (much more preferrable when running a 50 mile run). So for me that first loop was nothing. We returned took a brief 20 minute break and were joined by some more people of the group at 8:00am then we proceeded to run another 13 mile loop in the opposite direction around the canyon. So when we got finished we had completed 26 miles which at the time I was feeling pretty damn good about being able to actually do another loop and make it 39 miles. So I did. Time came around on the run when we hit 35 miles and I was right next to Meg and we gave eachother a high five when had both beaten our previous records of longest distance ran. Then we finally got back to the start rested again for 20 minutes and at that point, some other issues had come up with some of the other runners who were with us, places to go, or health problems that had arisen, and at this point I was still feeling great a little light headed, but food fixed that. So I was like what the hell, why not lets do 52 today, lets make today a day I will forever remember. So me and Toby the only ones left still, were like alright man, lets do this last loop! So we got into it, ran, ran and ran some more. We reached probably mile 45 then we were both starting to hurt a bit but having another person there with you was just so great because we knew we werent going to stop until we reached mile 52 no matter what. So we both pushed through and sprinted like bats out of hell the very last half a mile! To return back to the car to an Ecstatic mom that was waiting for me at the finish at 5:00pm in the afternoon. We had run 12:00 hours straight and completed 52 miles in a single run… at age 17 I am pretty damn proud of myself. So then after my mom took me to an italian place and I gorged myself with pasta, salad and my favorite of course bread! That was one of the best days of my life and I am spending today at home recovering from the run but will be back running and setting new PR’s by tuesday. Thank you for reading! Merry Christmas to all! and please in the spirit of christmas and giving make a donation -Nick

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17. December 2007 by admin.

So this week was hell to make it through without dying of sickness and keeping up on my running at the same time. This week was 12/03/07-12/09/07 a week that shall forever live in lost miles… Monday I didnt run due to some project in school. Tuesday I was feeling like crap and didnt run. Wednesday i got mad at myself for not running and ran my 13. Thursday I did 13, friday I did another 13 and then on saturday I got together with Tomas my mentor over at mission bay park (beatiful area to go running in) and we did an 11 mile loop around that area which was absolutely gorgeous. Then we got back to his car and I still had 14 miles to go until I reached my 25 for the day. So I decided to ask Tomas how to get to RoadRunner sports where he works and he told me the route and said it was damn hilly but I decided to do it anyway. Man was it damn hilly (and then not knowing what I know now looking back again I ran that 25 miler completely wrong..) the balboa avenue hill is a beast! I dont suggest doing it on longer runs. Then the story goes like me getting lost somewhere in kearny mesa or something I ended up by the 15 freeway and by all the strip bars somehow..? I really didnt know where I was going but eventually i think after doing about 27 miles instead of 25 I ended up at Road Runner Sports sat down and was like damn.. I’ll get better directions next time. Thanks for keeping up with the blogs! and please make a donation today any amount counts! -Nick

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17. December 2007 by admin.

Though I know I have been bad about getting the last couple postings up weekly.. I know shame on me. But here we go at least I am posting them today. So this week from what I re-call and looking back over my running schedule, It was a pretty busy week filled with a bunch of schoolwork and what not but getting that mileage in and getting the word out about my cause was definetly still my priority. I ran 10 on monday, 15 tuesday, 16 wednesday, 16 thursday, rested friday and then ran 25 on saturday. That longer run consisted of my going through Rancho Penasquitos park to Torrey Pines beach and along the 56 to a gentle return home. As looking back from today (12/17/07) I ran that rather stupidly and far too fast. When Running Long Distances like that one must walk the uphills and not start out at a 7:00 mile pace (dur!). So that was it for this week. Hope you guys are keeping up with my blogs this week had put me at 800 miles out of 3000. Please, please make a donation today, I dont care if its even a dollar, though I am caught up on my miles I still need people like you to help donate to the Leukemia Society so I can reach my goal of 10,000 dollars by June.

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