its freakin hot down here!

I have really backed off on my running just to give the old joints a break before ramping back up for the race season come the fall.  Rock n Roll LA (half) and Phoenix (full) are registered and on my horizon.  I have dusted off the old bicycle and thrown in some cross training lately and its been pretty pleasant.  I haven't been lifting a lot of weights but I'm keeping my core pretty strong and have been doing a lot of resistance band training here at the house and I really like it as an alternative.  Also, I do some aqua aerobic activities that work some muscles that I rarely use otherwise.

Life is settling and my apartment search is going pretty well.  I think I've narrowed it down to a nice place here in Peoria that is about 4 miles from my parents house (nice out and back 8 miler haha).  Probably won't move in until my full time schedule starts in August. 

Heading out to North Carolina for the 4th of July festivities to hang out with the new member of the 50 miler club.  Looking forward to hanging with Ryan and Laura and having some quality friend time.  This also means some trail running, biking, swimming and some good micros :-)

I still haven't comitted to the Arizona Road Racers club here yet and part of that is because most of the weekly functions are in Phoenix or Scottsdale.  It's not that far but my schedule is sporadic and until it levels out I don't want to miss a bunch of things and seem inconsistent with the club. 

Trying to manage my diet and strength training for the summer to be ready to get after it come the end of August!  Excited for this year and all the possibilites it may bring.

Train on!
LUKE

Long time no blog...

Well I made the move and have been out of the blogosphere for awhile.  Moved to Arizona around the beginning of May and things have been a bit of a whirlwind since then.  Everything is starting to calm down however and I'm getting into a bit of a groove here.  Weather is beautiful everyday and work is going really well.

As for the running... Things have tapered off lately but I ran the Whiskey Row Half Marathon in Prescott, AZ on May 14th.  It was a brutal uphill climb for the first half and then back down the hill to finish.  My time wasn't great because of the climb and the 5-6K elevation but it was a fantastic race that I look forward to running next year!  Chad ran with me except he did the 10K and did really well for a tough course and his first race of that distance.

I'm getting some information about a local running group here called Arizona Road Racers.  I may join them just to have some running friends and for something to do on my days off.

Time to learn to run in the heat :-)

Luke