We are now just a couple of weeks from Finn's arrival date, but he might want to come early.  I ...   more »

Last night I ran my 115th day of continual running.  My body is holding up really well, which I continue to find very interesting.  Here are some status:

 - For the past 10 weeks I have averaged 51.7 miles per week or for a total of 517 miles.
 - Since the beginning of the Running Streak I have ran a total of 127 and half hours.
 - Lost over 20 pounds

We continue our wait for the arrival of Baby Finn, who should be here very soon - like withing the next couple of weeks.  I am so excited!!!  Visit www.babygilbert.org.

Run On!

Yesterday, 9/11, I ran my 100th consecutive day of running.  To help me celebrate the occasion, three of my good ...   more »

Here it is 9:11 pm on 9/11 - the day of my 100th continuous days of running is over.  Brian, Paul and Jane met me at 5:30 this evening for a 10.7 mile run, which we did in 1:45.  It was fun celebrating 100 days of running with some great running buddies.  Below is the map from which we ran.  After the run we ate pizza, potatoes made by Rachel, veggies from Jane, beer and wine from my running buddy, Stan.

I have been asked if the streak will continue and my answer is "yes".  Running for 100 continual days was a great excuse for a party and I think 200 continual days would make for a bigger party.  Run on.

On September 11, I will be running my 100th day of continual running.  I will be running 100 minutes to celebrate and below is a map of the course.  Want to run?  Give me a call and I will tell you where I am starting from.  Time:  5:30 p.m.

Sunday, the 2nd, was my 91st day of continual running.  Sam, Jen and I went over to Victoria on the early morning ferry and spent the day.  They wanted Sushi and I wanted to run.  On past trips to Victoria I have made the time to go running and since I want to run the Victoria Marathon in October of 2008 I thought this would be a good way to spend a day trip.  Total miles ran was 15 in about 2:25 - give or take a minute.  I started from the Runner's Room running store on Douglas and followed the roadway down around the harbor and along the beach front all the way to Oak Bay, and then came back the, mostly, same way.  See map below.

Oak Bay is a cute little village with some really nice old houses.  The views over the water are of the Olympic Peninsula with some great views of the Strait of Juan de Fuca.  From Beach Road I could really see Trial Island.  The sky was cloudy and the temperatures were really nice.

I did run through both Beacon Hill  and Clover Point Park and I learned something.  Do not run through the "Dog Friendly" section where dogs can run free on a nice Sunday afternoon.  You know the dog motto:  "If it runs, chase it".

I had forgotten what it is like to run in a city.  Cement sidewalks, curbs, cutters, people walking three abreast.  Stuff like that.  The first couple of miles was a stop and go through the busy tourist center of Victoria.  Once on the water side things calmed down some, except for the dogs. I really don't like running on the unforgiving cement, but when in the Cement Jungle what does one do?

My body is holding up really well with all this running.  I thought it would.  My weight has stayed the same for the last three weeks.  Time to pay more attention to what I am eating and not eating, like green salads.

Here is a map of most of the route - minus the trail running and the dogs.