Life Update: Wedding may interfere with training

Well howdy. Last time I ran was on Sunday, which wasn't too long ago, I guess, but I was supposed to run yesterday and today, and probably won't today, either. I ran out at Glade Creek Trail. I think there's some sort of thing where if I go out to the Gorge to run now, it wants to pour rain. Anyways, I don't mind running in the rain too much. It keeps me cool. But I would like one or two sunny or just plain overcast days... The trail itself was pretty decent--I ran it as an out-and-back, starting and ending on the Prince side of the trail. The whole trail was nice, up until the side closer to Kates Falls. From Kates Falls to the end of the trail on that side, trees were down all over the place, and in pretty good density. It slowed me down quite a bit for that last little section. Not that I was going extremely fast, since I was also having some gastrointestinal difficulties :S Still, I was glad that I went there. It was a good 11 mile run for the evening, even though I went a little late and had to run in the dark for part of the way back.

It's been hard to get training in because I've been getting ready for a wedding--whose, you ask? Mine! Saturday, I'll be marrying my best friend, Emily, and I'll have a permanent new running buddy! I love you Emily! Unfortunately, this week's training may be spotty. On the bright side, I'll be getting married to someone who also loves trail running, so we'll be able to do some running together on the honeymoon! Also , I'm planning on buying a new hydration pack soon, and I'm also excited about that. Probably not as excited as I am about the wedding. Probably. I'm heavily considering the Ultimate Direction Wasp. I'm also curious as to how the Mountain Hardwear Fluid 12 would preform for what I need. I wish I could check them out in person, but there's no REI around. Maybe Highland Prospects in Elkins will have something. I'll try to check when I stop through, but I'm not too hopeful that they'll have both of those for me to look at. We'll see.

Well, today I leave to Davis, WV. The wedding is Saturday at Blackwater Falls State Park. I'll be staying in the area to prepare for the wedding. Maybe--hopefully--I'll hit up some trails in Canaan before then.

Peace out.

Sick video

I've been sick this week, so I've begrudgingly decided to stop running so that I can maybe get enough rest to recover. I'm feeling a lot better now, but I've lost almost a week of training. I think the rest was probably good for me, though. Pretty soon I'm planning on running the entire Kaymoor Trail out and back from the Wolf Creek Trailhead; this run will be about 16 miles, which is more than I've ever done in one run (farthest run was the 13.2 mile race at ACE).

I found a pretty good video (I think it was on Runner's World's website recently). It talks about how you should be running in order to keep a more natural running style.