Where have 10 months gone?

A friend of mine commented that I haven't made a post here in quite a while and asked if I was still running. Funny that some are still interested. So here is a brief (really!) update:

On August 15 I will be participating in the Ironman Lake Stevens 70.3 triathlon event. For those interested you can follow my progress that day starting around 7 am at www.ironman.com and searching by name.

On October 10 I will be running in the Portland Marathon for the second time (2002 was the first).

Last weekend Denise ran in her second triathlon in six days at Blue Lake Park. The first was the previous Sunday when she, Zach and Andrew all competed in their first triathlon and I in my third and second of 2010.

For 2010 I have recorded 674 miles running; 879 miles biking and 21 miles of swimming for a total of 1574 miles.

My list of events this year include the Vancouver Lake Half Marathon (1:45:08 Personal Best) in Janaury; Shamrock Run 15k (1:16:02 Personal Best) in March; Blue Lake Olympic Triathlon (2:52:43 first time at this distance) in June ; and the Girlfriends and Dudes Sprint Triathlon (1:16:12 Personal Best by 13 minutes).

Injuries this year included the month of February with tendinitis in the knee and they also discovered arthritis and Condromalacia Patella. Took the whole month off (ran 8 miles after 141 in January) and was back to normal by mid-March. Currently dealing with a strained big toe on my right side and back pain on my left side (I guess this balances it out).

Will post again after the Ironman.