I'm still alive

I just want to apologize for my abscense from the blog for the last month or so. Work just became overbearing and my life has just been crazy. I worked up to 40 miles a week some time ago. I had to take a rest week every other week (25-30 miles) other wise the running and the 11 hour days of hard labor would kill me. Everything was going fine and then I sprained my ankle pretty bad. I had to take 2 weeks of of running. I just started again this Tuesday. I'm feeling good on the runs so far and I will try to hit 50 miles the last week before school.

Its August!

Well, with the coming of the 8th month, training should be underway with some decent consistency and mild intensity. I just ran the Boston Mud Run last night in a little town south of Buffalo. It was the most difficult, sloppiest cc course I had ever seen. 6K of absolute mud and hills. I ran about a 21:40, which means nothing. More importantly I had one of the greatest times of my life in a running situation. I was laughing uncontrollably and falling on my face in mud holes that we're up to my knees... so sweet. Hope everyone is feeling well and avoiding the dramatic heat.
This is me after the end of the mud run. Just so you have photographic proof that I'm alive and well.