Chris "Krash Man" Pope

I did some cross training today. I rode 6 miles on my mountain bike at an ave. of 14.5 mph. I hurt alittle differnently today. I am looking at doing a 100 mile bike ride this year. I don't know if it will happen but I will get some cross training out of it.

I ran at the oval and it was nice compared to the rainy cold weather out side.  I ran with Coach, Christina and Renae for the first 2 miles and then picked it up for the last one.  I wanted to run more but I had to get to work.

I went to donaite blood today but I wasn't able because my Iron level was too low. I needed a 38 to donaite and I was a 35 (normal for men is 40-50).  I have never had a problem with my Iron level.  The tech that was doing the precheck asked if I was a runner.  She told me runners some times have low Iron levels.  Then another tech asked me if I took x-rays (I was wearing green OR scrubs).  My wife looked up Low Iron level on the internet and it said that exposure to x-rays can cause low Iron.  But I know I haven't been exposed to radioation.  I am always out of the room when I take my x-rays.  So, my wife wants me to get a physical to see if there is any thing wrong.  You know the heart test, blood work and what ever else the Dr things he needs to do.  But I will not turn my head and cough!!   I have also been having a lot of head aches that I can't explain for the past 3-4 weeks or maybe longer. 

I ran the first mile or so with my wife and kids nice and easy.  I picked it up for the next 4 and felt great.  I finished the last mile with my wife.  My knee felt ok but hurt alittle more than normal.  

My knee still isn't feeling well after my 6 mile run this last Sat. I think I need to get back and see the Dr. I did a 6 mile bike ride this morning and my knee felt great. I ave. a 14.9 mph.

I did my first spin class today.  My sister-in-law is an instructor at a local gym in Jackson CA.  I am in CA to visit family and wanted a butt kickin.  If any one could do it she could.  I great untill about half way through the class and then my quads burned.  I had a great time and my knee didn't hurt.  I think I might be doing a lot more biking as a cross trainer till my knee gets better.

I had a nice and easy run with my wife down the main street of Pine Grove CA.  This the place where she grew up.  It is a small town and ran down main street and back really quick.  After that I ran up Mt. Zion Rd.  It remides me a lot of the watach back relay near the end when I was  running up the back side of park city just be for the Ragnar.  It just goes up and up.  I felt my knee at about  mile 2.5 on this long stretch of up hill.  I stopped at the top and turned around.

 This is the first time I have run since the 5th of April.  I took a week and a half off to see what it would do for my knee.  I don't know if it helped yet but I will give it some more time.

2 miles nice and easy

Biked 10 miles this morning in 43:00 at an ave. of 14 mph.  

got up at 6:00am and thought it would be fun to bike to work. I left at 6:30 am and it was alittle chilli. It was fun but biking up the Ave. to LDS hospital isn't easy. My quads really burned. When I got to work I looked at my watch and wondered how I got to work so early. Well, I left an hour to early. I could have slept for an hour more. I biked about 13-14 miles and it took me an hour. I don't know exactly how fare I rode because my GPS Died.

I only bike a little way home about 2 miles. I met my wife and kids down town to celebrate my getting in to Angio school.

Ran 5 miles with my wife while pushing the kids in the running stroller.  My knee hurt a little when we were done.

Had the day off so I went on a ride with the wife and kids.  I pulled the trailer and boy did it make things harder.  I was keeping about the same pace I do with out the kids if you don't count all the stop and go.  I ave. about 12 mph for 10.3 miles.  At mile 9 we stopped at a 7-11 for a slurpee.  Boy it was good.