Last Shift before Christmas Break

Tonight is my last shift befire my Christmas Break, Last year I was lucky when vacation picks came along to be able to select the Christmas cycle off.

The last few days were busy, I had court the last 2 days and along with working night shift, meant I didn't get much sleep.

After tonight it will be nice to catch up on sleep, then it's Christmas time stuff!! I can't wait...

K

Vibram Five Fingers in the snow

Today was a snowy day here, It was nice I wanted to get some Christmas gifts and the Local shopping center had 20% off.

So with the snowy weather and 20% I was in the shopping mood, even brave enough to wade through the crazy crowds.

I survived the crowds and got some great deals for this time of year.

Before supper me and H went for a run, it was still snowing alittle and snow was on the ground, we were both in our Vibram Five Fingers and they felt great. We went along a gravel path so it wasn't slippery, but when we we on the sidewalk it was alittle slippery.

Overall they were great in the snow.

K

10km in Five Fingers

Yesterday I ran my First 10km run in over 2 years, and it was done in my Vibram Five Fingers.

My Achilles had been alittle sore after upping my distance too quick so the last little while I rested my feet by doing shorter runs, but I was feeling good yesterday so I decided to push it alittle.

As I was sliding into my Five Fingers I was thinking about running 6-7kms, but as I started running and my Achilles felt good I was thinking about running 8km's.

As I got to the half way mark (4km) I thought why not run another km and make the half way mark 10km....

Around the 7 or 8 km mark I came to a crazy steep hill, I thought to myself, this is where I make it or break it... I struggled up the hill and I was so happy....

I finished my 10km run, my legs felt alittle heavy, But I felt soo proud that I did it.......

Love my Five Fingers

Slow night in the city

Last night was a slow night on patrol...

Early in the night I went on a few calls then it died off, On my lunch break I headed home and played some PS3 Call of Duty Black Opps, which helped me wake up.

After my lunch break we set up a checkpoint on a main road out of the city to check the people leaving the downtown after the bars which netted a few tickets, after that it was those couple last hours till days off.

On my lunch when I headed home I grabbed the book I have been reading (Born to run) and I parked by the side of the road to watch traffic and made it through a few chapters, then the night was over.

I didn't do much with my first day off, but I still think I'll head out for a run soon..

Later
K

Busy at Work..

Well the last two day shifts at work have been busy,

I area of the city that I love to work has been touched with some recent violence that kept my day shifts non stop.

Instead of me telling the story and getting in trouble ;) Here's the Local News view on it.

So tonight I start my first of two night shifts, Last cycles night shifts were the slowest I've seen in a long time, so you never know what tonights will bring.

K

Warrior Dash Race

Since I have been getting back into shape, I have been looking at a couple runs to enter next year.
It always helps to have a goal when your training.

I was looking around the Internet the other day and was on a blog I follow (Run Faster Mommy)

She had a picture of her jumping a row of fire which looked really cool, so I had to click on it and I came across the race called Warrior Dash.

As soon as I saw the Warrior Dash I knew I wanted to do it.... You have to go to the website and check out the pics and video, it's a race where the runners climb walls, jump over cars, run through rivers, slide down muddy hills, go through tunnels and jump fire!! Sounds Fun right!!!

The races are held across the states and the closest to me would be in NY state.... I can't wait!

Christmas Police gifts from Etsy

Below are cool Etsy.com finds, christmas is fast approaching and here are a few gifts for that officer you know.

Paracord Survival Bracelet - Police thin blue line $12.00

Classic target Thug T-Shirt $18.00

 Bullet Pen Brass Retractable $17.00 

 KEYSTONE COP WORKING THE STREETS 8 X 10 PRINT ON VINTAGE DICTIONARY PAGES $ 7.80

Vinyl Wall Decal Sticker Uk London Police  $29.95

Achilles Tendon Pain

Well I learned that VFF don't make you superman when you put them on.

I have been doing great the last couple of months, I've lost 13lbs the last couple months putting below 200lbs for the first time in over 4yrs :D

I guess the problem has been that I was doing so well and feeling great during my runs that I upped my distance by big chucks.

Last week after  a good paced 8km run I felt good, but the next day my Achilles tendons felt sore, mainly my left one. When reading online the two main factors that lead to Achilles tendon pain is:
 1) Quickly Increasing distance
 2) Quickly Increasing speed

Well I did both so that's why I have pain! LOL

Any Ideas?

KO

Vibram Five Fingers 20% off

Well you know I love my Vibram Five Fingers, So whats better then 1 pair of Five Fingers? Of course 2 Pairs.

The other day I was online and came across Rockcreek's website, The are a shoe store in the US which also sells their shoes online.

When buying Vibram Five Fingers you have to be careful of the fakes, Vibram does not allow their shoes to be sold on auction sites, and screens the stores they allow to sell them as well.

I checked on the Vibram website and Rockcreek is an authorized dealer.

Rockcreek is offering 20% off their shoes for the next few days and also offers free shipping.

So I ordered a new pair of KSO's and as I type they are in ROANOKE, VA, US, I can't wait to get them.

So if you want Vibram Five fingers, go to the Rockcreek website and use the coupon code RC59X2 to get 20% off...

KO

The Rain's in town.

Rain Rain go away!!

Well it's been about 4 days and counting, and in those 4 days I haven't seen the sun and it hasn't stopped raining outside.

Today is the same story, and it looks like all my days off will be the same so I'll have to go for a run in the cold rain today I guess.

Grrr I'm not sure if I'll use the Five Fingers or pull out the sneakers.

KO