We have had some great weather around these parts. Time to get out in your yard and start getting it cleaned up for Spring weather. Of course, that kind of weather is good for running too. =)
I haven’t been running much lately. 3-4 times a week at just 2.5 miles per run. Most of the time I run at lunch at work. Every run for the past month has been faster than the previous, but I am still slow. My mojo must have bleed out.
My goal at this point… is to run my 2.4 mile loop in under 7 minutes per mile. Goal #2, is to run one mile in under 6 minutes. By the end of the summer I want to PR a 5K and a 10k. Those seem like reasonable goals for now.
Soon I will be able to run Iinthe morning once again. Oh who am I kidding… I could do that now if my mojo wasn’t gone.
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Lunchtime run
After stretching my legs for a short run Sunday… I did my first lunchtime run today. Just a short 2.6 miler at about 8:30 miles. It felt very good to get back out there again, even though it was windy and I am not in very good shape. My run barely took over 20 minutes giving me plenty of time to shower and get back to work. I just ate some food from home at my desk.
Once the sun is out again and it warms up I will probably switch to running in the morning most day. Who knows though… I am just winging it at this point. There are a few runners where I work, including one who BQ’d. She gave me some advice and told me to not give up… that people don’t usually BQ in their first few marathons.
And so… it begins… again.
Once the sun is out again and it warms up I will probably switch to running in the morning most day. Who knows though… I am just winging it at this point. There are a few runners where I work, including one who BQ’d. She gave me some advice and told me to not give up… that people don’t usually BQ in their first few marathons.
And so… it begins… again.
Friday, February 01, 2008
Dreaming about running
Recently I have been dreaming about running… you know… a glorious run through Springtime air, spotlit by golden rays or sunshine… not a care in the world… on autopilot… just one finely tuned human machine fast forwarding through the world on the wings of a gentle breeze. Then I wake up however, to the reality that I have not ran a step in over two weeks. Yuck.
No… I am not injured… I just was very busy, lost some motivation and one missed run turned to two… then three… then two weeks. I did at some point make a mental shift and decide that family is more important than running… and running during dinner 3 nights a week in the cold rain was more than I was willing to tolerate. I do miss running though, and am scheming about ways to get it back in my life.
Plan #1, I find a golden stopwatch to freeze time. Ok, plan #2, for my weekday runs… I run… AT LUNCH. Ok Ok… so there is a bit of a problem about how to fit consuming some food AND a 1.5 hour run into just one hour, but it is a start. We have a shower at work here. I could come in early too, thus avoiding running in the dark. This plan has some legs! Now I just need to get my legs… back out there and on the street.
No… I am not injured… I just was very busy, lost some motivation and one missed run turned to two… then three… then two weeks. I did at some point make a mental shift and decide that family is more important than running… and running during dinner 3 nights a week in the cold rain was more than I was willing to tolerate. I do miss running though, and am scheming about ways to get it back in my life.
Plan #1, I find a golden stopwatch to freeze time. Ok, plan #2, for my weekday runs… I run… AT LUNCH. Ok Ok… so there is a bit of a problem about how to fit consuming some food AND a 1.5 hour run into just one hour, but it is a start. We have a shower at work here. I could come in early too, thus avoiding running in the dark. This plan has some legs! Now I just need to get my legs… back out there and on the street.
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