Been a long time gone...

Would you believe that I forgot about this blog? Something of an update: I haven’t been running that much recently, but, have started cyling again. That said, I’m looking forward to running again and will probably start again over the weekend. I began cycling after I realized that my poor motobecane has been sitting in my bedroom languishing for some time. So, I threw on my florescent yellow jersey and off I went. I am enjoying it although it’s making me REALLY tired. Maybe, just maybe, they’ll be a duathlon in my future this Spring.

On the Mend...

Foot's still a bit sore, but, G-d willing, I should be able to get a quick run in tomorrow... And then a long run on Sunday morning.

Is There a Doctor in the House?

Here we go. Today was the second day that I had to cancel my run this morning. My right foot is bothering me; I think that it might be plantar fascitis. I had a bout of it a few years ago and it took forever the heal. I'll go to the gym tomorrow and take it from there.

I'm a Real Speed Demon...

Ha! Ok, ready for this? Drum roll please... I ran 5K in 35:47:00. I huffed and I puffed, and I STILL couldn't manage a sub-30 minute 5K. I know, I'm being a bit hard on myself. Truth be told, it's one hell of an improvement from my one and only 5K race almost 6 years ago; my time then was 45 minutes, something or other. So, if I look at the glass half-full, I've cropped 10 minutes off of my time. And it was like 80-something degrees outside this morning.

Not so bad.

Felt Better Today

Just came back from a three mile recovery run; I ran 6 yesterday. Not exactly a marathon, I know, but it still counted as my long run for the week.

I'm gonna give water running a go tomorrow as an easy form of cross training. I want at least one day off a week, but hate being completely inactive on my rest days.

Think I'm Running out of Steam

My love for running seems to be tempermental; I made it out for a measly 4.5 miler this morning and all I did was mentally complain: Why am I out here? What's the point?

I'll give it another go tomorrow.

I Decided That I Like Running

At least for now! Every time I run past the sea- which is everyday- I feel a pull to go back to swimming. As much as I would like to, though, I have too much work to do and getting up so early for practice makes me too tired- and cranky!- for the rest of the day.

I switched my running schedule a bit; I'm gonna try the intermediate half-marathon schedule over at Coolrunning.com. It might be a good idea to work through the pre-schedule training part first to see how my body adapts to running 6 days a week.

Did an easy 3-miler this morning; hot as hell out. I've 5 miles planned for tomorrow (note to self: Hydrate!) before another easy 3 miles on Friday.