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.

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.

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.

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.

Haven't Posted in a Few Days

I've still been running, though. Did a nice 5.6 miler yesterday with my running partner, which is been great for me. I need someone there to push me a bit... Friday I ran by myself; rested Saturday.

Hopefully, I can start to lower my times and increase my distance.

Well, Finally Did It...

I managed to get out for a run with someone else today. I haven't run with another runner since I was like eight, when I was a member of our school's running club. It was very hard, actually, both mentally and physically. Running with someone else made it oddly more difficult- it seemed like the run took forever... Physically, well, I had to keep pace with someone else who was faster than me (but had to run slower than his usual pace).

Will I ever get faster?