too 'soon, yet not 'soon enough...

i missed the heaviest part of today's monsoon by about 15 minutes, so by the time i got out to run it was just sprinkling.  partway through the run it started up again and i caught the second wave, which was good, but not as good as it could have been.

2 mi. @ a little slower than moderate (i was in no hurry to get out of the rain)

foot felt fine.

notable event: monsooooooon!

also: strength workout today, which consisted of bagging and then carrying 300-400 lbs. of paper in the form of old drawings etc. out to the dumpster for will.  8 or 9 large black trashbags full (like, all the way full!) of heavy paper.  it was definitely the most lifting i have done in a long time.

off tomorrow: safety first!

weekly total: 4 mi. (14 mi.)

an 's' away from 'fast'...

a disturbing reflection of a my silhouette today was enough to get me back in the saddle (and by 'saddle' i mean stupid-hot-even-though-its-9-at-night phoenix sidewalks)...

2 mi. @ moderate pace

i could have done 3 but 2 didn't feel awful (despite the red-hot-blues-induced acid reflux) and i didn't want to push my luck.  foot felt good...

notable event: ran past 2 gangster-looking 14 year-olds that smelled bizarrely, surprisingly, strongly, and pleasantly of cologne...  so odd that it made my run.

Back in the Game

My training took a nose dive after I crashed my bike about three weeks ago -- I've only managed a few short runs, a bike ride, and no swimming. Today I went to the doctor (well, technically a PA) because I had lingering neck and back pain and got some good news. Nothing seems broken, though I skipped the x-ray, and I got the go-ahead to ease back into training...unless anything starts to tingle. So, mostly good news, a new prescription, a couple referrals for PT and sports medicine...and I'm back in the game!

the bad and the good

7.29 OFF - unscheduled...
7.30 arb short 4 - felt great. didn't run especially fast, but legs felt good.

7/28

3 mile run at 8 pm

Negatives: slow and my stomach hurt b/c I just ate dinner

Positives: I haven't run at night in a long time, and it reminded me of summer in Northfield when we used to wait until, like, 9:30 to go running.

mid-week update

7.27 OFF
7.28 arb short 4 with laura roach. legs felt kind of shitty, but it was nice to have someone to run with.

salad n cad

i second alison's post...

Cookies n Cream

As I sit here eating ice cream out of the carton and studying for O Chem, I keep telling myself "I will start running again tomorrow." We'll see if that happens.

Day 1

I've been going back and forth between being highly motivated to get back in shape and a complete lack of motivation that results in stretches of extreme sloth. I'm hoping that having something concrete to train for will serve as proper motivation. However, I've said in the past that I was going to train for this race or that race and it hasn't happened or for one reason or another it didn't sufficiently get me going. So, I think I need to be scared shitless. Preferably, fear for my life or at least all of my pride would be helpful. In that line of thought, I've decided that I am going to do the twin cities marathon in 2011. Of course, I don't have to sign up for it for a little while yet, so technically there is still time to back out, but now it's on the internets, so it's official. Thanks training blog! I'll probably do a couple of races between now and then- maybe Gary Bjorkland and the Lumberjack days 10 mile.
Embarrassingly, I'm pretty much starting from scratch as far as training goes. I've gotten myself in trouble in the past by biting off more than I can chew because I want to believe I am in better shape than I actually am. So, I'm trying to be cautious and gradual this time around. 15 months is plenty of time to not do anything stupid. Not that that will stop me. Right now, I'm working on building up to running 6 days a week and gradually increasing mileage.
Here's what I've been up to so far, since the "get serious" decision:

7.22 arb short 4
7.23 arb short 4
7.24 OFF
7.25 arb short 4
7.26 3 miles easy

Clearly, I've gotten very serious.