week 8

missed this week thanks to the nasty stomach flu. should have run today, but didn't.

this week i think i'll make a countdown calendar and more formally sketch out my running schedule. only about 30 or so weeks to go...

week 7 (i think)

still too damn cold here to get into a rhythm. sticking with 5K each time out now- feeling good.

time for new shoes. still running on the old ones from the last marathon 9 years ago. got maybe a few runs left in these but will start the search for new ones soon.

2/14 3.1m
31.1 MTD

it's on

signed up tonight for chicago. $125 entry fee is non-refundable, which means there's now 125 more reasons not to back out.

had a great run for the inaugural finkbowl 5K on sunday. mad props to puddin' for getting out there with me as the only other "participant", and to mcv for participating via satellite. weather here was perfect- crisp and cool with no wind. a great run with a great friend- much like i expect chicago to be.

2/1 3.1M
28.0 MTD

week 4

finally hit 5K today. coldest run yet with a little wind, but as erin would say, "refreshing". forgot yet again to bring the watch, but with as close an estimate as i could get from adding up the minutes of the songs i listened to, time was in the ballpark of 27:15. for the weather and the shape i'm in, i'll gladly take that.

1/25 3.1M
24.9 MTD

week 3

didn't post, but ran on sunday the 11th and again today. sunday's run was my longest yet, and fast too, but very tiring. today's was shorter, not as far but a good distance and at a much more comfortable pace. still can't get up in the morning- too cold and dark, so i've made a deal with myself that if i run on a wed or thurs afternoon and at least once on the weekend, i'm doing OK. at least until the days lengthen and the weather warms up.

marathon signup is 2/1. must run several times before then to give myself an idea if this is really going to happen.

1/11 3.0 m
1/22 2.4 m
21.8 MTD

week 1, take 2

chalk up december as a complete loss. have had a difficult time getting motivated to run in the dark, either the mornings or the evenings. need to take McV's advice and get me a reflector vest.

did get some nice new running duds for christmas though, and broke them in this past saturday. thought i'd only get in 1.5-1.7 because of the layoff, but felt better than expected while out there. busted it for the whole 2 miles, feeling tired but not too miserable at the end. will get out again tomorrow, then sat and sun this weekend.

as you may have read on finkipedia, the inaugural finkbowl 5K has been announced. i think it will be fun, but it is somewhat self-serving to keep me motivated this month. i won't embarass myself by not finishing my own race. not going for speed, but i am determined to finish better than my first ever 5K 10 years ago, which was clocked with a sundial at just over 30:00.

1/4 2.0 mi, 16.4 MTD

umm, what week is this?

ashamed to admit, but it truly has been since the last entry that i've run at all. holiday + busy work schedule + limited daylight hours after work = multiple lame excuses not to run. got to make it happen though- can't embarass myself at my own race (the first annual finkbowl 5K!)