Ten Miles
I ran a full ten miles today. That’s the first time since I was running cross-country in high school. I amazed myself with the consistency of my pace. At three miles I was on pace, at six miles I was…
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Running Again
After nine weeks my ankle is healed. I ran two miles a month ago to discover that it had not healed after five weeks. Today I ran four miles at my desired pace without any discomfort. In those nine weeks…
Marathon Registration
I finally committed (financially) to a specific marathon. Late last night I registered for the Days of ’47 marathon for July 24th. I had chosen that marathon more than a month ago and planned to register on January 1st when…
The Amazing Brain
Today was my first seven mile workout. Looking forward to it, I knew that I did not want to be counting the minutes for over an hour. I shut my eyes and determined that I would not open them for…
Exercise
I said I would try to run on the 30th of December to see how my ankle was doing, but I didn’t. I finally concluded (without running that day) that I was going to have to believe what I had…
Too Busy
Yesterday was one of those days. I wanted to get the Christmas lights up on the house and possibly write another candidate endorsement. Instead my day went something like this: Get up with Isaac for night feedings at 2:00am and…
Getting Stronger
The running and the biking are obviously making a difference. I have noticed within the last week that I can run a mile one minute faster than I could previously and maintain that pace for the duration of my 3…
A Little Headwind
In case I was getting too comfortable with my running, today was a wakeup call. I had my first 5 mile run. With the way 4 miles had been feeling lately I figured it would not be too hard on…
Future Milestone
I figured out today what my second running milestone will be. It will be when I commit to a specific marathon. I was looking at the options today. I figure I can be ready as early as July and I…
Running: Milestone 1
I had to take some time off running for a bit when I got sick, but I got back on my training schedule and met a milestone today. Saturday I had a 4 mile workout which is a normal distance…