hello?

so where you've been? do have spittle on your shoulder or have you shamefully given up?

last night i did 6 miles. i was a little slow. i think i started strong but slowwed down with the dog. he wasn't too helpful...if only he could have been off leash...but no.

get back in the game!

5 milers

so i did two five milers in the last few days--saturday and wednesday. the first run was supposed to be on friday but i was in a pretty crappy mood and knew it would carry over into the run...so no run. i made it up saturday on a trail/ path by my sister's. it was pretty nice...and i am surprised that my allergies didn't flare up since its was an allergen lined trail. then last night i did a five miler with 3 eight minute tempo runs in it. i am not sure if my tempo pace is all that different from my normal pace. i tried but i think they are about the same...i'll need to work on that. either way both runs were about 45 minutes each. tomorrow (friday) is a 6 miler...oh boy! i am told i can do this...i think i can...i think i can...i think i can....

i laugh in the face of allergies

so i made it out yesterday...alergies and all. i went out at about 7.30 when it was a little cooler...it wasn't hot hot but it was warm. i did 4 miles with 5 3min minute tempo intervals. i survived and did the 4 miles in a little over 32 minutes. i am getting slow... i need to start picking it up. my coach has a 5 miler on friday...mixed in with biking and running and if i choose some weights... let me tell you i am not sure i looking forward to 5 miles. i know i can do it...just got to convince myself i can do it on friday...

<---this was in the paper yesterday...not cool!

I suck

This is becoming a theme in my blogging about my running... the fact that I suck. I went out running with a friend who is a beginning runner on Monday night. Did two miles that seemed a bit harder than it should have been. The next race I'm going to do is a 5k held along the river here at 9pm July 3rd. This means that it is the ultimate humidity race. I need to get back out there. Cana is a little small for the jogging at this point, but I'm hoping to get that happening soon.

head game...

so i went to track last night and we did 3- 1 mile repeats. it went well, but i am definitely a bit slower than i used to be. but the best thing was that my head was in the game a whole time. i struggled a bit at the half way mark of the second mile...but i pushed through. i must say i did well, since i have been struggling with staying focused during the run and making it through a whole run/ workout. it was a good thing.

how's the baby? running? got a jogging stroller yet?

awesome

awesome on all that! i finished school friday and have been lazy all weekend, but am planning a short run after the gym and i get to back to my track group on tuesday, which i am very excited about. two weeks off from running and the gym has been making me quite soft, but that is about to change. i also signed up for class that looks pretty cool for the summer. its hard to explain but the website should explain it better... check it out!

i'm a dad, today's my birthday and i ran a punishing trail yesterday

fear not! i have not abandoned the run in my elderly state of parenthood. i ran about 2.5 miles yesterday with two friends over a truly brutal trail. be inspired by my return to form.