Sunday

Sunday, March 6, 2011
Today's goal:  Run rest day/XT
Workout:  None

I signed up for my 19th half marathon today, the American River Parkway 1/2 in late April.  I'm pretty excited about it.  I don't have any idea what kind of time I will finish in and to quite honest I don't even care.  After being forced to take so much time off last year I have been re-evaluating my training strategy.  I fell into the bad habit of no cross training whatsoever.  That proved to be to hinder me in more ways than one.  I also realized that I got to be a lazy runner and I relied upon what others were doing.  I stopped running like me and tried to run like someone else.  My competitive nature made me miserable and I felt let down each time I fell shy of a time goal. 

I miss running with my friends though.  I'd like to be able to run with them a few times a month.  Hopefully after the last 9 months of surgery and recovery I can go back to the group setting without putting pressure on myself.  Only time will tell. 

I've got a busy week ahead  and I'm trying to figure out how to fit my runs in.  I'm going to be working 7 hour days as opposed to my regular 4 hours.  In order to get my run in before getting the kids off to school and myself to work I will have to get up around 4:30 AM.  I don't know if I can't commit to that but I'm not great at working in afternoon workouts so it may be my only choice.  In addition to running this week I am going to get to at least 3 of 4 scheduled dance rehearsals.  I love dancing with my homies and I feel like I'm getting stronger by using my legs in a completely different way.

Blast from the past, Tuesday, March 6, 2001.
Today's goal:  5 miles
Workout:  None
No excuses, just didn't feel like going.