December 2009

had 3 days of rest… i think cuz i just got distracted monday.  it actually snowed a little bit while i was running (barely), so that was nice.  breathing was not as much agony.  i think.  not sure.  but i think it was a little better.

still no pain.  shoulder hurt a little, towards my back.  not a big deal.  another run tomorrow.  workin on my base… maybe i’ll start some hill repeats in a month.  too bad i don’t have any hills around here… i’ll have to drive somewhere to do them.  how lame is that?

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 12/22/2009
• Time: 15:05:00
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 5 miles

ran again!  hooray.  no pain still.  all day, i didn’t think i was gonna run.  then i realized, for some reason, that today was the perfect day to run.  i don’t know why.  but it was true!  more or less :-P  today is always the perfect day to run.

i’m running, these days, carefully keeping any goals out of my mind.  just trying to enjoy myself and burn some calories.  i don’t know what track i want to take next season.  there are lots of good triathlons around here, so i could go there… or i could go with aiming for 10Ks… or a mix of 10k’s and halfs… or save all the racing for the fall.  so many ways to go.  i know for sure that i’m totally committed to keeping myself injury-free.  MTSS has cost me so much time, and i’d rather go easier on myself and stay healthy than go hard, achieve more, and get hurt.

looks like i’m gonna be just shy of 1000 miles this year.  i don’t really care for numbers, but that’s pretty cool.  especially since i didn’t really start till mid-april.

and it’s time to shower… maybe i’ll have something to eat.  i kinda forgot to bring food to work today, so i ended up lunching out of the vending machine, something i haven’t done for nearly a year.  2 packs of donut sticks and 1 bag of TGI friday’s bacon potato chips.  so good.  but i wasn’t really satisfied after… just full.  kinda sad.  but it’s ok.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 12/19/2009
• Time: 19:15:00
• Total Time: 00:00:00.00
• Distance: 5 miles

it’s been a loong time.  before i get to the stuff i came to talk about, i’d just like to note that the viewership of my blog has mysteriously shot up over the last 5 days.  it was interesting to come on here for the first time in a month or so and see close to 300 views

anyhoo, since the marathon on 26 sept i’ve run… maybe 3 times, including today.  good news… no MTSS pain today at any point.  so it might be a good time to start again.  sunny, windy and 30 today.  i couldn’t breathe!!!  my lungs wouldn’t expand at all.  so i made myself run slow, which was probably good anyway.

why the hiatus?  i’ve been concentrating on studying computers… i’m just about done with the intense hardware and OS part, now i’m looking into the software side a little.  i’ve been putting everything into it, so i haven’t really had any time or interest in much else.  plus i just had a little clone of me come into the world, so he’s been taking up some of my time too, not to mention a lot of my sleep.  SPEAKING of sleep, that’s why i ran today.  i’ve been waking up at 11 on my days off, and i actually woke up at 10 today, so i figured i wouldn’t be spending any time that would have been used to do anything else.

my weight, surprisingly, has been staying very consistent, right around 156.  i think it’s because i don’t really eat much.  i wake up, go to work, come home… i eat a single small meal in the evening.  i actually don’t snack too much anymore, at work or otherwise.  it’s a good thing.

don’t know when the next race is.  i don’t know if i want to do marathons right now.  i’m thinking the half in cleveland in mid-may, perhaps.  definitely am doing the spirit of columbus next year… already declared it on facebook

maybe triathlons?  i’m gaining more confidence in my shoulders… and i didn’t do any tris this year.  speaking of which, i need to ask guru what to do about my bottom bracket friction issue.  hopefully they’ll generously offer to do some work on it pro bono

that’s about it… gym later.  till then, just more studying.

Workout:

• Type: Run
• Date: 12/17/2009
• Time: 10:35:00
• Total Time: 00:40:00.00
• Calories: 582
• Distance: 5 miles
• Average Pace: 8:00/mile