Ready For Some Ew.
With this new blog layout I’m “supposed” to put a picture up with each entry. The temptation was quite strong to photograph what I’m going to be talking about. But instead? I’ll show you some flowers. To counteract the “Ew…” factor of this entry. Last year when I started really running, it was to train for a local famous 10K. I ran... Read More
Faster.
My first month of boot camp in September 2010, my coach timed me in the mile. It was on a track and we were supposed to run “as fast as we could” and by the time I was done I wanted to die. I was SO exhausted but I was also SO PROUD because I did it in 10:30. Since my long distance pace was always around 12-minute/miles, A 10:30 single mile seemed great. When we measured... Read More
How I Use The Internet To Hold Me Accountable
After Saturday's Performance We closed the show Saturday night and had most trace of ‘Alice in Wonderland’ gone by about 11pm. I woke up early Sunday morning knowing I needed to run but I was so tired and it was VERY cold. Mid 20s. I decided to “wait” until it got warmer. Around 9am it had only gotten up to about 26 degrees out and I was running out of... Read More
Team Zoot
Donnie hit the trails with some of us last weekend and it was tons of fun. It’s not easy for him to slow down, but luckily it worked out fine since the rest of the group ran at my pace. Also – he ended up busting his ass at some point and he was really glad he was far enough ahead of us that no one saw him fall. Having a supportive spouse is KEY with this new active... Read More
New Beginning. Again.
Today is the first day of February, which means January is over. The first month of 2012 is over. We can now officially analyze our progress with my our 2012 resolutions! You go first. How are you doing? FINE. I’ll go first. Let’s get the bad out of the way. My eating habits have not been adjusted like I had hoped they would. Do you like how I phrase that? Like it’s... Read More
