A Mile or More in My [Running] Shoes

chronicling my continued growth as a runner, my road to the 2012 NYC Marathon, and the stuff called life that happens in between...

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My Father. Canberra Marathon 1992.

I think of him every time I go for a run.

When I was 13, I announced to my Dad that I...

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Life Update.

People always say that when you break up that it’s time to focus on you, that it’s time to be the person that you want to be: to get...

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I did yoga last night and I’m proud of myself. I always talk about how I need to cross train but don’t. I have done yoga a handful of times in my...

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Have decided

I am going try and be “glass has water in it” person, as opposed to declaring the glass “half full” or “half empty”.

It is a glass. It...

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My dad, me, Mr. B

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Redemption Smells A Lot Like Sweat…

So this morning I failed to wake up to run my 4-5 miles… BUT I promised myself a good ass kicking once work was over.

I strapped on my shoes and hopped on the train to Columbus Circle. Once I got there, I ran. According to my Garmin, my first mile was done in 7:54. (Whoa Nelly!* Pull it back…) I slowed to an 8:20 pace and then realized that that was still a little too fast and then I settled in to a pace around 9:00. Three sweaty laps of the Lower Loop (5.01 miles and 43:58) later, I realized that I had completed one of my best runs to date.

My running has been inconsistent, and I have been, well, there’s really no other word for it, lazy. If I’m going to do as well as I would like to do in my 25k, I really need to buckle down and get serious about my training. A little over 100 days to go until the Fifth Third River Bank Run and I am going to work my ass off to get a PR. (I know, I know… It’s my first 25k, automatically a PR, but I would love to break my half marathon PR time in the process.)

I’ve also upped the ante when it comes to strength training. I’ve added the Insanity workout and while I find myself wanting to switch kick Shaun T. in the balls most of the time, I’m liking the way I feel when it’s done. (Even if it means I have a hard time getting out of bed in the morning.)

So that’s where I am with my running and everything. A bit of a bummer that I couldn’t get my run in this morning, but it seems like the extra sleep came in handy and I totally redeemed myself with tonight’s run.

*”Whoa Nelly”??? Really? Am I 80?