Time To Man Up

Put on my big girl panties. Find my cojones. Pull myself up by my huevos.

I read yesterday, here, that it is not possible to be both fit and fat. Given that choice, I'm going to opt for fit. Running is my path to weight reduction. Starting next week, I'm going to commute to work by running. I'll get a ride home. I need to be careful to limit the mileage increase, but I need to increase, steadily, until I get my weight back to where I want it to be.

My race schedule:

May 11 5K Seadog
June 13 3 mile Doc's Tavern
July 4 5K Goose Rock
August 2(?) 10K BtB

I'll figure it out from there.

Boston and Beyond

I watched the Boston Marathon this week feeling more like David (after a trip to the US) than Lance. It was inspirational. Not inspirational enough to get me to sign up to race it--or any other marathon--but inspirational enough to get me out hitting the roads to work off some of my winter fat. My scheduled 10K this morning will get me to 48K on the week. I have another business travel week coming up, I need to make sure I don't let the travel de-rail my running.

Building Strength

I capped off a decent week with a 16K run this morning. It gave me 44.7 running kilometers and 59.7 total kilometers for the week. I will peak at 55/75--I'm not far from there. I just need to add a few Ks, drop a few pounds, and pick up speed.

New Shoes!

I bought new shoes and new running cunglasses today. The shoes are overdue, despite my limited kilometerage. The sunglasses represent wishful thinking. Scott and I cut today's run short. It was cool (40 degrees F or so) until we got caught in a driving, icy rain. We found a coffee shop to seek shelter. We did sneak in teh better part of 10K and have a 16K run scheduled for tomorrow morning. I hope I need my sunglasses!

Oh yeah, my new shoes are just like my old shoes, except that they are 2130s instead of 2120s. They're supposed to be unchanged.

The Resurrection

My March was retched enough so that I'll skip the re-cap. I am, however, ready for the resurrection. Last week was decent: 40 running Ks capped by a 15.5K run on Sunday.

I'll be back on the track tommorow. The intervals will be short and slow but it'll be progress. With the run to and fro, and the workout, it'll be 12K or os on the day.

The weather has finally started to turn, making morning running (outdoors) feasible.

Progress! The malaise is over.