December 21, 2008 - It's Cold

I deemed earlier in the day it was too cold to play golf. IF I had any sense that would also translate to it's too cold to run. But, I missed Thursday night due to a Christmas party, Friday was supposed to be rest, Saturday was supposed to be a long run, but I was stuck in the mud (Thanks Franklin!), so I had to run today. I actually decided I would make sure I got the long run in. Its roughly 37 degrees outside tonight.

I am still working on getting back into the swing of running, so I am still walking more than running. I increased running to 2:30 per cycle and decreased walking to 4:30. I will continue to adjust as I get back in the swing of things. I was supposed to run four miles - ended up only getting 3.83 miles in, but didn't realize it until I was already inside. I covered that in 58 minutes, roughly a 15 minute mile.

It's going to be cold again tomorrow, but I will try to get the normal two miles in and continue of the schedule.


Total time: 148 minutes
Total distance: 9.40 miles.

December 17 - Running in the Rain

The first night of running in the actual rain. I didn't really want to get out in it, but atleast it was warm out. Covered my two miles in 33 minutes and am updating now. That's about all tonight.

Total time: 90 minutes
Total distance: 5.57 miles.

December 16, 2008 - A New Start

Somehow I found the motivation to get started back on this journey last night. Granted, it was a slow start, but with the race at the end of April, and my acceptance of only tackling the half, I should have plenty of time to get this done. I figured the 2+ months I took off also means I need to start to running total of training miles back at the beginning.

Last night's run was in the light rain. I planned to do the intervals of walking for two minutes and then running for five. I have the walking part down. I ran all of the first five minute interval, but in the second on, I was unable to run even two minutes and then walked the rest of the time. I managed to cover 1.5 miles during my mostly walk of 24 minutes.

Tonight, it was sloppy outside again. I changed the intervals to five minutes of walking and two minutes of running. I will adjust each week until I get to running the majority of the time. For some reason my watch is not sending the info to my computer tonight, but I can just get the raw data of the training screen. Looks like I covered 2.07 miles in 33:12. Not setting any land records, but at least in motion.

Total time: 57 minutes
Total distance: 3.57 miles.