Happy Ash Wednesday

Two days ago I went for a morning run/walk with Laura. We went down to the road halls, up Hull to Bringham and around back to Wilson. I forgot how lovely it is to run with someone else-- it makes the time go by so much quicker!

Yesterday Julia and I were planning on running in the morning but because I had a paper to write, we decided to go in the afternoon and by then it was snowing heavily. I really wanted to run in the snow (it sounded like so much fun!) but Julia wouldn't let me (something lame about falling down...) so we ran on the indoor track of Bennett. I don't really like running on tracks in general, especially not ones that take 10 laps for a mile, but it's better than a treadmill (does anybody else think treadmill running feels artificial?). SO we ran 1 mile, stopped to stretch, and then ran another 2. I felt pretty good, minus my face feeling like it was going to explode (it's pretty warm in there). I didn't struggle for the third mile at all, so I think I could have handled another mile or two, but I'm glad we didn't push it. My legs were tired afterwards but today I feel completely normal. And again, it was so much better having someone else to run with.

Fairly Pleasant

So I went for a nice little jog around campus today... back around Bringham, down Hull, down Grapevine and around the backside of campus. I was planning on going out dancing tonight (which failed... hence why I'm blogging right now and not out) so I decided to cut the run a little short cause we all know how killer clubbing is on your quads. So, all in all I ran for about 25 minutes and it was (ready for this?) fairly pleasant. I was adequately dressed and had some good tunes which I think makes a world of difference.

Delirium

Today was a no-run day... so designated because I was working off 2 hours of sleep and not feeling super with-it. But some of the girls on my floor and I did end up playing an impromptu game of basketball for a bit so I wasn't a complete bum... just a partial one :)

Run #?

Ooookay. So, it's been a while. Turns out writing this accountability blog has so far been an epic fail... but don't worry... I haven't given up.

Here is a synopsis of the last month-ish. I've been running. Inconsistently. This means I'm still in the stage of working on getting my endurance up because it would be foolish to start my distance training plan if I can't even schedule consistent runs. The good news is that the 26 week plan I'm on gives me 10 weeks to get in shape which means I still have 6 weeks to get my act together (at least that's how I see it).

Today I ran on the treadmill (that's my cop-out when it's too cold or I'm feeling particularly squeamish about running on ice on a non-existant shoulder of a curvy road) and did an hour of walk/jog hill intervals at an average of 12min miles. Nothing impressive, I know, but an hour of some variation of running is better than nothing, right?

In other news, I started researching marathons in October to register for. Right now I'm thinking The Cape Cod Marathon... it's described as "beautifully challenging"... lots of hills but runs along one of the prettiest stretches of coastline in America. I'll let you know when I officially pick one.

So here are my commitments:
I will write on this blog daily. Run or no run. And I will be honest.
I will be able to consistently run 5 miles in 50 minutes or less by March 15th. And will train accordingly.