I have a long night at work, so in our 2 hour “dinner break” I knocked out a 4 mile run around campus. Campus is a sad place tonight – our FAMOUS oak trees were poisoned by a bitter University of Alabama fan. Such a hateful act. The entire Auburn Family is mouring today.
http://ocm.auburn.edu/news/oaks.html
The radio interview that was reference:
I mentioned a few weeks ago that I joined Daily Mile. Well now that I’ve actually gotten back to running and am accumulating mileage I’m ready to invite other Daily Milers to follow me if you are interested.
New Nike Dri Fit running tights that I debuted this weekend – look Ma I have a butt!!!!
In a size MEDIUM thankyouverymuch!
Just got back from a 3mi run with the doggie. It was my first non-track outdoor run of 2011 and the weather was a perfect 50 degrees! It feels so good to be back outside and running.
I registered for my next race – a 5K on campus on February 26th!
I’m excited and anxious. I have a good bit of runs scheduled between now and then. I just hope I am happy with my time and effort come race day.
Thanks to my tax refund hitting this week I’m taking this afternoon off from work to get some stuff done and also pamper myself.
The non glamorous things:
However what is glorious:
Finally this evening W gets here to kick off Valentine’s weekend. This is my first time ever having a “real” Valentine and I have a lot planned. I can’t wait 😀
Oh how I missed the pains in my ass after a stellar spin class. I knew despite wearing my padded shorts yesteday that I was going to hurt. However it’s a good hurt and I’ll gladly remember all the hard work I put into class yesterday while I waddle around today, it will also remind me to keep my eating on point. That pain isn’t going to be for nothing!
Damn I got my SWEAT on at the gym and I feel invigorated.
Spin class and 3 miles on the treadmill including 1 mile at 6.8 mph.
To awkwardly quote Barney on HIMYM “Daddy’s Home.”
I wasn’t excited about going to the gym yesterday, but I knew I had to go. I really think it’s the weather, perhaps after all that time outside this summer i developed season depression.
The gym gods were against me. The parking lot was INSANE. I looped the front and back parking lots MULTIPLE times looking for a spot. Finally after like 10 solid minutes I got one. Fortunately there were some treadmills open albeit one in the back. I’m happy so many people want to work out and get healthy, but the gym needs to be able to accommodate the people that already work out here. It’s still slam packed in there everyday 🙁
I am happy that I’m at the gym – "half the battle is showing up.“ I got to pick my playlist for my run and my ipod dies. MOTHER EFFER. I choose to run sans music. It wasn’t bad. I had a good chat with myself, listened to myself breathing and watched a guy run finish a 7 mi treadmill run in 59:59 then stretch before cranking the treadmill for even more. I’m not sure how many miles he was after, but he was past mile 4 of this second run – WITHOUT MUSIC mind you.
I can’t wait to get back into the shape I was in 2 months ago. I really hate feeling weak and slow.
I spent some time this morning creating a running plan. It’s a mix of my half marathon training and full marathon training. I hope to get back in the swing of things sooner than later.
I also created a DailyMile account. Right now I’m keeping it private just for me, but it should be a fun way to track my mileage in my quest to run 1000 miles this year!
Since January was pretty much a bust – I WAAAY behind on mileage, but I’m hopeful!