Stuff

First, a quick running update.  Ran again this morning.  A little over 2 miles in 30 min.  I felt good and I ran the entire 1st mile without walking.  Very happy about that one.  It is very slow getting back into running shape, but I know that if I keep at it I will get better.

Second, both my Nana (maternal grandmother) and Paw-Paw in-law (MIL grandfather) are in congestive heart failure.  My Nana is 94, will be 95 in March.  My Paw-paw in-law is 86.  Unfortunately, I am not really that close to my Nana.  She lives in Topeka, KS and I really have not seen her that much in the last 20 years.  They are giving her some drugs to help relieve the fluid buildup and I am hoping that she can recover as much as possible.  We are planning on going to Kansas in March to celebrate her 95th birthday.

My wife's Paw-paw on the other hand is not doing so well.  He is in the hospital again now and will be in there for a few days.  He is the closest thing I have ever had to a grandfather.  Both of mine died before I graduated from high school.

I apologize for being a downer.  Just remember to tell your parents and grandparents you love them today.

Total miles: 14

Still on that wagon

Didn't run yesterday.  Regretted that decision as soon as I walked outside to go to work.  Really have no idea why in heck I didn't go.  I do consider it a success that I did get pissed at myself for missing it.  In the past...no regret, didn't give a crap if I missed it.

Nice 2 miler this morning.  Finally had some moments of being "in the groove" while running.  You know, when it feel effortless and everything is just flowing.  Loved. It.

Absolutely nothing interesting going on in Needleland.

Total miles: 12

Craptastic and fantastic

I actually got off my lazy butt and completed my "long" run.  It was on 2.7 miles, but considering that I really have not run much for the last 5 or 6 months...I'll take it.

No run on Sunday due to this little thing called lightning in the area.  Just felt it was prudent to lay around on the couch and watch Sportscenter rather than get electrocuted.  Poor excuse, but I will take it.

Craptastic 30 minute run this morning.  Everything sucked.  My pace, my effort...you name it.  And you know what?  It was fantastic to be out there having a craptastic run.   In the past 7 days I have run 5 times.  I do not believe that I have ever run 5 times in a week before.  Ever.

There are no "grand" or "big" plans.  As I wrote the other day, this is about me.  Me going back to running because I love it.  Not because I want to run a marathon before I turned 35.  Not to live up to other expectations of my running.  Just for me.  Damn, all this talk about me and you would think I am this guy, or this guy or this guy or that n*t@ack loving guy who left blogland.

Total miles: 10

3 runs in 4 days?!?!

I have now run 3 of the last 4 days.  I missed my run yesterday morning due to the weather.  While I don't mind running the rain, it was absolutely pouring here when I got up.

Finally starting to feel a little bit of the running groove again.  It is still a struggle and I had to take too many walk breaks the last 1/2 mile.  It is hard for me to fathom that at this time last year I ran 19 miles of a marathon and now I cannot even run two miles.  Only person to blame is me.

I will do everything I can to get this mojo going.  Wish me luck.  I am planning on running both days this weekend unless the rain messes up my Sunday long run.

Total miles: 5 (all this week)

Back on the wagon

Since I figure that everyone has deleted this retarded blog from their reader, I guess I am just writing this for me.  I am finally back on the running wagon.  For the last month, I have used every excuse in the book to skip my runs.  Every. Single. One.  I finally ran out of excuses.

I decided that a year of moping about my marathon FAIL was enough.  It was time to start fresh.  New online tracking, gone is BIMActive, now going to use DailyMile.  Going to just get up in the morning and go.

I have now been officially back "on the wagon" for two days.  Both runs were shortish and I sucked, but I now remember why I started.  This time, the running is about me.  No far-flung goals to run this race or that race.  I am running for me.

My plan is to post most every day to at least say, hey I did a run today.  Maybe if I write enough I might actually become a competent writer (not likely, but still).

I would say that I am going to write about all the interesting stuff that happens to me, but as I have discovered I just can't seem to write it.  Oh well.