Welp, Lots of Stuff Going, but Little Running...

Just as the title would have you believe, I've been busy busy busy... just not busy running.  We had a "Once in a decade or two" cold snap, and work in between.  We did have a super nice day on the 19th that I was able to sneak a run in on.

And here's our first map.  Can't say I love it, but it'll do for now.  I'm exploring some options, but I thought I'd go with a standard template.   As an added bonus, I'm going to try to formally name my runs now!  Because... why not - not much else to consider at this point in time.

I'm waaaaaaaaaaay behind anything remotely close to what I want to be at as far as mileage.  Like, why even bother mileage at this point.  I had hoped to get some lunch running in, but life has been crazy enough .  Sick kids, my house is falling apart, etc...  I do have new shoes though, so I have that going for me... which is nice...

I cleaned Allen Fieldhouse on the 14th, and as head coordinator, I did a LOT of running.  As such (and even though I think I did more than this), I'm going to give myself a 2 mile bonus.  If anything, it will make me feel better about my complete lack of significant mileage.  It is my hope that one of these morning/evenings, I'll get to the gym and boost my total up... to AT LEAST DOUBLE DIGITS before the month is out!  Actually, my new goal is 25 miles.  I have no idea if I'll make it, but it won't be from lack of effort, I promise...

Okay, Ellie is calling.  Need to get goin'.

Dar-run

Running Total:
January:  8.20
2012:  8.20

Oh My - it Begins!

The weather this year has not been as nice as 2 years ago. It seems like in 2012, it didn't dip below freezing all winter.  This year, however, I'm not sure it's been over 0 degrees!  Okay, that's a bit of an exaggeration, but definitely wind chills have hovered or been well below 0.  I have a beard, but I'm still not man enough to brave those temperatures.  That, and my asthma has been more or less out of control in the last few months.  Cold + Asthma = no bueno...

That said, I finally got a run in - indoors.  I hope to hit the gym at least 2 more times this week for some indoor running.  I like to sneak over to the gym on my lunch break and cram in as much as I can.  That usually only works out to about 25 minutes, but beggars can't be choosers.  I can get a shower and lunch close by.  The hour flies by quickly.  Hopefully, I can start getting out of bed and hitting the gym before work to increase my runs - upwards of 45 minutes, and maybe get some lifting in too.

That said, I ran 2.5 miles.  It took around 22-23 minutes to do.  I wasn't pushing it.  I'm coming off of a broken toe, followed by a broken rib, and I've been pretty light on exercise.  My legs are sore from just that much running, so I know it's going to take some time to get back into it.  For right now, if I can get 3 runs during the week, and a longer run on the weekends, I'll feel like a success.  

My treadmill runs usually start out slow - like 9:45 mile times, and every half mile, I usually tick up around 0.2 mph.  I usually alternate pushing the incline up a percent or 2 for .25 miles, and then resetting it to 0 before I tick up the speed.  By the end today, I was running at 7:30 pace.  I realize the mileage/acceleration doesn't add up, but I needed to get the run over with, so I pushed it at the end.  Not too shabby...

I have a feeling that there will be many treadmill runs to report this time around, but ya gotta do what ya gotta do.  By the time my runs start stretching to 5-6+ miles, you better believe I'll be hitting the road.  There are limits to my sanity, and 30+ minutes on a treadmill makes me feel like a hamster.

So, that's it today.  Nothing too exciting, but Ellie is pulling on my arm... it's hard to type.

D

(Oh yeah, back with the running total for the year...)

Running Total:
January:  2.50
2014:       2.50