Fat Guy

This morning, during my run, (and I’m not making this up), I saw Barbie.

She was tall, skinny, had long blonde hair (in a ponytail), tan, big boobs, pearly white teeth and a huge smile when she said “good morning” as she ran past.

I thought I found a muscle the other day!

But then, it figured out I was looking, and hid under a layer of fat. Dang.

Another month behind me, more miles beneath my feet.

A couple of notes. I’m running lots of short runs right now, but that’s cuz I’m following Hal’s spring plan. What I’m most proud of is actually doing all these runs, as tempting as it is to stay in bed in the morning and go “it’s only a couple miles, I can skip it.” Instead, I’ve gotten moving. And it isn’t so bad.

(yeah, right, it was 32 degrees yesterday. That’s freezing, people! )

Another thing is that thanks to his 4 times a week schedule, I feel stronger and less tired when I do run. I have the beginnings of actual leg muscles, now. I don’t remember that before.

And why do I think so much about ‘before?’ Because I’ve lost a ton of fitness. In October I ran 57 miles. This month I’ve managed 40. Now, that’s more than January, and almost as much as January and December combined, which is a Good Thing. But last February I ran 59 miles (fifteen runs) and in April I ran 14 times for just shy of 80 miles. So, in my mind at least, I have a lot of room for improvement. There’s no way I can do the 8, 10, or 12 mile runs I was doing less than a year ago. Five miles is a lot right now.

And in case you’re keeping track ala the t-shirt, I’ve run 26 times so far in 08; so my ratio is about 26 to 1. Not something I’m particularly proud of…