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.
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Another month, and it was OK running wise. I have 47 miles on the log, which is the most since October. Yay.
I’m almost to the end of my Hal Higdon Spring Training, two weeks left, so that means I need to get cracking and plan out the next step. Should I shoot for a half marathon, or a ten K?
I have no illusions that I am a fast runner, no, and I’m worried enough about my joints to not push it, because I am definitely a fat runner. I’m about 265 right now, which is 100 pounds over where my doctor wants me. Yeah, I’m workin’ on it.
I also turned 43 today. Another yay. Feels an awful lot like 42 (emphasis on ‘like.’)
I was at the wholesale store today, getting vanilla, and there was a girl struggling with a bag of sugar. Okay, it was a 50 pound bag of sugar, but I was already there so I said “You want some help?”
“It’s stuck or something.”
It wasn’t, it was just heavy and at an awkward angle for her, but after I dropped it in her cart she was extremely gracious. It was almost funny, I’ve never seen anybody that happy to get a bag of sugar before.
I mopped the floor this morning, so it’s nice and clean for at least a couple hours. My dogs, cats, and kids are already plotting to mess it up again, I can just tell.
Oh, funny thing yesterday. We were outside and my daughter saw her friend, our next door neighbor who is a couple years younger than her. They were getting in their car, so she ran over to say hi. (remember, she’s only four). When she came back, she said, matter-of-factly: “They’re going to a wedding. He’s gonna marry someone.”
And as cute as that is, she also says “marry,” in the cemetery sense, when we drive past a graveyard she says “Is that where people are married?”
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…
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It’s not pretty, but I made it through January.
February will be better.
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