Day 146: Short Memory, Short Run

I set out to do an easy, 3-mile run today, but I got off track after the first mile.  It all started when I took a walk break on mile #2.  The argument that raged in my head was that I need to pick up the pace for a little bit to make up the [...]

Day 144: My First 5K

I decided to venture over to Red Bud Park here in Abilene today to get in my run. Red Bud is a popular place for hosting 5K and 10K runs here in Abilene. I’d been to the park before, but not since I started running. It’s like I didn’t even notice that [...]

Day 142: Spirit of the Marathon

I’ve two good reports today: I put in a “long” run and got a chance to catch Spirit of the Marathon.
The movie was great. I originally heard about it on Joe’s main blog and then noticed on the Abilene Runners Club site several days ago that there would be a showing of the [...]

Day 139: Good Day Sunshine

We are off work today to commemorate MLK Day, so I had an opportunity to run while the sun was up.  The run went “so-so.”  The first mile was okay, but I was running at a faster pace than I probably should have.  It’s hard to pace myself sometimes, and I outrun my endurance early.  [...]

Day 136: Type-B Has Us Down

I haven’t been on a run since Monday. On Tuesday, our 2-year old son started running a fever. On Wednesday, we found out he has Influenza Type-B. Type-B?! You mean there’s different types?? Apparently so. Type-B is not as bad or as common as Type-A, but the flu shots [...]

Day 132: Back In The Saddle Again

Joe Thorn had a post a few days ago describing how it took him a few runs to rebound from a 2-week break in his running. I think I made a similar turn today. I took a 4-week break during December and then put in a difficult, 3-run week last week. Last [...]

Day 129: Mind Over Body

I hadn’t going running with Piper in quite some time, so I thought I’d find a recent sermon of his and run until he was done. I loaded up his December 30th sermon entitled “Pray Like This: Hallowed Be Your Name” and took off running.  It didn’t take long until my run was in [...]

Day 127: It’s Cold Again

Well, not that cold. It was 57° tonight — down from 72° on Monday. And can I just say: I don’t like it. I like it when it’s over about 68° — that’s the threshold. When it’s below 68°, I have to talk myself into going outside to run. I’m [...]

Day 125: First Run Of 2008

I was unusually tired after work today and probably would have wussed out, but the warm temperatures (72°) with a cold front supposed to hit tonight helped convince me to run. The run started out pretty good with about a 9 minute pace, but the second mile wound up being pretty difficult. The [...]