Day 246: Starting…Now

I had to put off my running schedule for a few days, so I will miss my 5-days-per-week goal for this week.  On Monday we went to PrimeTime and took in some go-karts, bowling, and batting cage time.  I’m still sore from the batting cage, but it was a good workout.  I’ll have to do [...]

Day 240: 5th Run This Week

I’ve made 5 runs in 6 days.  I decided to take a break yesterday because my legs were real tender.  Today went well.  I got to run early and put in a good time.  I hear the dinner bell ringing, so I’d better run.  See ya next time!
Stats: 2mi in 18:06 @ 9:03 pace

Day 238: 1..2..3..4..AH AH AH AH!

Four days and counting!  My legs were pretty tired today after my “form work” yesterday, so I tried to find a form between “good” form and my “normal” form.  I basically focused less on kicking my feet closer to my butt and focused more on getting my knees forward and feet down a little quicker [...]

Day 237: Day 3

Today marks 3 days in a row that I’ve run — all 2-milers. Today, however, was a little different.
I’m all too aware of the fact that my distance-running form is terrible. I was more of a sprinter growing up and never really learned to run long distances. Usually when I try to [...]

Day 236: Two In A Row

Today is a bit of a milestone for this year: running two days in a row!  I decided to change (start) my running plan this week.  I’m changing from running 3 days week with no back-to-back running days to running 20 minutes per day for at least 5 days a week.  I’m off to a [...]

Day 235: 20 Minutes

I put in about a 20-minute run today which ended up being a 2-miler.  I haven’t really had a set work-out plan since I ran a half-marathon in October, so I’m going to try something simple: run 20-minutes a day for at least 5 days a week.  I’m doing this partly because I need to [...]

Day 228: Running To Sleep

Every once in a while, I get a migraine headache. Luckily, I can tell it’s coming because my vision gets messed up before I have one (apparently, it’s called an Ophthalmic Migraine).  Anyway, while getting ready for church this morning, I could tell one was coming.  So, I had to stay home while the family [...]

Day 223: Morning Run

I don’t normally take morning runs, but I’ve been so tired at the end of the day recently that I’m having a hard to convincing myself to go run.  So, I figured I’d give dawn a shot.
It’s evening now when I’m writing this, and I don’t feel any more tired than I normally do.  Perhaps [...]

Day 208: I’m Still Here

Wow. First run since Feb. 12th — that’s 49 days. Why? Crazy, up-and-down weather, flu bugs, laziness — the whole package. So, I was sitting at home Sunday afternoon watching Texas get smashed by Memphis (that messed up my bracket a little) and decided it was time to put my running [...]

Day 161: Short And Sweet

Short run today. Went 2 miles in 17:20. That’s pretty good. Now I just need to add about 4 miles onto the end of that. I only got two out of three runs last week because we were pretty busy. And, of course, I’m clearly not sticking to my “distance [...]