It is official, I have registered for my first half marathon! Kinda Silly I was training for something I hadn't yet registered for huh?
Day 7
Ah Christmas Eve. Very strange having a Monday afternoon to myself. Little man was with his mom and Brie was still at work. I worked until 1, a super pud day, we weren't busy and most of the bikes had already been picked up. So off to the house I went. With the time that I had, I snuck in my 2 mile run before anyone else got home. Felt damn cold and I just couldn't warm up. Nice that those runs aren't taking very long at all that way I didn't freeze.
Day 8
The day after Christmas, this year it was super handy to have Wednesday off which meant I had 2 days off in a row! Never happens in my life b/c of my locked in schedule. We had done some shopping, Brie got her coveted tablet product. We had done some TV shopping but nothing really came of it. We had frittered the day away with each other and I just didn't think we were going to get that run in. To my surprise, the missus asked if we wanted to go to the Y and workout because it was soooo cold. I agreed and went to the track. SHIT! I keep going on the same day the track runs every single time. Hamster wheel only goes one way! Yuck. I got my three in, I think. I forgot my watch and was using my phone that really didn't fit in my pocket. This is the only way that I can accurately keep track of my mileage is by looking at my watch. I felt lost all during my run. The lack of a watch was not my only distraction today, my ipod battery went dead the first 20 feet of my 3! mile run. Crap. So now I'm not engaged in my run at all. I kept losing track and finally guessed when my mileage was done. Phooey!
Day 9
Two days later and its a Friday night. My day had gone pretty well. I could not get up and get motivated to run. I said screw it and just went to work, tired. I dropped little man off with his mom and went to the Y with Brie. This time I had my ipod charged and was wearing my phone. Determined, motivated, didn't want to repeat my performance of 2 days ago. Then I saw one of my customers who is just a total know it all. I mean this guy will tell you he births babies better than his wife and mean it. A total right wing nut job if ever there was one. He too was enjoying the brand new track, fuck. Head down and just kept running, didn't stop for shit. Felt really good. I was a bit off pace heading into the final lap and I wanted to finish under 30 minutes for my 3 miler. I increased my stride and went for it. I stopped the clock at 29:59:57, whew just made it. Stopped at the Olive Garden with my best girl and had some baked ziti. Didn't get to bed until like 1 but it was great to be out with her.
Day 10
CHEATER! I didn't do my run today, instead I went ahead and swam in my master's class. I arrived on time only to find I was on the bad list (apparently) and didn't get a phone call that class was cancelled. I did my own thing and got about 1000yds in. I was really tired from last night which didn't help. Grabbed the single speed and commuted to work. I consider the 1000yds and the 5 commute to be workout enough, so I won't beat myself up about it.
Day 11
Had gone out the night before and got pretty toasted after watching Les Miserables with my wife, god that was torture. Let myself sleep in this beautiful Sunday morning. I think that even Brie was kind of surprised to find me in bed. We set up the day and she was wanting to work out first thing bright and early, for 10 o'clock. Since I had a 5 miler I went to the one place that I just knew would get me that mileage, Miller's meadow. Had the whole place to myself. Windy as hell and there was snow on the outside of the hedgerow making it treacherous. The lower part of course was my worst part. When I got to the upper part and saw just how little I had left to go, my pace increased and I PRed that shit! First time I've ever used a Garmin on my run. I didn't use most of the features but it was nice to see pacing and elapsed time. I won't use this feature often, I'm more of a cover up the watch until the end guy, I was using it to time hydration since I'd got a bit drunk the night before. Definitely going to try to get most of my 5 milers out at Miller's.
Day 12
Well New Year's Eve was upon us. I had another short day at work, until 4 and it had snowed most of the day. When I got home I had about three hours to kill until duty called and I just knew that a run was in order. A nice 2 mile jaunt in the snow which looked to be just beautiful, giant wet snowdrops falling gently. Couldn't find my glasses so I borrowed Brie's safety glasses, the ipod battery issue reared up again, so I grabbed my old one. Well the glasses fogged up and the mp3 player wouldn't stay put against my hip, since there isn't a clip. It fell all the way down to the inside of my thigh until it finally just unplugged itself. I had to hold it the rest of the way. This 2 mile felt just way too easy to me. I torched that sum bitch, at least that's how it felt. I got home didn't feel taxed and had a snack. Easy, maybe too easy.
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