Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Day 17 (8/23): 4 miles / 43:46

4 miles pushing a stroller... that should make Sunday's 3.1 miles alone seems like a walk in the park... or a run in the park as the case may be...

The great news is that I think I've gotten the ice thing figured out... a few minutes before I run and about ten minutes after I finish... that's all it takes to really feel good the rest of the day.  I'd certainly prefer to not need that extra step, but for now I'll take whatever gets me through my day without looking like I need a walker.

And the not smoking thing is coming along nicely as well.  I can't say I've quit yet... after all, I think you need to make it at least one whole day without one to make that claim... but I'm getting there.  Yesterday's total was 2... today's goal is not to exceed that.  I'll have to keep you posted...

Today's run really felt good though.  Sure, it was a little harder than my previous runs, but instead of being upset about that, I finally felt upbeat about the higher level of difficulty... it means I'm actually working a little harder instead of simply waiting for everything around me to get easier.  Those 26 miles aren't going to run themselves, so at some point I need to step up my training.  I felt really good moving on to something more difficult. 

The problem, however, is that my neighborhood isn't all that big.  I'm running out of places to run.  There are basically two directions I can go - the west loop (1 mile) or the south loop (1.5 miles).  Today I had to run the south loop, then the west loop, then repeat the south loop again.  The repeating of routes isn't so much of a problem, but when my training gets to 10 miles, I don't really want to be running these things three times each.  I think it's time to find some new places to go.  The only real problem, then, will be finding places that have sidewalks... pushing a stroller through the grass does not sound like a good time.

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