Running: 10 July 2010 - Midnight Madness [pt 1]

It is the morning of Midnight Madness 2010.  In just about 12 hours Dad and I will be headed home.  Hopefully, he will have a medal from either the 5k or 10k (perhaps both).  I will have sweat-soaked clothes, tired legs, a t-shirt, and memories.  Memories that I will share with you all when I get back tonight.  I am hoping for good weather (cool and dry), and from the looks of things, I should not be disappointed.

Running: 9 July 2010 - Not today

I must be getting used to this running stuff.  I woke before my alarm clocks this morning and thought about going running.  "No," I told myself "today is a day of rest."  So I went back to sleep.  I did, however, stretch a bit when I finally rolled out of bed - just like I do every morning that I go running.  I also took some time to reflect. 

It's been about a month since I started running.  And I suppose I am much closer to my goal of running 20k at Dam to Dam.  An anonymous reader stated I'm half way there.  I suppose in some respects, I am.  In being able to cover the distance, yes.  Now comes the long arduous process of becoming conditioned to running. 

Running: 8 July 2010 - Milestone!!

Well kiddies, I have proven to myself that my upcoming "race" IS doable.  This morning I ran the furthest and longest I ever have.  Under the watchful smile of the morning moon AND radiant glow of the rising sun, I set forth on my morning run.  I modified yesterday's route by adding an additional 1.5 miles to the half-way point, an extra loop around the city park (.5m) and a slight appendage to the end (.1m).  When you throw all that into the mileage blender, apply a little Euclidean distance ciphering, you get (drum roll, please)..........

Running: 7 July 2010 - 4 Miles!

Today I joined the Madison County Milers for my morning run.  My friend Michelle kinda wrangled me into joining them.  It was actually rather nice.  In the beginning, I really thought our pace was slow, but as we ran on, I came to realize part of my struggles with my other runs was that I had been going too fast.  It was also very nice to run with other people.  The moon doesn't say much and seems to run or walk in concert with my pace.  Here, it was different.