Th 4/4/07 5 miles 58. minutes
5:25 48 degrees sunny

D'ya miss me? I certainly miss running. Okay, no I don't. I have been traveling, working on Saturdays and pretty much just being lazy. A-Mo got an email from a member of Team Tamara with race plans. I have a 10 K this week-end. This e-mail was the first that A-Mo had really become aware of the race. I have run only once since my last race. I was trying our new speed training. I never blogged about it because I was going to wait and see if it affected my running in any measurable way. I guess what it did was terminate my running altogether.

The other part of my problem is that I have no race to train for. I was going to do the San Juan half marathon in June but I haven't wrapped my mind around that. Consequently, I am not focussed like I was last year. Also, I have already run a half marathon. Even if I fail this, at least I have done it once. It is not as insurmountable as I once thought it was. Of course if I don't get back to a regular running schedule it will become insurmountable.

Did I ever send you an email about the speed work? I loved the mental imagery. I started off as the girl running to the ice cream truck but soon morphed into the Road Runner. I had the mental image of my body just floating along as my legs were spinning out of control. It worked for me.

And so with this blog entry I renew my committment to running.
I ran 5 miles today just to see if I was too far gone to do the 10K on Saturday. I thought 5 miles might be too much after such a long break but whatever. I hope to go for a bike ride tomorrow (& possibly Friday) just to keep the blood pumping. Race Saturday. I hope to finish in 70 minutes. My original goal would have been 60 minutes but...no. Rest Sunday. And then next week start on my new training goal: to exercise everyday. Runs on T-Th-Sat-Sun, bike (or whatever) on M-W-F. Maybe Friday will be a dinner and drinking day. I shall post again on April 15 to let you know how the first full week of my plan worked out. Hopefully I will also have time to do my taxes by then.