I've been sick

but I'm almost better now. I'd say Monday starts me back to "running."

improvement, no, really

Ooh! I just noticed this. Let me put it side-by-side so I can better appreciate it.

Distance: 2.17 miles ----------2.11 miles
Time: 29'25" ------------------27'54"
Average: 13'31" per mile -----13'10" per mile

Okay, so on the left we have Tuesday morning and on the right we have Thursday morning. The distance is practically the same (I cut a corner this morning), but the time is different, and my average pace is ameliorating. Yay!

it's bound to get easier someday

Distance: 2.11 miles
Time: 27'54"
Average: 13'10" per mile

I have completed 17 runs for a total of 36.47 miles. My average pace is 13'00" per mile.

For a change, my average pace stayed the same. That's a vast improvement over the recent slowing trend. So, Yay for that. I guess.

I started my route in reverse. On the one hand, it was smarter, because when I got to the circle I'm slightly afraid of, I ran almost the whole circle instead of just the first two-thirds of it, as the scary part is, in reverse, the final two-thirds instead of the first two-thirds. But, I just didn't have enough oomph to get all the way back to the corner.

Then I was faced with the long straight away. For some reason, in reverse, the long straight away seems insurmountable. So, I went back to the start of the scary circle, turned around, did another tour of the cul-du-sac (there are two cul-du-scas in my 'hood) and then ran the scary two-thirds of the circle again before getting back to my half of the neighborhood, where I had to make up distance since I drastically changed my route.

I might do the scary circle in reverse, but not the whole route. That long straight away is much less cumbersome heading away from home than toward home. I don't know why that is.

not sure what happened

my cell phone alarm sounded at 505a, as I want it to. And then the real alarm clock sounded at 6a, as it has to for us to get to work on time. What happened in that hour? I certainly didn't get up and run. Lazy bum!

maybe my goal is unrealistic

I gave my body a full week to get over the issues it complained about on my last run. A full week of sloth. Maybe my goal of that 13K in October is unrealistic.

Distance: 2.17 miles
Time: 29'25"
Average: 13'31" per mile

I have completed 16 runs for a total of 34.35 miles. My average pace is 13'00" per mile.
Oh look, I'm getting slower all the time.

How discouraging. Nike+ does a neat graph thing of my runs. And even though I know I ran more today than I typically do, you would never know it looking at my graph thing.

This sucks.

night off

I'm going to take the night off. My leg hurts, and I don't want to push it. I'll be back on task tomorrow night.

what do you do when one of your legs says no?

I stop. There is no point in possibly injuring myself. My left leg, the same leg that refused to climb steps over the weekend, said no. I tried to coax it into cooperating, but it said no.

Distance: 2.09 miles
Time: 28'33"
Average: 13'37" per mile

I have completed 15 runs for a total of 32.18 miles. My average pace is 12'57" per mile.

I'm disappointed. I needed to do three laps tonight.