Holidays are hard

Yesterday - 3 mi - 00:40:25.
Today - massive head cold.

Easier said than done..

Round Two with the Evil Stomach Virus of 2010 left me pretty weak. I still haven't really had a meal in five days but I figured I may as well get my ass back to work. Unfortunately, I backslid a LOT and it's really demotivating:
3 mi - 00:40:30
Walked a lot, legs gave way. Chalking it up to improper nutrition and slight dehydration.

Time is hard to ration out

After getting the stomach virus that has passed around town, I find myself using my energy (hydration + clean eating + FRS) to CLEAN MY HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tomorrow I am doing MY workout FIRST before work or anything else. This is ridiculous.
3 miler.

Hal Higdon Day 3

Not bad.. 3 miles is still easier than two for some reason -

3 mi - 00:38:56

4 miles on Saturday, will be running on the mills at Fitness For Everybody around 8am. Come one, come all.

Hal Higdon says RUN

2 mi @ race pace: 00:24:37

It hasn't been that long.. since we drank to the sunset, until it was gone

Thank God for Alkaline Trio.
3 mi (o.1 walking warmup) - 00:39:41

Tomorrow: 2 mile at race pace (12:00), core and swim.

Whatever mental block I had before is gone for Run. I was sweating by the end of this 40 minutes, but wasn't out of breath or overly tired, so I think a 13 minute mile is my training pace for now. It's amazing that two months ago I was really tired thinking about running for five minutes, and now I can go an easy 40. I have a feeling this is just the beginning of the whole ordeal.

Jingle Bell Run... 1st (of many) on the path to the real deal...

Well.. did my 5k in 00:36:24. I walked for minutes 20:00 - 23:00, so I think that I could have shaved it down a bit more. Not bad overall. I need to lose 4 minutes to be with the pack in a 5k but I finished with my friends Julie and Jackie, which is a great feeling. Looking for a 10k towards the end of January/beginning of February.

Last night, she said..

2.25 mi - 00:29:40