Six, Five, Four…Six, Five, Four

I have developed a new running pattern for myself while not in training. The next race I’m planning on entering is a 10K trail run in March. Until then, I needed a way to break up each run a little. I’ve been running the same route (creature of habit) since September and now that it’s quite familiar I’ve added a new approach. I know, I know, many of you out there in running blog world gasp at my insistence on running the same route over an over again but in my own defense – i’ve done it for years and it works for me. Anywhere i’ve lived I spend a week or two feeling out the area and I have always found a route that suits me and I stay with it. Knowing the path so well allows me to let my mind run wild rather than concentrating on where i’ve gone and where i’m going to go next and how long i’ve been running and where to turn around….

So my new approach is to do six miles, five miles the next day, four miles the next, and start over at six again. I have also chosen Sunday as a day to take a break each week since I attend church in the morning and it often becomes full with family lunches, social get-togethers, and I go to a second service in the evening.  So far my plan is working – the variety breaks up potential monotony and now that i’m going to the gym at least two to three times a week, I stay reasonably sore and worked out at all times. What can I say? I’m a beast.

Fresh Asics

Viola….what a girl wants…

I think i’ll call them….Mellow & Dee – get it?  My other obsession is music and I can’t run without it. My shoes are going to help me make beautiful melodies on the pavement….after they finish breaking me in.

Goodbye Christmas Splurge

I think if I could sum up the physical aspect of Christmas 2006- aka: the ol’ “weight gain” trauma that everyone tries to avoid thinking about but can’t seem to refrain from talking about, this year’s theme was : try as hard to allow your mind freedom to go ahead an indulge for two days as you do to keep your hand from reaching for that fortieth Christmas cookie. I mean really. It’s a holiday. Not to mention the largest holiday of the year, so why not? And that was the internal arguement raging in my head the past two days. Which side won? Well…believe it or not – I think a balance erupted from the chaos. Perhaps not in the most struggle-free of ways, but the outcome was a cut-back without missing out. And then this morning I ran six miles. They were sluggish and weighty, but made for a sensible Christmas rebound. What’s the holiday report from the rest of the wordpress running world?