In case you didn’t get the memo, I’m still running.? I took a little bit of time off after the marathon (partially because work got bonkers), but started in again when we went to Mallorca.
Why?
It’s easy.? I’ve been a great shape for a while now, and the running is not hard to do.? And I always feel great afterwards.? The Army isn’t going to let me stop running, so I could do 2 miles a couple of times a week, or actually get something out of it by doing some serious miles.? Oh, and it wards off the beer belly, too.
So, yeah, I ran this week.? I have a running buddy now — a neighbor who has a life goal of running a marathon (not this year — he’s about to head off to school for a while).? He’s a pretty decent runner as is, so it’s nice to have someone to run with.
Tuesday we went and did 6+ miles locally.? Out and back in less than 50 minutes.? Flat.? Wednesday, we ran the hills.? Oh, I love the hills, he says, and I could see why.? He was a billy goat, charging up them like they were flat.? Eight and a half miles, with a whole lot of up hill.? Thursday I was solo, and I did a nice, easy 5.
I went out for a little run today.? Well, and a little bike ride. Here’s the Google Earth file for it — it’s worth taking a look at.? I rode about 6 miles to a nearby town, and then ran a 20 km volksmarch route, before riding home again.? Round trip was just shy of 24 miles.
And check out that route!? All over the forest.? And all along the Hockenheimring – this was definitely a driving and racing themed weekend for me.
When I was in the middle of the run, I was honestly debating to do it a second time.? I probably could have.? I would have had to refill my water supply, and I would have preferred to have had more gel packs with me.? But I was confident that I actually had the energy reserves to do it again.? In the end, I decided that not dying before church was a good thing, and not being completely sore and useless on Father’s Day was probably better.
The run felt great.? I could have run forever.? And that it pretty cool, as I see it.
June 18th, 2007 at 2:06 pm
I thought you were a swimmer. Whatever happened to that?
June 18th, 2007 at 2:20 pm
I go to the pool tonight, to see what their hours are. It just re-opened, so depending on what the hours are, I might be able to sneak in a few nights a week. Someone has swim lessons on Monday night, and someone else is “trying out” the swim team (2 nights a week).