ORN: 3 miles in 28-something. Can you tell I'm not feeling the Olympic spirit? Actually, I am loving the Olympics. I'm just hating running in 30-degree weather with spitting rain or wintry mix or wet snow or whatever the heck was freezing my cheeks today as I ran along the river. I started off lumpy and cold and hit my stride about two miles in, but by that point, I was sick of running. What's happened to me? Is it just the weather?
When words failed him, Archie Bunker used to encapsulate his frustration and disdain in a very succinct way -- the raspberry, or as we used to call it, the Bronx Cheer. That is exactly where I am with my running these days. Thank you. Over and out.
2010-02-24
2010-02-21
O HAI
ORN: Fivish miles in something like an hour. Or so. I was hashing so time is a bit of timey-wimey, jumbly-wumbly stuff. I ran in the woods and got filthy, OK?
These pages have been gathering dust lately, and in truth, so have my running shoes, in a manner of speaking. I only ran about 20 miles for the whole month of January. February is shaping up to be a little better. Pretty shabby for a running blogger, but I think thanks are in order for not forcing you to endure entry after entry of commiseration and whining, bitching about being unmotivated, complaining about weather. You're welcome.
So what have I been up to?
These pages have been gathering dust lately, and in truth, so have my running shoes, in a manner of speaking. I only ran about 20 miles for the whole month of January. February is shaping up to be a little better. Pretty shabby for a running blogger, but I think thanks are in order for not forcing you to endure entry after entry of commiseration and whining, bitching about being unmotivated, complaining about weather. You're welcome.
So what have I been up to?
- Getting fat. I've gained back all the weight I lost from Chicago marathon training thanks to lots of beer and a shabby diet.
- Socially running. I started running with a group from our local Hiking Meetup. They get together every Tuesday and run in Iroquois Park, so that's one training day a week at least. I've also started hashing with a local kennel, giving me another training day per month.
- Treadmill work. The crappy weather has kept me from wanting to run, and so in order to stay in shape, I have resorted to the treadmill. I've done about six treadmill workouts. I think it's helped my speed, but I hate it so much that I seldom run more than 3 miles on them.
- Working. Seriously. Work has been a problem lately.
- ???
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