This Week's Running Update

Yesterday Cousin J. pointed out that I haven't done a running update in a while. Well, that's because I haven't been running. While M.K., Alec and I all had good intentions of running while we were in Kansas, we didn't. Yeah, we're slackers.

Last week, I was a slacker, too. Tuesday I had a migraine. I don't remember what my excuse was on Thursday, but I bet it wasn't a good one. Probably a combo of Alec's not really wanting to get up and my not being motivated to run and thus not pushing him to get up.

So this week we got back on the wagon. We sure picked a great week - hot and windy.

Tuesday, I ran with Nancy. She'd already done 2 miles but she said she'd do the 3 with me if I went slow. Duh, I'm always slow. I had good intentions of running the whole first mile, but with the heat, I pooped out at the end of the first street. We walked a couple blocks, and then ran the rest of the mile. Then, we walked a while longer. Then, we cut off one of the loops of the route. We walked a little more, then ran a bit. This was followed by more walking and then a slow jog to the finish. There Alec was waiting to greet me with my Gatorade and the news that my time was 35 minutes. I admitted we cheated a bit. He said he thought we must have because this was not a day to set a record!

Thursday, most of the group wanted to walk. I tried to say I would walk too, but they all said "no, you have to run." So, I did. For my first spurt, I ran a block father than on Tuesday. I walked to the same point as Tuesday, then ran the rest of the mile, plus a block past that. I was actually feeling pretty good, though it was hot and very windy (in the 20-30 MPH range). I walked for a bit and crossed paths with the walkers. Kate and Don cut off and joined up with me. We ran a long block and then we walked the rest of the way. You know it was hot if Don wasn't encouraging me to run! But, I did go the whole 3 miles and my time was about 43 minutes.

Tonight, I started looking for training plans for Disney. I found one that's 12 weeks, which means I'd have to start in mid-October. It assumes you can run 3 miles, which I think is certainly doable by then. I'd like to get to 3 miles well before then, though. But, I know that may not be a realistic goal for the summer. The heat makes me nauseous and I don't want to kill myself! Although, I did realize on Thursday that I run better by myself. When I run with people, we usually talk and that takes up a lot of my energy. However, I like the motivation of having someone to push me to run. I might just have to set a "no talking" policy.