Exhaustion

Three weeks in and I'm feeling great. But this week has been a little bit of a challenge. A combination of jet lag and seagulls (why the have chosen my parking lot as their early morning feeding ground, I haven't a clue) have interrupted my sleeping pattern and I've not had a decent night's rest in about a week. Despite this, I've kept up with my running and was able to muddle through one 3 and two 4 milers this week. It's been hot and humid and I am tired but I've kept up the motivation to follow through. I signed myself up for a half marathon with Kurt as my running partner in crime and now must follow through. This weekend is a 5 miler and if it's not raining, I may even try to fit in a bike ride with my newly tuned up bike...

Hiatus

Talk about one long hiatus. 3 years since the last post, are you kidding me?! Time goes by life happens and I find myself wanting to throw myself back into training for something again. Must be the Olympics. I watched the men's and women's road race finals and got inspired. Immediately after Alexander Vinokourov sprinted across the finish line, I sprinted downstairs to the basement and pulled out my bike. I took it to the shop for a tune up and can't wait until next week to take it for a spin again. In the meantime, I've been searching for another half and ran across two that I found interesting. Now I just have to round up some support in the form of friends who are willing to accompany me and hit the road. Last week I started tracking my training progress and all I can say is it's hard to be back to where I was when I started all of this, but I can tell I'll adjust nicely into the routine. It's exciting. Today I ran 3 miles and it didn't hurt like it did last week. Progress.