Holy Shins Batman!
OK - first let's get the stats out of the way.
3.1 miles
35:33
11:28 pace
There, now that's out of the way, I can say YEEEOOOOWWWWWWWW! Man my shins were burning tonight. I'm going to chalk it up to not really being "into it" lately and just running longer than I can without some initial pain. It's not bad - trust me - but enough to make me go straight for the ice (and beg for a massage from my massage therapist bride) the instant I got into the house!
So, I've been reading a lot of blogs over the last few weeks. Everyone seems so damn motivated - all pumped up after the new year, running with purpose and meaning...and me... I haven't really been into it at all. I want to be - I don't even feel the same as I used to when I was running every day, every other day whatever, and I want to feel that way again. Over the last 20 days since my last post, I'm lucky if I ran all of 3 or 4 times. But tonight something clicked. When I got home, (after all the begging of course) I took a look at the list of races I created near the end of December because I just couldn't get into the race that I had currently planned on running on 4/29th. It's right here in Kalamazoo and I just couldn't get up for it. Then I found the link I highlighted for the Bayshore Marathon, Half Marathon, and 10k and I found the "half" I've been looking for. So..... here we go. Now I have a target to aim at and a goal in front of me. Because I pretty much run alone, I'll need whoever is left that still reads this from the RBF to keep me honest and I'll do my best to both read and post as often as I can.
Oh yeah, I meant to post this a few weeks ago ....."..... and I recommend Prof. Roth for both tenure and promotion to Associate Professor". That's from the director of the school, so only two more rounds to go - the Dean and the Provost! See ya round gang!
Oh yeah part 2 - I'm part of the host committee for Super Bowl XL in Detroit in a few weeks - finished all of my training last weekend and am pumped about getting this party started!!
posted by Ed @ 11:13 PM
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2 Comments:
YEAH about the tenure recommendations!!!! That's WONDERFUL! :)
Good luck with the race! :) Try to get Meg to do it too. :)
I hear you about the motivation! Until recently, I was really struggling. I discovered the magic answer though - get back in the habit. It's not necessarily easy, but once you do it really starts to roll again!
So make a training plan and get ready for that half!!! :D
You are on the tenure train - looks like there's no stopping you now!
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