Wed - 4/30 - 3.0 miles, 27 mins

Old fitness center route. Slow but at least the miles were progressively faster.

Tues - 4/29 - 2.2 miles, 35 mins

Regional Park, slow and walked much.

Fri - 4/25 - 2.6 miles

Ran Regional while Luke had soccer. 4/10 w-up followed by a hard effort. I was inspired by my outing on Wednesday and wanted to see if I could go faster with a shorter w-up (I have no endurance now, so my 2.2 mile 1st loop Wed I felt could have tired me somewhat). Pushed hard and ended up at a 9:35 pace, 21:07 for 2.2. I'm still very heavy, but it looks like I may have rounded the corner as far as the awful feeling runs go.

Wed - 4/23 - 4.4 miles, 50 mins

Natalie and I got to the park today. First lap warm-up with Nat, second lap in 21:50 for a 9:55 pace. Not the 9:29 I ran in March, but I needed a run under 10 min. pace.

Tues - 4/22 - 1.1 miles

Had a few minutes and it was a beautiful day, so I took off for a quick mile. Side note - Luke had run an 8:23 mile at school today (8 yrs old).

Mon - 4/21 - 2.9 miles

Regional Park while Luke was practicing soccer.

Fri - 4/18 - 5.2 miles, 1:06:00

I got down to Enterprise today for a morning run. I haven't been down since the fall. I love this trail. 5.2 miles, slow with some "sightseeing" mixed in. But as slow as it was, I never felt bad about being out there. This was good for my soul.

Wed - 4/16 - 2.2 miles, 25 mins

Ran the Park trail today with Natalie. Only did one loop as time allotted did not allow more. While running, Nat and I had a discussion about something I read last week that I hope will help with my running. I often plan to run at such and such time after work on say Wednesday. And many times something comes up, say taking the boys to get haircuts, that prevents me from making my predetermined running time. That bums me out and I end up getting mad and not finding another time to go. Anyway, I read that for people that run, sometimes it is beneficial if all members of the family make the running schedule a priority. For instance, I need to let Natalie know when I'm planning on running. This way, she can also work around that hour block of time. It becomes precious because it is precious to me. It seems like very sound, yet simple, advice. I'll let you know how it works out.

Sun - 4/13 - 2.1 miles, 25 mins

Rough outing on the trail today. And this is why it's hard for me to get out and run. My runs seem to be getting worse, so instead of looking forward to time on the trail, I dread it.

Wed - 4/9 - 4.4 miles, 50 min

Regional Park run, two laps. I do believe I'm getting slower. My Garmin went dead halfway through my first lap, so I'm not sure. But it felt pretty bad. Consistency is the key. It will get better.

Tues - 4/8 - field

Two sets - run field (.35 miles), 10 log flips, 10 box jumps, 10 kettle bell swings.

Not much, but Tuesday's are pretty hectic so anything is a plus. At least I broke a sweat.

Sun - Apr 6 - 4.5 miles, 50:52

Two lap Regional Park run. Slow, 11:18 pace, but farthest I've been on trail this spring. It has been a month since I ran a 9:29 one lap pace. At this point, I'm not sure how I did that. And a bit bummed that I am obviously in worse shape now after having several runs under my belt than I was then. It is what it is.

I'm going to start logging my time in addition to mileage. I've got some longer races on my calender for this year and next and time on my feet will be more and more important. Signing up for my first race, Rock/Creek's Still Hollow half, after I'm done with this post.

Wed - 4/2 - 2.2 miles

Got back out to the park today for a run. The good news...I've hit bottom, at least I hope so. The bad news...I've hit bottom. Today was as bad a day running as I've had maybe ever. But I was out there, so there is that.

Mon - 3/31 - 3.0 miles

With a trip to Disney with the family (which I wouldn't trade for the world) my running over the last couple of weeks has been pretty much non-existent. During this time I have spent a lot of time GAINING WEIGHT! So back to the starting board for me...not that I really got off the starting board to begin with. Regional park run during Luke's soccer practice.