This just in! 25

I am liking my running. The sun has been out most of the week. It is warming things up and drying the trails. I know we'll get lots more snow but the extra daylight and growing hope of even warmer temps will keep my waist from growing even more. Todays run was tough. I was so tired from work I had to have 2 cups of coffee at 3pm to get me going. I learned today that caffine stimulates brain activity. I'm gonna try pouring coffee into my ear for a more direct route!

Sometimes

Fun just gets in the way of my running.

Love/Hate

I am hating the cold and snow for my running. The treadmill is getting way old! And it hurts my lungs to run outside in below 30F.
But I am sure loving the powder on my board.

23

Oh well didn't hit that number but too bad. In 8 weeks of training I've not hit the goak 2x. I'll take that. This week is 24 miles and I'll run 4 x 6 miles to get it in. My legs at the moment are FRIED. All black runs and nice deep snow yesterday at Vail. It will be a slowass 6 miles tonight at Trinity. I hope I make it back in time to go to work Tuesday. I just maybe that SLOW.
But sore legs are worth it for a good time with the Mrs. Next week is her B-Day. And she wants 3 days in/on the snow. Better put on all my recovery tools. Or start drinking NOW.

22 and

Got in my miles last week and then more activity. This week will be tougher as I haven't run the 1st 2 days of the week. What?? When the snow is up past your knees on the snowboard it's time to enjoy that activity. And did we! My IT-bands were so tight and sore from doing power jumps in the flatter sections I didn't know if I could make it back to the car after boarding. But we found a cure; pitchers of GOOD margs apres-board. Gotta crank up the running for the rest of the week, 23 miles damn.
I've decided once I get to 24 I'll run 4 days of 6 miles the first week and add 1 mile to my long run till i'm at 30 miles. Then 5 days of 6 miles and add till ?????

On the drive home I saw a herd of ~ 150 elk and a few miles later saw some baby Buffalo.
Hope I didn't have their mom for dinner.

Almost Biblical!

Almost 40 days and 40 nights I went. I had my first bad eating day of the year yesterday. In the 55 years previous I would have 2 days/week and possibly more. Damn those butter cookies in the backroom at Colorado Running Company. I've cut my ice cream consumption down to~ 3% of what it was. Do I miss it, yes, do I crave it, NO. Good news is my alcohol consumption is UP a bit. That's what makes the NO bad eating thing a bigger deal. The last time I had apple pie ala mode I had had a good quantity of beer/wine. And I forgot I wasn't going to eat bad tasty stuff. Thanks to those who helped me eat that horrible dessert. You know who you are.

21

Got in 4 miles on the treadmill this afternoon. The store was crazy busy today. I felt like I worked a 12 hour shift and it was 11:00am. Decided not to go to the mountains tonight just too tired. Got home and had a sniffle will go to bed early and get some sleep.
I've said this before but the last few days I've felt almost like a runner. Much more relaxed and running a bit faster. I've been averaging under 9 mm for all my runs even with potty breaks!
Got a long run of 6 miles planned for Sunday. Then 16 miles for the other 5 days running.