Well?   I hope he's not dead... or worse.

Who?

Something about us not being good enough.

Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

I did transfer to a new office about six months ago, and I'm enjoying the new job duties.  I mainly post in L&O these days, simply because that's where I landed when I first joined RunningAhead, and I fell out of the habit of checking this forum.  I'm still a slow runner, but I was pleased with my marathon finish just over a month ago (5 hours, 10 minutes, and change), simply because I beat my previous year's time at the same race.

This year, I've made a real effort to focus on consistent shorter runs, as opposed to going for long runs/races and then stagnating for days or even weeks in between like I've had a tendency to do in recent years.  Starting on New Year's Day, I made a rule that I'm not allowed to take consecutive rest days, meaning that I run at least four days a week and I never go two or more days in a row without running.  Most of my weekday runs are in the neighborhood of three to six miles, and I typically go for 10 or a few more on weekends.  This was easier said than done during the dead of winter, where the temperatures were abnormally cold, especially by Georgia standards, but I pulled it off in style, and the consistency helped me during the March marathon, where I felt more at home on the pavement during the final miles than I have in quite a while.

Since my new job duties require me to handle situations while I'm still training to learn new things, I just sort of reverted back to why I started running in the first place years ago...to alleviate stress at the end of a long day by giving myself a simple task that only involves running from Point A to Point B.  The simplicity of these short runs is quite refreshing.

I do not post on the Runner's World Forums at all any more, simply because the forum interface over there is not appealing to me.

Oh, and I still have a propensity to write long posts.

It's good to see y'all.

tl;dr

Rumors of my demise have been greatly exaggerated.

 

I did transfer to a new office about six months ago, and I'm enjoying the new job duties.  I mainly post in L&O these days, simply because that's where I landed when I first joined RunningAhead, and I fell out of the habit of checking this forum.  I'm still a slow runner, but I was pleased with my marathon finish just over a month ago (5 hours, 10 minutes, and change), simply because I beat my previous year's time at the same race.

 

This year, I've made a real effort to focus on consistent shorter runs, as opposed to going for long runs/races and then stagnating for days or even weeks in between like I've had a tendency to do in recent years.  Starting on New Year's Day, I made a rule that I'm not allowed to take consecutive rest days, meaning that I run at least four days a week and I never go two or more days in a row without running.  Most of my weekday runs are in the neighborhood of three to six miles, and I typically go for 10 or a few more on weekends.  This was easier said than done during the dead of winter, where the temperatures were abnormally cold, especially by Georgia standards, but I pulled it off in style, and the consistency helped me during the March marathon, where I felt more at home on the pavement during the final miles than I have in quite a while.

 

Since my new job duties require me to handle situations while I'm still training to learn new things, I just sort of reverted back to why I started running in the first place years ago...to alleviate stress at the end of a long day by giving myself a simple task that only involves running from Point A to Point B.  The simplicity of these short runs is quite refreshing.

 

I do not post on the Runner's World Forums at all any more, simply because the forum interface over there is not appealing to me.

 

Oh, and I still have a propensity to write long posts.

 

It's good to see y'all.

I feel you and agree.  Glad to see you around!

Hey.

Hey there.  I remember you from RWOL back in the day.