'Sup.

Miraculously, I have made it through the grueling 4 week period of sustained high mileage (for me) and long runs, and today marks the return of my treasured 7 mile daily run. Taper begins next week which will be good both for my beaten body, and my scrambled stupid head.

So what's happening with you today, anything good? Are you running or resting?

I have a complicated day to schedule, but that is after work: kiddo's soccer practice vs having beer in a pub with a visiting friend. I'll figure something out. The easy part (to schedule) is going to work, and doing a little interval workout at lunch. The workouts I'm doing lately are cool because I get to run fast, but don't leave me too tired: I keep the splits short (2 minutes and less for 'I' (5 K equivalent pace) workouts) with as much recovery, and not too many reps. Hopefully I won't be too 'disconnected' when I decide to pick it up again.

Good morning!

13 slow ( even by my standards) miles on a beautiful, starry morning.  My legs are still feeling last weekend.

Hope you all have a great day.

Good morning all.

I  have to admit, I am thinking this decision (though reluctant and forced at first) to not run IMM was a blessing in disguise. I think I am still dealing with some minor issues and doing the IMM wouldn't have resolved them, but now I can focus on building a stronger base and getting/staying in better shape. Last winter was awful, I barely ran and had no motivation to in that weather, which started 2015 off not great. Hopefully I can now focus on averaging 40-45 mpw for the rest of 2015 and start 2016 off much better, not to mention  hopefully my son will stop waking up the moment I leave the house.

*Here's to looking at the glass half full, or refillable*

This morning, I ran 6.2 miles - giving me 50.4 miles in the last 7 days (yes I am tracking my log now).

Long story short: went on a trip two weeks ago, wore brand new boots and walked all day in them, developed blisters which cut the skin deep where the Achilles are, was left with pain but continued walking nonetheless (but in ugly blue running shoes...), missed a marathon, came home and had to get an antibiotic because one wound was not healing and looked infected, missed another marathon, could not run at all, gained a lot of weight (but not interested in finding out how much because I'm unable to diet anyway...). Today is the first day that I will try running again, after almost two weeks. It still hurts, but it's not oozing whatever it was oozing anymore, so we'll see. If all goes well, 10 miles with 5x600m intervals (should be funny to see what that means), plus 40 minutes of core.

 

In other news, meet the new leader of my country, the guy on the right. He defeated in a boxing match the guy on the left who used to be a Senator. lol And no, I didn't vote for him.

 

That's a unique campaign poster.... lol

I agree with Dave, you are a machine.

Long story short: went on a trip two weeks ago, wore brand new boots and walked all day in them, developed blisters which cut the skin deep where the Achilles are, was left with pain but continued walking nonetheless (but in ugly blue running shoes...), missed a marathon, came home and had to get an antibiotic because one wound was not healing and looked infected, missed another marathon, could not run at all, gained a lot of weight (but not interested in finding out how much because I'm unable to diet anyway...). Today is the first day that I will try running again, after almost two weeks. It still hurts, but it's not oozing whatever it was oozing anymore, so we'll see. If all goes well, 10 miles with 5x600m intervals (should be funny to see what that means), plus 40 minutes of core.

I've been waiting patiently for this post, all the while wondering what was going on.

I remember you talking about walking around in them stupid things then having a heel problem, but never realized it was that bad.

Glad to see you back, for a day anyway. Hopefully it will be two.

Proof that I am not lying 

 

First, ugly painful blister.

 

 

 

Then, ugly blue shoes 

Are those Newtons? Word is they laid off a ton of their staff the other day.