2 days in a row

Tonight was relaxed, out and back, 15:58 and 15:28 (31:26). Nice and relaxed, smooth. Just logg ing the miles for my base. Feeling like I have some endurance, especially coming back. I'm limiting what I eat, watching what I eat. The best part is this is a back-to-back run. To

Tonight makes it exactly a month, 17 runs.

50.3 miles.

Staying steady

I'm doing the work. Tonight I ran 30 minutes with Claire, downtown, up past the post office, up and Street, left to the park, big loop, then back to the school. 27 minutes, then I cooled down 3 minutes.

I was working real hard, compared with Claire, but I am putting in the work.

Next week, I need to do a 35-minute run.

47 miles

3 trips around cemetery

Very steady, but hard run. I ran to the cemetery, did three loops, and back in 32:30. It seems very hard because, 1. I'm not in the best possible shape. 2. It's after school, and I got up at 5:30 a.m. 3. It was snowing and coldish.

But this is the benefit of this run I need to impart to kids: Be consistent. Be steady. When these runs seem hard and going nowhere, keep your eyes ahead and just plug away. There will be 70 days this summer. Run consistently for 55 or 60 days, and you will be ready. There will be 77 days of the season. Run consistently for 66 days, and you will get somewhere.

By the way, cemetery is .55ish.

Yesterday, I felt so loose and strong. I ran with Luke for 11 minutes out at the park.

44 miles.

Hard, cold week

Had three runs this week. This morning, 4 laps of Eastlake soccer fields/driving range in 27:55, actually a total of 32 minutes with Luke run a little later. 18 degrees with w-nw wind of 15-25 mph.

Thursday, before conferences, 26-minute run. I went to the park in C.J. and ran three big loops and back.

Last Tuesday, Columbus City loop in 26-something and that was hard. It was a day after I gave blood, so I think that affected me.

40 miles.

32 minutes on track and fields

32 minutes on the track and the fields around the track. At the end, I did a lap in 2:16 on the track (9:04 pace). Pace doesn't matter. Running matters. Then did some jogging at eastlake with Luke. And I ate reasonably today. I felt a good rhythm, and that's what I am going for.

31 miles.

Another bike loop, then dog run

Last night, I did the same route -- on the bike path around the school -- 24:35. Then I took the dog up the hill to the shelter and back, 35 minutes. It was very blustery and with the hills it is hard to get into a good rhythm.

Probably 3.5 miles. The focus is not on speed, it's on consistency, and logging time running. STeady pace.

Total miles -- 27.5

Getting in shape again

It's amazing but it happens every year. I start running again, usually after an injury, it is frustrating at first, but then it starts to feel better. I am to that point now where, running every other day, it is starting to feel better.

Tonight was great. I did the entire bike path loop (2.5 miles), then took Luke up to the pavilion by the pond and back. The entire run was 33 minutes on a great night -- it was probably 50 degrees on January 31 at 6 p.m.

Sunday was harder. It was the afternoon, and I had had a full weekend of family and too much eating and I was very tired. I ran 26 minutes, off and on, in the park.

Total -- 24 miles