Wednesday

"When I first started running, I was so embarrassed, I'd walk when cars passed me. I'd pretend I was looking at the flowers. " - Joan Benoit Samuelson

Boy, ain't that the truth... I was followed by an ambulence once for a couple of blocks, I guess because some concerned citizen had called to tell them about the staggering old man in the road. After that, I tried to run on trails so nobody would see me.

ok, so Wednesday: 1 mile swim. I ran Sun-Mon-Tues and swam yesterday, basically to give my right foot some rest- I still have some arch pain.

It's supposed to rain tonight, so I'll try to run at lunch. Hope that works out.

***I put the link to Podrunner up in the links area***

This is my current short run playlist:

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
The Rolling Stones - Sympathy for the Devil
Amy Winehouse - Rehab
Echo And The Bunnyman - Stormy Weather
Santana - No One to Depend On
The Rolling Stones - Under My Thumb
MIA - Paper Planes
Guster - Satellite
The Rolling Stones - paint it black
Amy Winehouse - Back To Black
Joan Osbourne - What if God Was One of Us
The Rolling Stones - Shattered
Peter, Bjorn & John - Young Folks
Santana - Smooth (Ft. Rob Thomas)

Monday - Tuesday

"The difference between a jogger and a runner is an entry blank. " -Dr. George Sheehan

So I was looking at the Snickers Marathon Bar marathon page this morning when the race countdown grabbed my attention:

31 Days, 01 Hours, 44 Minutes, 28 Seconds

Ran 6 miles Monday, Ran 6 miles Tuesday.... I really need to run 20 this coming Saturday.

Saturday - Sunday

I missed my long run on Saturday. It was raining early, so I postponed...and then it didn't work out.

Ran 6.3 on Sunday, after work... it's sure a lot lighter outside now.

Plan for next week - 2 weight workouts, 4 swim workouts, 5 runs + a long 20 miler on Saturday morning. The weather forecast looks pretty good.

Upcoming long run schedule:
Feb 2: 20
Feb 9: 16
Feb 16: 20
Feb 23: 12

Wednesday - Thursday

Foot seems OK... lifted & swam Wednesday... swam and ran Thursday. I'll try to run Friday at lunch, then do a long run Saturday morning.

Monday - Tuesday

Well, the Sorbothane Rigid Arch insoles seem to be working. I ran about 4 miles over the weekend, then 3 yesterday and 6 tonight, and felt fine. I didn't really notice the insole while I was running, either. I've got my fingers crossed. I'll try to get 3 more runs in this week before Saturday's 16-mile run.

I've been able to get to the pool and knock out a mile swim at lunch... basically speed to the pool, change, swim a mile, change, speed back to work in almost exactly one hour.

Goggles are to swimming laps what shoes are to running... the wrong goggles & the whole experience is messed up. Monday I forgot my good goggles and had to use some old ones that leak. After about 15 laps, the eyepiece over my right eye was 3/4 filled with water and both goggles were totally fogged up. Wow. Felt like I was swimming in the washing machine... very disorienting.

So Wednesday should be swim, lift, and 6 mile run or something like that.