Maria's Running Blog

The weather was fantastic today, a perfect shorts and t-shirt day, 15C. But I felt heavy and fat - just the way I actually am right now - and slogged through my 6 miles without much enjoyment.

Total time: 56:24 (9:24 pace).

This has been the longest run this year. I have a 10 miler next Sunday, so I think I can finish it, but the best I can hope for is 9 min./mi  pace. I still have not decided if I should go to the race at all. I have to return the chip anyway, and they give out a nice beer glass to all finishers, so I'm trying to pump myself up for that. It's also a nice flat course along the Thames towpath, so could be a nice run if the weather cooperates (or a miserable one if it rains). But it's hard to get excited about racing when I'm so out of shape. I'll have to treat is just as a training run if I go.

Total time: 1:16.05 (9:23 pace).

This is a cumulative entry since beginning of the year to get my mileage up to date. As is obvious from the mileage above, I haven't been running much. The biggest mileage week I had this year was a meager 22 miles. The main reason is lack of motivation to train hard, and when I don't train hard, I find it dificult to train at all. I know it doesn't make much sense, and it's not an excuse, but that's how it is for me.

I'm trying to get excited now for the track season ahead, and I have a 10 mile race scheduled next Sunday, so I'm trying to re-invent my running. I also want to lose about 10 lbs that crept up over the last couple of years.

 Edit: I moved the miles to the last week, as I noticed that I got on top of the Mileage Board when I put all my miles in this week - it certainly was not intended!