I did not want to get up out of bed this morning. I, did not, want to get out of bed this morning to go run. I did NOT want to get out of bed and run this morning. At all. Having said that, I made myself get out of bed to go run. Days like today, are the ones that separate the men from the boys, for lack of a better term.
I only needed 30 minutes, cuz I went over on Sunday. I …

Friday, during swim practice, we did a couple of fast/ sprint sets. I almost didn’t want to get in because everyone that was getting out of the water was telling me that it was a hard workout and so on and so forth. Well, being the hard core person that I am, I thought to myself “bring it on” and I got in.
I’m glad that I did too. After the warmup there was a 200 free sprint, which I swam in a rather slow 2:20. …

So, I finally made it out to HOL and actually ran the hill. I did 2 repeats and am proud to say that I did better than I thought I would. I ran up about 1/2 way each time before walking for a bit, but the second time around, I ran more than I walked.
I took off running down the path at the top of the hill and thought that I’d have enough time to go around and come down on the opposite side of the hill, …

According to this plan, I should be able to build up my mileage to 30k in time for the 30k race. I’m hoping to be able to follow this plan up to the 50k race, but we’ll see about that. I already have my routes mapped out so if anyone is in town and wanting to join me, let me know. Just remember, I run at buffalo speed, so if you’re wanting to go fast, I’m prolly not going to be a good match for you.

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Well, I seriously thought about running the hill today. I was all gung ho about it yesterday, but then there was lovejoy’s and there was much consumption of beer. Then, there were other things that all conspired to keep me from getting to the hill in time. So, instead of going to the hill, I decided I should just do a short and sweet recovery run today, given that I did a long run my last time out.
I ran through the woods near my apartment, out to …