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Whatever comes last… February 7, 2010

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I like to play little games when I run.  It kind of keeps things interesting.  “Okay, I’ll run to that tree.”  “I’ll turn around at the sign.”  Today I tried, “I’ll turn around at that sign or when this song ends, whichever happens last.”  Really too bad that the song was the club remix of “You Spin Me Round” by Dead or Alive (8 minutes!).  And that’s how my 4-miler became 4 1/2 miles.

Actually, I reached the car at 4.37 miles, but when you’re that close you might as well just go for it.

I took Scout again, and he was super-stellar, as usual.  We tried a change of venue and I drove to the Mt. Si Golf Course and then ran up the Snoqualmie Valley Trail and back.

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Wind only makes you feel fast… February 6, 2010

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As per usual winters here in North Bend, it was really windy today.  The max gust at the school I ran by was 37mph.  That’s a pretty significant headwind.  At least on the way back I had a tailwind, which was nice.  The high today was 55 degrees — can’t really complain about that.  I also got to listen to some new tunes I put on my Sansa player which was kind of fun.  As you can see, I brought my little faithful running partner:  Scout.  He loves these runs.  We ran on the Snoqualmie Valley Trail which is a tried and true running spot for me.

Snoqualmie Valley TrailI set out to do some sort of improvement on my distance, and settled on 4 miles.  Overall I felt pretty decent, taking one walk break at mile 2 to straighten a crumpled sock and let Scout pee.  I wore my Las Vegas Half Marathon t-shirt for inspiration.  :-)

My time is slow, but that’s to be expected.  Only time and the miles will make that improve.  I’m really thinking that I need to put together a plan for running.  Right now I’m in this “run when you can” mode which leaves the door open for me to rationalize *not* running.  Definitely not a good thing. 

I was kind of hoping that this little run would wear Scout out a bit.  Unfortunately, he was just as fresh as ever.  I can’t wait to take him on some of the REALLY long runs.

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I ran! Yay! February 2, 2010

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FINALLY my plans for the day didn’t fall through!  I met Sherene at the gym and ran this morning.  On one hand it was brutal.  On the other hand it felt good to be there.  However, it’s evening and I am already pretty sore.

Per Sherene’s “suggestion”, I walked another 20 minutes at an incline and a brisk pace.  It was a good day at the gym.

Hopefully my plans for tomorow will be just as successful!

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Walkin’ the dog… February 1, 2010

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I had planned to run today, but things kind of went askew.  I volunteered to walk the dog this evening to make sure I got out and did SOMETHING.  Our neighborhood has some decent hills, so I did work up a sweat.  The dog seemed like he could go on forever…

I have a run scheduled with Sherene in the morning.  Strangely enough, I’m looking forward to it.  :-)

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FML January 16, 2010

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I was REALLY hoping to have written about at least 7 more runs since my last post, but bad luck seems to reign supreme.  The next day after my run (January 2nd) I started feeling crappy, and quickly developed a 101-degree fever and tonsils the size of golf balls.  That lasted a few days, then morphed into the crappiest head cold I’ve had in years.  I mean, this is the kind where you just lay on the couch because there’s so much fluid in your head you can not imagine your neck being able to support it.  Finally, my head cleared but only to make it’s final transition into bronchitis.  I must say, sounding like Kathleen Turner isn’t all that bad.  The continuous coughing I could do without, though.

I did go to the doctor (and no, it’s not H1N1) but it is a virus so I need to wait it out.  He did give me an inhaler to help the bronchial spams and phenegren with codeine to help me sleep at night, but other than that it’s lots of tea and lots of rest.

But I am just so bummed that I can’t run.  Sherene and I are ready to start training for our upcoming half marathon in May, but I can barely carry on a complete sentence without having a big coughing fit.  I guess the good news is that I am all caught up on Oprah…

FML.