Never say die - from 3.2 to 13.1 in 4 months

Dang it. Gotta get going. I’m slow and lazy. Gotta run more. I’m doing speedwork with the team tomorrow.

Woke up this morning to find my car windshield smothered in refried beans. Payback’s a b****. Haha. The other day, some friends of mine tp’ed our friends’ cars, and took some stuff from their garage. We gave the stuff back, but…Yeah. We plan on retaliating soon.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/08/2008
• Time: 07:54:47
• Total Time: 00:23:08.00
• Calories: 300
• Distance: 3.05 miles
• Average Pace: 7:35.12/mile

Man, I HAVE to get my butt in gear for cross country. It’s stressing me out!

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 09/07/2008
• Time: 21:02:41
• Total Time: 00:27:11.00
• Calories: 345
• Distance: 3.42 miles
• Average Pace: 7:56.82/mile

I didn’t quit the xc team, and the day to drop it has passed… holy crap I need to get my butt in gear. It’s stressing me out. I can’t find time to train though!!! Oh jeez.

Had an awful day yesterday. Didn’t feel like doing anything today, but I’m so pissed and upset and just… feeling like ****, so my options were to eat, sleep or run. In the end, running sounded the most masochistic, so it was the most appealing. Didn’t get very far, but at least I did something.

I was actually planning on doing 7 miles. I haven’t done any even semi-long runs in forever. But I got out there, and my hip was sore from my IT band being tight or whatever. My socks were already chaffing at my ankles. I have mosquito bites all over my legs from the damn mosquito flying round my room last night, and they itched to no end. I felt obese trying to plod around town, sweating in the 90degree heat at eight in the morning. And I couldn’t get my mind off of yesterday’s events, which made me just want to punch a wall or kick in a car door. I’m probably better off staying home today, so no one gets hurt.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/30/2008
• Time: 08:45:33
• Total Time: 00:25:06.00
• Calories: 300
• Distance: 3.12 miles
• Average Pace: 8:02.57/mile

My boyfriend broke his femur 5 months ago, so he’s doing physical therapy for it now (he’s got a titanium rod in his leg and everything… what a savage). He has to ride his bike a lot, so tonight I ran next to him while he rode. It was super hot all day (up to 108!) so we waited until after dark, then went for a nice ride/run around town. I loved it. We definitely have to do that more often. Too bad my IT band is all irritated now. Gotta go stretch…

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/28/2008
• Time: 22:00:19
• Total Time: 00:40:15.00
• Calories: 435
• Distance: 4.4 miles
• Average Pace: 9:08.78/mile

I was going to do a 5k, until I got out there and realized I didn’t have the time or I’d be late to school, so I sprinted back. My split time was 4:34. The coming back was 3:29.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/28/2008
• Time: 07:02:02
• Total Time: 00:08:03.00
• Calories: 110
• Distance: 1.1 miles
• Average Pace: 7:19.02/mile

I did the last mile in 7:21. I had a much faster pace on this run, but I did stop to walk for 2:.5 minutes, so that brought my overall pace up a lot.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/27/2008
• Time: 07:45:48
• Total Time: 00:41:14.00
• Calories: 480
• Distance: 4.95 miles
• Average Pace: 8:20/mile

I’ve been doing it religiously. My leg hasn’t hurt for a while, so I’m working on the prevention aspect now. Hill repeats kicked my butt this morning. I love it. I’m hitting the pavement tomorrow morning again.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 08/26/2008
• Time: 21:28:37
• Total Time: 00:41:00.00
• Calories: 125

It kicked my butt today. But I was still impressed with myself and my pace for the entire thing…

My cool down mile was 7:56.

Logbook Activity

• Type: Run
• Date: 08/26/2008
• Time: 08:16:29
• Total Time: 00:43:50.00
• Calories: 500
• Distance: 5 miles
• Average Pace: 8:46.32/mile

I need to get back to running. I’ve fallen off the wagon…

Logbook Activity

• Type: Strength Training
• Date: 08/25/2008
• Time: 21:52:53
• Total Time: 00:47:00.00
• Calories: 145