Finally Got One In

It has been way to cold to run outside. I have been trying to get out and run since Sunday and every time I get ready to go out it is 13 degrees. Finally, after work tonight I made a vow to go run. The temp was 30 degrees. Still cold, but much warmer than the other days. Today's run was better than Sunday's. I got in 5 miles and feel pretty good about it. I am still out of wind shape, but it is getting a little easier. It is so nice after about a month when you can run without your side hurting. Now I'm off to go see my amazing girlfriend. Since tomorrow is supposed to be close to 50 degrees, I will be able to get outside again.

Cold Run

It has been freezing cold in Kentucky. I'm talking negative temperatures. Factor that with a recent illness, I haven't done a whole lot of running lately. With temperatures in the 30's today, I decided to bundle up and get out there and run. It felt good. I got in a slow 5 miles. Since I haven't run that much this year I didn't want to push myself on time. I am going to get back on my running schedule this week running 3 miles on Tuesday, 5 miles on Wednesday, and 3 miles on Thursday.

New Year

This is my first post of the new year. I want to begin with a review of the last year. 2008 was my first year of serious running. I have been running causally for a couple years now, but I have accomplished some great firsts last year. In April I ran in the Derby Festival miniMarathon with a time of 2:12:53. It was the first time I had ran in a race over 10 miles and it was difficult, but I felt good afterwards. In July I began training for my first marathon and ran a total of 225.24 miles in preparation the toughest event of the year. On October 19, I ran in the Louisville Marathon in 5:07:24.79. This was by far the hardest thing I have ever done, but my greatest feat. As you can see distance running is far more than running the race, but all the miles you log in preparation. All in All, I logged 63 runs for a total of 388.7 miles in 69:49:57.

I had a great year of running. I am in the best shape of my life and feel great. I plan on 2009 being even a better year. Here are a list of things I want to accomplish this year:

Complete the Triple Crown of Running
Raise $500 for Team World Vision
Complete the Derby Festival Marathon
Complete the Birmingham Xterra Mountain Triathlon (Tentative)
Complete the Louisville Marathon