Training in Montana

2 TM miles at the Y. Planned to do 4 but I wasn't feeling it so I cut it short and it felt good. 25 pushups & situps.

4 TM miles at the Y this morning. Wishing I had more time for longer runs, but it means I would need to get my 15 year old out the door sooner in the morning. And I might move mountains too.

25 pushups & situps. Warming up outside but lots of slush & gunk out there. I think I'll stay inside for a while.

4 TM miles at the Y at 11 am, early lunch. Good run. Another runner came in as I was halfway through, and she upped her pace so of course I upped mine. Why do I do that so frequently? In my mind I'm not doing it to compete, I'm doing it to up my game, but I'm totally doing it to compete. So dumb, but whatever. I'm 40 and still doing it, so I imagine it will never go away. It's the primary reason why I refuse to play games at home with the extended family: I'm too competitive, and it's never "just a game". It's best if I just sit on the sidelines and watch. What a dork. :)

Looking forward to starting the marathon training schedule on the 23rd, but already trying to figure out how to run 20 miles in sub freezing temps. Almost every time I've done long cold runs in the past few years I've gotten sick. I'm getting some new warm tights and a wind-proof jacket for Christmas, but still...I'm nervous about it. I may end up doing lots of my long runs on treadmills.

4 TM miles. Almost time for new shoes. Ended last .25 at 6:18 pace. Felt good, but I should stop ending so quickly as the achilles is tight the morning after quicker paces.

I think I ran at the Y at lunch on Friday but I don't recall. I stayed late so I must have...

4 1/2 TM miles at 2:30 pm. Not a great time for me to run. I had a nasty sideache that I couldn't shake so after .85 I stopped and lifted weights. Came back and I had belched most of the sideache away so I was able to run nonstop. Guess the pizza slices before running didn't work so well.