running again

3 miles (treadmill) Tuesday - 8:30 pace with hills
3 miles (treadmill) Wednesday - 9:15 pace easy

still recoving from a hip injury received while playing indoor soccer
slowly building mileage back up

16 miles/week right now - should build to low 30's/week by Early may.

Goal of 170 lbs by May 6

May 6 - Great Western Trail Half Marathon
I don't expect to do well, but I still want to run this year. I've put hundreds of miles in on this course training for the Chicago Marathon.

a little history

how to begin. i'm 5'9" and currently weigh a tick past 175 on good days. i've worked hard the past few years to get things back under control and i still have some work to do. i played soccer and tennis in high school and ran cross country. i was fairly athletic and didn't have too much trouble controlling my weight. college came and went, marriage and children and slowly but surley the pounds packed on. i worked in an office and got little to no exercise...and liked to eat. the next thing i know i'm looking down at the number 215 between my feet. far too much weight for my frame. actually, it's considered obese according to the BMI scale. i always knew in the back of my head i could make a change but couldn't see how. until one day it just happened...a switch flipped in my head. my wife and kids deserved more. i deserved more. i wanted to be able to run in the yard and play soccer with my kids without keeling over. so i put my crusty adidas on and went for a run. it hurt badly, but i was determined. i started little by little and stuck to it. 4 years and 40 lbs later i've raced a handful of 5k's, a 10k, a few half marathons and two marathons. i've run in beautiful cities across the country. i've run in some of the most stunning nature there is. some of my fondest memories are of running. running is inside me now and i don't see it going away.

goals

goals...I set a lot of them. I think it is the only way that I can motivate myself. I have to write things down to get them done. It's as if when I write it down, I'm committed to it. I must have tricked my brain into believing this at some point and now it just works. I think my brother and I set a goal today. Something about running a 5k this summer. Maybe we should write that down somewhere...

"english girls can be so mean..."

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I am creating a place to share some of my thoughts on running, family, work, travel and music. Hopefully some cool photos and ideas will grace these pages over time.