I guess I run now

Took a run down memory lane this morning & it felt good. I wish ya’ll were there with me.

Okay, another title for this second post of the new year might be “things I learned in book camp:” 1. that ain’t running; 2. lean slightly forward into a fall to get momentum; 3. I can do a lot of crazy crap, but I need someone there to push me to do it.

So. I’m back with Robert the podcast guy & it feels like I never left. The awful techno, the seemingly endless runs, the “you can do its” that make me want to scream. It isn’t love, but it works.

So the plan is do the podcast from the very beginning, but no wussing out this time. Last year I started on walks of 2.8 with runs of 3.2. No wonder I never got the hang of it. Now, thanks to brutal bookcamp sprints, I feel like my body understands what a run is, what it feels like, what it can do. This is not to say that I can run, only that I think I have some muscular understanding of what’s involved that I didn’t have before.

Sounds weird, & I can’t remember what tiny2b used to call it, but what I’ve been doing is a walk/jog…a wog, if you will. I mixed in a few carefree runs, but too few. I’d see runners on the road & think, “that’s what running looks like, but I know that’s not what I do.”

Anyway, Week 1, Day 1 walks of 3.4, runs on 5.5. Dropped my shuffle on the first run, grabbed it & stopped the podcast in the process, finished the 60-second run & started the podcast over on the warm up walk. So I ended up with 9 60-runs. 8 on 5.5 & the last on 6. Last year I remember my very first run on the treadmill at the gym & how much easier it was than running on my stupid machine at home. So I’m going to get up to about week 4 on the home machine & then go back to the gym. Stats: 2.30 miles, 335 calories, 35 minutes.

Pick up our first candidate tonight & we have about 10 inches of snow on the ground from yesterday. UGH! I don’t mind airport runs, but the snow combined with Detroit tailgaters drives me crazy. Then we have a late dinner at a really good Italian restuarant…I’m ordering fish or chicken without any pasta or bread!

Breakfast: kashi nuggets with blueberries, lunch will be salad with hb egg, snack of apple & probably an egg to hold me over until dinner.

Nice to be back & see everyone again. Hey TJ, I went to your site to see where you were in the podcast, but I see you’re more into snowshoeing these days. Hubby’s been dying to get me into it…although he left his snowshoes in the UP, I think. & Eryn…a run on Feb 20th? I’ll never be ready, but I’ll hop on the treadmill then & run in solidarity with you!

Okay, time for the 1000 mile challenge clicker to go up. Wish me luck with the drive & charming the candidate & eating smart tonight! I hope I don’t need it!

Update: ate a pb&j on whole wheat for snack instead…a big snack. Dinner was at 8:00: salad, broiled salmon, green beans, & 1/2 piece of bread (I actually just picked it apart). All incredibly good & since the sauce on the salmon was just tomatoes & fresh basil, not too fattening. The pastas looked mighty tempting, though!