[aimeebell]

So strange how some days are just harder than others running-wise. I have only been running for three months, so I am still very much in the experimenting stage. I am not sure if my run was crappy this morning because I have the tiniest bit of a cold, because I didn't have any coffee before my run, or just because it was morning. I do better on afternoon/evening runs, much better. I guess because I have had a day's worth of fuel and COFFEE.

[Robsia]

Ooh - I have had no pain in my foot for two whole days now.

My 9-year-old dd wants to start the C25K next week, in time for our local Race for Life at the end of May. I think I may be up to doing W1 at a 9 year old's pace. It'll be a good way of easing back into it after an injury and a couple of weeks off.

[ncuneo]

MK - I know you have burned out in the past...so...what about a small break and doing whatever of those three is the easiest? You're young, you'll be able to acomplish all three in time.

I've been taking a little break lately and cut my milage back slightly. It's actually more of a little bit of an experiment on my hunger. I've just been so freaking ravenous lately and just can't figure it out. So I turned my T/Th 1-2 mile warmups before strength training into eliptical and only did 3/5/3 as opposed to my usual 4/5/4 or 5/5/5. Tomorrow's long run will be the usual 8-10 because I missed my long run due to Easter last weekend and only did 5 the week before because of my ankle, which is feeling pretty good. I had a little bit of a scare with my knee, but I think it was just some weird tweak that seems to have resolved itself. Does anyone else get phantom injures? I remember a few months ago, I had what I thought was a crazy pulled ligament or something and it just went away after a few days.

Anywho - tomorrow is a new month and the month I'll start training for my half marathon that is in August. I'm nervous and excited. I have a picked a killer training program for this one to use as sort of a pre-training for a marathon. I'm really kicking up the milage to decide whether or not I want to run the LA Marathon in 2012.

Hey here's a crazy idea MK - would you want to run LA with me? LA is not that far from Denver, it's a BQ marathon I think. I guess it really wouldn't be with me...I obviously would be lucky to be under 5 hours

Hope everyone's April ends well!

[julesp313]

Had a great run yesterday, despite the wind - I'm hoping at some point it'll calm down but today is just as bad. I did 4.2 miles which is a long way for me! It felt really good just to run slowly - I wasn't going for a pace, just distance. I figure my goal for my first 10k and half marathon is simply to finish, so I need the miles on my legs. Then - if that goes well - I can work on getting a bit speedier, but speed has never been my strength nor my goal. I think the longer distances are good for me because once I find my rhythm, I can pretty much just zone out - but I definitely need to ramp up slowly so I don't reinjure my knee. God willing, the 10k and half distances will be great for me.

May tomorrow - where did this month go!