A need for speed

So my training over the past couple weeks has really come along well. I had my first consecutive 50 mile weeks since before my plantar issues last winter and strung together a few good workouts.

As nice as it's been to have Jenn and Tom to work out with I was extremely excited on Friday night to run with some of the guys I used to work out with before all my issues. Even though they're all 10k-5k guys and most of the work out was quick for them, but right in my comfort zone, it was still great to mix it up with guys and run a quality workout. I'm not going to get into too many specifics but I ran a few 440s in 63 to end the workout so it was definitely nice to go fast again.

We'll see how I continue to progress as I get into better and better shape. Although I'm still having a tougher go with the strength workouts, I'm hoping that will change as I continue to add a few miles a week and keep working hard. Today was my first long run that was higher mileage than most of my workout days have been so as that gets longer, I should definitely be getting stronger.

I'm officially running the 3k at Terrier in 2 weeks. This will be my first race since last June so I'm not exactly expecting huge things. I do intend to go out and run hard and really see where my fitness is. I have 2 more weeks to get ready for it both physically and mentally. I'm both excited and nervous for it. It should be fun.

The Beginning

I've always considered writing a blog but never actually got around to doing it. Not sure how serious I'm going to be about this especially since I haven't even told anyone about this yet.

If I do keep this up it will probably be a weekly recap about life which, if you're reading this blog you probably already know, has a great deal to do with running. Most of the posts will be about my running but I'll probably keep it on a pretty general basis. I might mention a specific workout here or there but I figure anyone who I feel needs to know what I'm doing on a daily basis for workouts already knows. If you don't know but would like too, you can always ask.

As for running right now, I'm on the comeback trail from an injury last spring. Therefore it's not really pretty right now, it's just a lot of slogging through the training trying to get back to a level where I'm fit enough to really focus on racing.

I guess that's all I got for now.