I Have MOVED!

Surprise! You can find me at my new home at WordPRess: RookieRunner

I hope you all like my new digs over there and looking forward to some good stuff to come! Stop on by, update your Readers, Feeders etc. Let me know what you think!

Change is good, yes?

A Stream of Bullets

Has it really been one week? I have been too busy - time to streamline. This will be a bullet post today. I've been trying my best to keep up with my Google reader, I'm down to 121 posts to read! I need to streamline my life too...it is getting to0 busy.

• I am still working on finalizing my next training plan for an October 11th half. It is basically the Higdon Intermediate plan - stretched from 12 weeks to 16. Working around small races, a vacation, building in cut back weeks etc. I wanted this to be an even 16 week plan, so although I've been getting some small runs in, I'm officially on the clock next week and I hope my mind is in the right place by then!
  
• Running feels good when I get out, but I'm still having difficulty with the 'getting out' part. This is puzzling me still. I love running, why is it suddenly difficult to get out and go?


• This slackerness basically translates to one month *off* since the half marathon. (25 miles run in 4 weeks since the half..... *lame*)


• I did have a great 6 miler this past weekend - longest distance run since the half.
• I hope to do it again this weekend. Slowly building my base back up.


• I just joined the Half Marathon Full Challenge over at Runner's Lounge. So that helps with my motivation. Click the badge to the right for the deets!


• I have been too busy to get to the gym and this is bugging me! I feel 'flabby'. I know it's in my mind, but I definitely have lost a bit of my upper body strength.

• I have learned in my little semi-hiatus from running, that running actually alleviated many of the very issues that I complained about in my PFM post last week. It has been a particularly 'bad' month all around for me, physically, mentally, emotionally.....I am very interested to see what happens when I get my miles back up to pre-race level. I'm betting I will be feeling like a million bucks!

• Weight loss...still down just 3 pounds. 14 pounds to go. I'm hoping to be down 7 more for a total of 10 by August 1st. Eating has not been going perfectly, but I'm holding steady at least.

Like I mentioned, I have been trying to keep up with reading/commenting as much as possible. My next post is going to be a whole lot of shout outs, kudos and high fives...there is so much awesomeness going on around the blogs lately and I feel the need to spread some link-love!

Until then....run on! (or bike or swim or walk...just MOVE right?)

When Bananas Go Bad

I couldn't resist - funniest damn thing I've seen in a long time! :-)

Cheers!

I *Heart* Endorphins

I finally got a 3 mile run in this morning, early - out the door at 5am. Thankfully, I slept well last night, so that helped a lot! This was my first run since Friday, and THAT run really did not 'count' for much of anything. My run today was awesome though and I feel so much better than I did yesterday.

I reviewed my log this morning...since the 1/2 marathon on May 17th, I have only run 16 miles! In three weeks...that is IT. I have had such a difficult time getting my game back on . Is this normal? Is this post race blues? I've heard of that happening after a marathon, but a half? I guess for me, the half WAS my 'marathon' - it was a big effort, long weeks of training etc.

Well anyway, great run this morning, and the endorphins are flowing! This is what I really needed, and too many days between runs results in running the endorphin tank down to ZERO. Time to get it filled up again!

Must.Run.More.

Cheers~