i’m actually kind of disgusted with myself. i ran a marathon. i trained for and ran my first marathon last year and did it in 3:50:22. now i’m struggling on 3-4 mile runs because i spent december-february doing nothing. i tried running in mid january on a schedule, but i just let go of it. now i have some serious work to do to get myself back into shape.
yesterday i registered for my first race of the year, the mountain goat in syracuse. 10 miles. this is not gonna be a cake walk. i need to train for the next month and a half. yesterday was also my first real run in quite some time, and it just proved how out of shape i am. huffing and puffing, miserable. of course syracuse winds don’t help.
however- now i’m going to do this regularly. no mileage yet, my goal for this week is to run daily, 30 minutes or more. then i’ll bump it to 45 next week, and if i can manage that, i’ll begin reading higdon’s run fast and see what i can do speed wise.
essentially i am trying to drastically change my life. including eating. cause yesterday’s run embarrassed me. i will get back into it, and i will choose my next marathon, hopefully mid september, and i will beat my time. suck it.
