Archive for December 30th, 2008

Just got back from my 9-mile unintentional (wind-assisted) progression run (9:13 to 8:15, avg. 8:46/mi) and my legs are pooped, so I’m hereby correcting the post below to say that tomorrow is a day off, I’m done for the year with 2036 miles.  I was going to run tomorrow solely to get a few more miles in but that’s just dumb.

Also, I wanted to give a shout-out to whoever high-fived me on Sunday’s run.  I didn’t recognize you and then after you passed, I shouted back “who are you?” but you didn’t hear.  Then I got really embarrassed thinking it was Todd (a fabu reader of this blog who has high-fived me before) and that I didn’t recognize him.  So I emailed Todd telling him I’m sorry I didn’t realize it was him and it was great to see him out there and he tells me he was in Canada so it wasn’t him after all.

So anyway…hey.

My new-found zoominess was back on the shelf yesterday for a slowish 8-miler.  I could feel my legs were kinda tired so I kept to a normal (9:03) easy pace.  Funny how our bodies know exactly when to wrangle in our wild ways.

Even though I’m not involved in any Mileage Challenge going on at the forums, I’m still aware that I have a few days to get those last yearly miles in, so after I write this, I’m out into the world for a 9-miler, then tomorrow probably 8.  I’m already at 2027 miles for the year and that’s with getting sick for a couple weeks and taking off for my ankle after Broad St.

Nevertheless, I’ll still refrain from making a total mileage goal for 2009 and just stick to my weekly goal of high 40s-50s/week.  Whatever it adds up to in the end is whatever it is -  after all, it’s the journey, not the destination.

Meanwhile, I’m getting more serious about losing those few pounds, so four days ago I finally signed up at The Daily Plate to track my food intake.  I really like it, it’s much better than Fitday, which I used a few years ago.  The database is much larger so it’s easier to find food items.  I even made a meatloaf the other day from Allrecipes.com and the exact recipe was in there.

The whole weight issue is very low-pressure though, since there’s no time-frame involved.  Like last night we went to a friend’s for dinner and I had no problem scarfing down 4 shots of sambuca during some card-playing, along with a couple cookies (and wine with dinner).  I would have done it anyway, now I’m just more cognizant of it.  Today’s back to being good, of course.

And this ends my Looking For Something To Write About post.  Have a good day friends, and a fine run if you haven’t been out already.