The buzz is beginning stir inside me again. Do something! That is what I keep hearing. Just do something!

Well, I'm almost there.

easy does it...

dateline: cordele, ga

3.3 miles this morning on a 10 minute mile pace. got a real dilema though...i think the shin splint is coming back. i think what this means is that from now on, i'll need to do all my preparation in a non impact way.

Sick as a dog

This weekend was a total loss. My plan of 8.5 miles by Monday didn't happen, but I did just get in a 4 miler this evening. Time was 35'39", so with lots of hills and a little walking mixed in, I got in at just under a 9' mile. Nothing twinging in the calf, although there is a bit of tightness in that spot. I'm trying to go easy...but I've got lots of catching up to do.

I wonder how everyone else is doing...................................................................

Has anybody seen the towel?

For the first time today, I started thinking that I may be in bad shape as far as preparation for this race is concerned. After putting in over 50 miles by Valentines Day, I think I've probably tallied about 20-25 miles since then. After this calf thing started and work started getting crazy with Cordele coming close to cranking up, I just haven't had the will power to run. However, guilt is a pretty powerful incentive. I'm still trying to put'em in the bank. But I've got some serious saving to do.

Today was 2.5 miles in 21' flat. 8'20" pace. Now I've just got to try to spread that over a few more miles.

Here's my goal for the next seven days...
Friday - 3.5 miles
Saturday - Cordele - then hopefully golf
Sunday - 5 miles...I think I can, I think I can
Monday - Cordele - Rest
Tuesday - Cordele - 4 miles
Wednesday - 4 miles.

That's basically 16-17 miles over the next 7 days. Wish me luck.

2 feet high and holding

Wednesday again, and I have only put in about 5 miles since the last post. Monday I did a circuit workout (2 times around the horn) then put in 2.5 miles on the treadmill. Today, when I got home from work, I ran down to the club and did one circuit and then ran home. I felt pretty rough on the way home. Big hill climb with some downhill and my legs felt a little weak under me. I'm just out of the shower now though and the feeling of needing to throw up is beginning to subside....So now, it's off to dinner.

Today was a bit of a hell day at work...OSHA showed up at the door. I'll fill in the details later.

edis, out.

1 foot high and risin

How high's the water mama?

Back at square one. My training has officially started "again". After starting the year feeling pretty damn good about my training and even better about becoming a runner, I really hit the skids when I developed the shin splint. I never thought it would take as much out of me as it did, but I have been fighting with myself for the last month about getting my ass back out on the trail. This morning, 5:15 at the Veterans Memorial State Park in Cordele, GA, I finally beat myself back into submission.

2.75m in 25'48". A paltry pace at best, but when I finished, I felt like a runner again. I can sense traces of the confidence that I lost with the injury. I can feel it coming back again...and I love it.

A longer layoff

Well, after an even longer time of layoff (never hit the bike or the pool), I am now ready to begin my training again in earnest. The pain in my calf has finally completely subsided and so I am ready to begin to prepare safely for this race.

I am in Cordele again today. Lately, I have been spending a good deal of time down here, and I see that only continuing. The plant is edging ever closer to starting up and there is still much to do. The Italians are here and we have already had many enjoyable times together. They are a delightful group. Three of them know very little English while one of them is fluent in five languages. Now that they are here, the work is progressing very quickly and I believe that we will meet our start-up date of the first week of May. It will come down to the rest of the plant being ready, as the new molding machine will most certainly be in good form. Our team has been working 12 hours/day for the last 3 1/2 months taking every other Sunday off. It is the toughest of work schedules, but the men are faring beautifully and are excited with the arrival of the group from Italy.

More later, I suppose. I will probably only try to get in a run of 30 minutes or so tonight. Slow pace. We'll see.