I'm back!

It's been a while, but I'm back!  For various reasons, I have taken a break from running for a month or so.  But now I'm back and training for the Mercedes Half  in February.  It's going to be a stretch to get back up to that distance, but I think I can do it.

I met with my friend Jill last night and did an easy three miles.  It was my first cold run of the year and I forgot my inhaler so there were a few more walk breaks than I intended.  I learned my lesson though.  My inhaler is back in my purse.  We're meeting again Friday morning to run again. 

Lazy

I slept through my alarm this morning. I was supposed to meet some friends to go running. I was super tired though seeing as I slept through my alarm and was a walking zombie until about ten minutes after I got out of the shower.

I'll probably run on the treadmill tonight to make up for it. I really hate the treadmill, but I wasn't able to exercise all weekend (was out of town at a baby shower) and I start to go a little stir-crazy when I don't exercise more than three days in a row.

Perfect day last Saturday, perfect run. The temperature was a perfect 65 degrees when we started. Previously, the longest run I'd done in a long time was 5 miles. But I was able to run the whole 7 miles and still felt great at the end. I'm sure it was because of the low humidity. It makes all the difference in the world.

I got sick a few weeks ago and and still not 100% better. I don't know what it was, but I had a lot of sinus drainage and even had a fever for a few days. I didn't run at all that week. The next week, I was feeling better so I tried running one morning before work. I felt like crap afterwards and went home to sleep instead of going into work. I tried to run again last night. It ended being more of a 3 mile run/walk because it was so hot outside.

The group run this Saturday is 7 miles. A friend of mine and I are altering the route so that we only run 5 miles. We're going to take it very slowly. It's supposed to cool off on Saturday, so that should help matters.

No race plans on the horizon, just running when I feel like it.

Cahaba River Ramble 5k

Here are some pics from my most recent 5k. It was a gorgeous day, before the heat wave hit.

It's officially summer. The temperature has been well into the 90s for the past week at least so now running in the morning has become a necessity. Time to break out the sunvisor and sunscreen!

I was finally able to go on my first run after the marathon yesterday. The weather was gorgeous. Sunny and around 70 degrees. I met Carmen and Jill, two of my good running buddies, at the Lakeshore trail and we ran an easy three miles. I can definitely tell I've been sick. My legs felt like jelly afterwards and I was way too tired for only having run 3 miles. But it was great to be running again and to catch up with friends. I'll probably go to the Trak Shak run Wednesday night after work. Hopefully the weather will cooperate.