Aggravating

I hate being unprepared. I mean really hate it.

I had a meeting last night, the second Breast Cancer meetup and got home about 9:30. I hadn't slept well the night before so went to bed early. A big mistake.

I woke up and started to get dressed to run, but couldn't find a long sleeve shirt so grabbed a way, way to hot sweatshirt, didn't have my hair in a pony tail, forgot to set my watch to track the time and was late getting out the door. It was just starting out to be a crappy, crappy run.

I did it backwards starting with loops down Grant and Pelican and then around the cemetery for a total of 2.16 miles with a 13.43 pace.

I like running early, early. No one is up and moving, the air is mine, the roads are mine, only the occasional kitty is out to say hello. I prefer to be out the door by 4:30 and home by 6. That gives me about 6 miles. This morning was a chore and not much fun. Tonight I'll make sure my iPod is loaded and charged, I have a long-sleeve shirt, my watch is set, ponytail holders at the ready and then the run tomorrow will be a good one.

OUC Half Marathon

That was today. It was a good race, but I wasn't aware you had to run on cobblestones for 3 to 4 miles. My knees started hurting within the first 500 yards. I'm glad I did it, but if they always hold it on the cobbles, I'll pass on this race. I'd like to keep running for another 35 years and desrroying my knees with a poor choice of substrate isn't going to allow that to happen.

I didn't run as fast as I wanted to, but I did finish it. I need to come up with a better plan for organization. Runnign with my keys, my iPod and the timer makes for full hands. I think I just need a way to stash the keys. I need to keep resetting the timer and listening to podcasts makes carrying the iPod a requirement.

I won't run tomorrow, but will make it a point to go for a bike ride. I also have to mow the lawn before it overtakes the house.

Tomorrow I also have to firm up the running/training schedule for the marathon. According to the countdown it's 78 days away. I just need to come up with a training schedule for the whole year. The olympic tri in Clermont is sometime in April and the half iron at Disney is the 18th of May.