It's been awhile....crocidile!!!

So I see haven't updated a post in a little over a month. I supposed I've been busy..perhaps I've just been lazy.

A lot has happened over the past month. I've been running outside more often. I've decided at first that I wasn't sure if that was a good thing especially in the new area where we live. We pretty much live on the top of a hill. Hills aren't good for runners...at least this fat piece of shit runner. Hills hurt. Hills are discouraging. Sure I can tell you that where there is a hill there is a decline....sure that's true but you always have to run back up the hill or in this case hills. I suppose I could call the wife and have her pick me up at the base of the hill so I don't have to run up it but I guess that wouldn't be kosher.

Anyway....long story short I have slowy but surely getting further and further up on the hill on the last half mile of my run. Great way to end a 4-5 miler. Sooner than later I'll make it all the way up without stopping.

Also in the past month activities have included drinking..and more drinking. Wednesday golf nights are fun but I don't think the extra "drink(s)" are helping my cause.

The kicker of all of this is that no matter how badly I am abusing my body right now during the summer I have managed to shed 10 pounds!!! I figure once the golf league is over the extra 15 that I want to shed will melt away like butter. It has to right?...beer=emtpy calories.

All in all I have been incorporating hill work in my runs now. I've noticed that by doing that I am able to run faster and longer during the course of my runs.

On average I'm getting in about 4 and half miles during my lunch at a time of about 34 minutes. If down the road I can manage 5 miles during my lunch hour at around a time of 36 minutes I'll be as happy as a pig in slop!!

Where has the time gone???

So. It turns out that work actually does come before running. It's been a hell of a week here at work but alas it is almost over. I'm not going to try and remember what my runs were this week. I'll just sum it up by the following:

Monday: No Run
Tuesday: No Run
Wednesday: Run, Golf, Drink
Thursday: Bagel in the morning because of Wednesday, Run
Friday: Run

That's my summary. No stats...none needed.

Now to more important things. It has been brought to my attention that this blog is questionable to some and yet funny to others. I won't mention any names.....KC or Tardo.....
It appears that adjectives such as "strong" is funny when describing a run. It has been noted that one doesn't understand why a blog is dedicated to running.

All good points I suppose. All I can say is that I am turning a new leaf. Too bad they weren't around when I had my other blog...the infamous www.buddhasden.com. It no longer exists..lord knows what happened to it. In that blog stories of poo...bathroom etiquette etc..etc...were of normal posts.

Of course the way I am going these days I should about eating and drinking rather than running. That's the path I'm heading down here in the dog days of summer...

I have said enough...fini.

2 for 1

Since I missed my post for yesterday I'll just have to do two updates in this one post.

Yesterday 6/19/08 was good. Felt strong considering I came off a Wednesday night. Decided to take it easy and run at a 8:30-9: min pace.

4 miles at 35:15

Today. I'm feeling drained. Really tired. Hope what my wife has is not trickling down to me. Rather than wander around Wal-Mart or Home Depot I decided to go for my run. Exhausted to the core I started and only mustered up 1 stinking mile at a 9:15 pace. I thought if I started slow my body would get into it....I WAS WRONG.

I wound up doing 2 miles on the eliptical in around the 18 minute mark. I think jumped back on the treddy and did a quick 8 minute mile.

Total for the day:

2 miles running
2 miles eliptical.

The Donger Need Food!!!...

So here we are Wednesday 6/18/08. Wondering to myself why I haven't posted in the last couple of days. Oh..Yeah I haven't posted because I haven't run since last Friday. I was so excited by the fact that I ran on a Friday that I figured I could give myself not 1..not 2..not 3...but 4 days off from the sport. In fact not only did I not run but I went out to lunch the last two days. To make it more reasonable the two lunches were company related and were tied to work. None the less...

Normally I don't run on Wednesday's. This is golf day and usually my day off from running. However due to the fact that I have missed close to 5 days I could not go another day without a run. It didn't matter if it was up my driveway and back something had to be done.

I ran a strong and I mean STRONG 5K distance today. Time came in at 27:30. I was mildly impressed with how refreshed I was after having missed so many days. Perhaps rest is good

No rest for the weary...

I DID IT!!! I finally ran on a Friday. It has had to been at least a month since my last Friday run. All morning long I felt strong sitting at my desk at work and couldn't wait to get out.

Status for the day.

4 Miles 35 minutes.

I tried to keep a semi quick pace (in my standards) during the run and I succeeded.

YEAH ME!!! Now I won't feel bad if I don't make it out this weekend.

Polution Nation...

There is more than one reason as to why I do not run on Wednesdays. The reason I give is to say that it is my "Day Off". In reality Wednesday is my golf league day. I actually leave work early so that I can get to the course and play in our league. By leaving work early it does not allow me to go for my lunchtime run.

Here we are on Thursday and my body/system is fully polluted from the night before. Let's just say that golf is secondary to other "stuff" that goes on on Golf Night. Let's just say we spend a lot of time at the 19th hole...if you know what I mean.

As tired and run down as I feel today I did manage a run. Nothing spectaclar. I actully decided to run a very slow pace. Instead of mileage I concentrated on total time ran. The first 1/4 mile was tough...tough in the sense of trying to talk my body into moving.

Total time: 35 minutes
Total Distance: 3 1/2 miles

At least I can say that I most likely sweated out all of the pollutants out of my body. ...maybe.

Faster is not always better..

My goal for my run today was to increase my pace per mile and hold that pace for the entire run. Keep in mind that I always try to do this but torwards the end my run..usually the last two miles I tend to increase my pace. For example my normal pace is about an 8:40 mile. I would normally have no problem holding that pace for my whole run. At times I have increased that to a 7:50-8:00 mile. Sometimes it's no problem other times it just leaves my legs sore.

Today I held my 8:40 up to the last mile. From there I increased it slightly to 8:25. Not too bad.

Today's stats:

4 miles at a time of 34:50 minutes. Another 1/2 mile after that at a 10 minute mile pace as a cooldown.