Running

I love running. But I absolutely love running outside. I don't enjoy the treadmill so it's not even an option for me. I'm going to be selfish on this one point, I will not run on the treadmill. After hours in the office, it feel so good to run down the street with the cool wind and the beautiful scenes. I feel I've earned the joy of running outside vs. inside, right?

I try my best to work my schedule to not run in the dark, but with work and the sun setting so early sometimes I can't beat the sunset. Today, I jumped out of my office and ran down the street to squeeze in my 6 mile run at 5pm.

I survived this run earning just one small scrap on my thumb, and two large bruises on my knees. This is my first fall since the crazy competitive high school track meets. I fell almost every meet as I muscled for a good inside position or my legs are too long to keep me standing properly. I'm not quite sure what happened, but this fall this evening was because I thought I could hurdle over a snow bank while running sideways into a street. I landed on my knees and hands. You can see on the below Nike chart. I had been running up a hill, then where I fell, sat down, and immediately stood up and sprinted the rest of the hill!

The biggest struggle with marathon training is finding the time to fit in an hour - two hour workout during the week. It's only the beginning and the workouts are going to be getting longer so each day is a victory to fit in a good workout!