On I went, out of the wood, passing the man leading without knowing I was going to do so. Flip-flap, flip-flap, jog-trot, jog-trot, curnchslap-crunchslap, across the middle of a broad field again, rhythmically running in my greyhound effortless fashion, knowing I had won the race though it wasn't half over, won it if I wanted it, could go on for ten or fifteen or twenty miles if I had to and drop dead at the finish of it, which would be the same, in the end, as living an honest life like the governor wanted me to. -Alan Sillitoe, "Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner"

Friday, May 28, 2010

Week in Review

  • Friday:  rest
  • Saturday:  Brooklyn Half
  • Sunday:  rest.  I thought about going out for a run for all of like 2 seconds. And then I didn't go.
  • Monday: rested again...
  • Tuesday:  4.25m on the treadmill watching Glee.  All around tedious: the show, the run, the gym.
  • Wednesday:  4.5m with the Runner's World group.  In the 90 degree heat.  No acclimation period!
  • Thursday: 4.6m on the Prairie Path through Lombard and into Glen Ellyn.  Home in Chi-town.
Weekly total: 26.5m

Okay, this is ridic.  I'm hitting monthly mileage totals that read more like weekly totals.  This has got to end, now: either I'm a runner or I'm not, and I put that threshold somewhere in the vicinity of consistent weeks above 20mpw.  (Actually I would go with 30mpw, but I'll try to start with something reasonable.)  I'm only there this week because of the half.  Mondays and Wednesdays with the Runner's World people are a little challenging, as their group runs (so far rewarding) rarely call for more than 3.5m and I have my stuff with me, so I can't just run home.

Today is a rest day, and then tomorrow sees another long run - a race, in fact.  10m against my dad in Chicago.  Care to place a wager?  (Hint: odds are against the old guy with the hamstring injury.)
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  1. MelanieSat May 29, 10:01:00 PM EDT

    I remember that stretch of prairie path quite well from my high school running days. Did you see any flashers?

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  2. TMon May 31, 11:21:00 AM EDT

    Do you know, between that stretch of Prairie Path and this other flasher-friendly path near the Art Museum in Philly I used to run all the time, I've never seen a flasher. When I realized that I had a very brief flash of "Oh, what have I missed?" before I realized that's a very, very good thing!

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