Hard to believe but it’s been over a month since the nyc half marathon. That was also pretty much the last time in the past month that I took running seriously. I’m not saying that like it’s a bad thing, I probably could use a break. It just seems a little strange after all the work I put in during the first half of the year.

I got in some great runs during the honeymoon, averaging a 4 or 5 miler at least every other day. I really enjoyed carving out my running routes in a completely scenic foreign terrain. The cities of the French Riviera are stunning, which made the runs much less like work and more about enjoying the views.

Immediately following our honeymoon, I was struck with a week’s worth of chills, aches, sweats and various other unpleasantries that have kept me completely sidelined for the last 7 days. On the upside, I feel like it’s a chance for my muscles and joints to completely recover so at least the time off is productive in that sense.

But I can’t wait to get excited about running again. To get myself into good enough shape where I can start setting PRs and generally raising the bar. The next big goal is still pretty far off in the distance (Feb 28^th Gasparilla Marathon), so I need some short term goals to work towards.

One of them will be setting some short distance PR’s at the track. I’d like to figure out what my best track times are for the 400M, 800M, 1 Mile and 2 Mile times are. Another one would be completing a triathlon (although we’re technically exiting triathlon season). Plus I have yet to run an up-to-date half marathon PR, which I’d like to do before Gasparilla.

And of course Gasparilla, which will be a pretty steep challenge in and of itself. I’d like to run a 3hr 25min Marathon which is about 15 minutes faster than my current PR. But there’s a lot of good reasons I think I can step up to the plate.

• I shaved about 20 minutes off my time from 2007 to 2008.
• Training through the winter might be easier than summer, not as hot and better for long runs
• And not as ‘busy’ except for the holidays, which are still 50 days before the race.
• We have a full gym in the building, including treadmill. Training has never been so convenient

Hard to believe but it’s been over a month since the nyc half marathon. That was also pretty much the last time in the past month that I took running seriously. I’m not saying that like it’s a bad thing, I probably could use a break. It just seems a little strange after all the work I put in during the first half of the year.

I got in some great runs during the honeymoon, averaging a 4 or 5 miler at least every other day. I really enjoyed carving out my running routes in a completely scenic foreign terrain. The cities of the French Riviera are stunning, which made the runs much less like work and more about enjoying the views.

Immediately following our honeymoon, I was struck with a week’s worth of chills, aches, sweats and various other unpleasantries that have kept me completely sidelined for the last 7 days. On the upside, I feel like it’s a chance for my muscles and joints to completely recover so at least the time off is productive in that sense.

But I can’t wait to get excited about running again. To get myself into good enough shape where I can start setting PRs and generally raising the bar. The next big goal is still pretty far off in the distance (Feb 28^th Gasparilla Marathon), so I need some short term goals to work towards.

One of them will be setting some short distance PR’s at the track. I’d like to figure out what my best track times are for the 400M, 800M, 1 Mile and 2 Mile times are. Another one would be completing a triathlon (although we’re technically exiting triathlon season). Plus I have yet to run an up-to-date half marathon PR, which I’d like to do before Gasparilla.

And of course Gasparilla, which will be a pretty steep challenge in and of itself. I’d like to run a 3hr 25min Marathon which is about 15 minutes faster than my current PR. But there’s a lot of good reasons I think I can step up to the plate.

• I shaved about 20 minutes off my time from 2007 to 2008.
• Training through the winter might be easier than summer, not as hot and better for long runs
• And not as ‘busy’ except for the holidays, which are still 50 days before the race.
• We have a full gym in the building, including treadmill. Training has never been so convenient
• There are no hills in Florida and the Feb 28th weather will be perfect

So that’s my state of the runner’s union for right now. Maybe one of the first things to do will be register for the marathon so that I’m fully committed.

J
J