Longer runs

I am slowly running longer times in preparation for the Peachtree in July. Last night, I ran for 36 minutes. It felt oddly delightful. Around the 32 minute mark, I remember thinking "I've got a lot of energy left!" I probably could have run a little longer, which is a good feeling.

I need to remember that feeling when our runs get even longer and I feel really rough.

Pi Mile Run 5K

This Saturday we'll be running another 5K at Ga Tech (where I work!) It'll be a nice way to tour the campus, which has become infinitely more green than it used to be thanks to the efforts of our students and alumni. Here's the design for the T-shirt that we'll get! I'm looking forward to running around our campus with my former co-workers and some of my new co-workers. One of my coworkers asked, when I warned her that I was really slow and that my running partners typically smoke me when we run, "How do you deal with that? I get so frustrated when I can't run like I used to that I usually quit." And I totally see and feel that sometimes. But I have to do the cognitive bahavioral Guy Smiley talk and tell myself I'm proud that I'm doing it all. Because quitting is actually WORSE. Plus, sometimes it's just about doing it. Being there. In fact I wish I did more things like that.

A month after the Princess

Well, it's been a full month since my magical half marathon. I still feel the positive effects of the whole thing. It's pretty cool. I'm still counting down to next year AND I've decided I want to skip DragonCon 2010 to run the DisneyLand 1/2 Marathon and get the Coast-to-Coast medal! Yeah!

Brian and I were in Anaheim last week to celebrate his birthday, and last night was my first post-vacation run. Phew! It sure felt rough in the beginning! But, even so, I kept going and decided towards the end to add two minutes to my usual 30. It was hard, but doable. At the end, I even ran again on my way back to the cars after a little walk break because a really good song shuffled up and it just made me want to run.

Gotta start building up to the Peachtree! I'd really like to run the whole thing.