Accountability

Maybe I should save that title for a serious blog. Accountability is a heavy subject, and I could ramble on about it for quite a while. But, I'm not in that serious of a mood, so the accountability we are speaking of here, is my own. I've noticed that when I write about my accomplishments, or talk about them, I feel better...der. Doesn't everybody? I just know that when I squeeze in a new entry into one of my three calendars I keep, I feel so dang good writing, "Memorial Run, X miles". So, I thought, "Hey, I got a blog, so get to blogging about it." And this ties in with my previous blog about getting back to bringing it. So here goes --

Last night went to Memorial after a week-long hiatus. Between Lola being super sick, and Max being on vacation and taking his time to work on the new house, and then me getting sick, last week was a bad week for even thinking about getting out for a run. So, I promised myself that this week would be a great week. Lola is all better, Max is on his normal schedule, which of course, means that I am on a normal schedule, as well. Got home, ate some basmati rice - 2 cups, and a little bit of protein. Ate fruit and oatmeal for breakfast, so I was pretty hungry by the time I got home. The rice gave me some good carbs and energy. By 7:00 pm, after Lola was in bed, I was ready to go. Got my Superpump and headed out. The day was overcast, kind of wet, with showers here and there. Took me a good 20 minutes to find parking! I was pretty irritated by the time I actually got out of my car. I always tell myself that I should go a different way because I just know I won't get a spot by the tennis courts. But, I never listen to myself and end up sitting in a line of traffic, 10 cars deep. Anywhoot, got out of the car, did a little bit of light stretching and headed off. Dude! There was a COLD breeze. Yep, not cool, but cold! I shivered. Okay, it was probably just cool, but it was nice. So, yeah, good run for mile 1, kept a constant 9-minute pace. By mile 2, I had to slow it down a bit. I think my pace went up to about 11/12-minute. Ugh. Did I mention I still have a cough/congestion? That, plus the fact that I didn't run for a week slowed me down. So, finished mile 3 in about 33 minutes, which is pretty regular, I suppose. Pushing for a regular/slow time of between 31 & 33 minutes.

I have a 5K in two weeks, so I will be training to beat my last 5K time of 31 minutes. I'm hoping for 30 minutes! I want to finish my 10K in 60 minutes at the end of October. And then, finish the half in 2.5 hours. Those are the goals, folks!