A new job

Well it's official now. Tonight the gatorade jug was passed from Helen to me; that and a boatload of other stuff that i'll need to be the organizer for USAFit/Philly in 2010. Helen graciously spent some time with me this evening answering some questions. I'm sure i'm fretting more than necessary but that's my nature. She was great in making me feel at ease and not laughing... Now I have to digest and organize all the information, plan some marketing efforts and get ready for the USAFit organzers meeting in March. There will be plenty more to say about this later.

But before that there is the Goofy Challenge. 11 days to the half marathon, 12 days to the full. 8 days until we leave for Orlando. The first obstacle will be getting through airport security with all the new hubub about terror plots.

I ran another 5 miles last night. The winds had started to pick up before I finished and today they were really bad. Gusts over 40 mph and bitter cold. I'm glad I had an appointment withe Helen; it was a good excuse not to run. I'll likely not run tomorrow either as we are expecting Jimmy to visit.

My plan for the rest of the time is to run some on Thursday, Friday, Saturday. Take Sunday and Monday off. Run 3-5 miles on Tuesday. Wednesday is a travel day. Then a short run on Thursday in Florida just to get used to the climate change. At the very least it will not be as cold there as it is here... and it could be more humid.

Although that is my plan, I will also be listening to my body and making day to day decisions. I had a nasty bug most of last week and my voice is still affected and there is still some mucus issues. I don't want to relapse and be sick on race day(s).

I received my final email from WDW today. Lots of information about the races. I still have to digest most of it. It's hard to believe it's so close!

5 miles by sheer will...

This sore throat yukky feeling isn't going away without a fight. I kept trying to get up this morning and kept falling back to sleep. Finally at 9 I got up to the bathroom and talked myself into staying up. I put on my running clothes made the bed and went downstairs for some breakfast. I decided that i'd go out at 10 for 3 miles and try to make it 5. At 10:01 I crawled back to the couch and lay down. A minute later I dragged myself up and went out. The sun was shining today.. so much better than the past three days. I managed 5 miles and for about an hour after, I felt great. Then it was back to sleep. The road to Goofy is going to be rough the next two weeks. Keep smiling and keep moving right? I hope that works.

Yuck

Well it's raining a lot... the snow is gone all but the piles that were created from shoveling. I have been battling some kind of cold thing for a few days now. It started with a major sinus headache on Monday. The headache has eased up some but I still have a sore throat and general achiness from the shoulders up. I managed to get to the gym twice this week. I'm concerned now about balancing my readiness for the Goofy Challenge and not making this cold worse.

Mostly today I feel listless and groggy. I doubt I'll workout at all. Definitely not outside since it's still raining and cold and lakes everywhere (inclduing our basement). I think I'm working on one hour at a time today.

Merry Christmas Eve

Sunny today with a high expected of 35. I opted for the gym and spent an hour there on the treadmill and finished up with some lumbar stretches. Love that machine...feels soooooo good. Taking tomorrow off and hope to run outside on Saturday and Sunday.

Have a merry Christmas Eve and Day everyone!

Yesterday was a gym day. Still too much ice and snow on the ground for outside...ok and it was really cold! Colder than Marathon 2008 even! Have a lot to do after work today and then tickets for the Nova basketball game so may skip today and go tomorrow. The weekend forecast is calling for rain so have to take this day by day.