5 km

Yesterday I ran again. I was getting so frustrated with my studying that I just had to get outside. I did 5 km in 33:40 minutes. It's not my fastest, but it's fine. It was a weird run. After my warm up I ran fast for 2 km (trying to run over organic chemistry - it didn't really work). I finished those first to 2 km in 11:39 minutes, and then I slowed down for the rest of the loop. It felt good to run fast. I'm going to try and do that more. Maybe try and add the distance of the fast part. It would be nice to be able to run 5 km in 30 minutes or less.

1000 km!

I ran 11 km today. The time was not bad, 76 minutes. Running felt good, except for I got this annoying side stich that bothered be for about 2 km until I finally kicked it. This was quite an exciting run actually, cause it's just the 11 km I was missing for my running log to say 1000 km. Thats 1000 km since Nov of 2005. Very very cool. Hopefully the next 1000 km will be in 10 months or less. I'm still trying for over 100 km this month, but so far I'm just at 78, there are only 4 days to go and so many tests. I'm not sure I'll make it this time. Doesn't matter though, I'm pretty damn happy about that 1000.

7.5 km

I had a really good run yesterday. I just felt really good. I think I've got been drinking enough latley, but yesterday I drank a lot of water, and when I was running I could tell because I was actually sweating, not like I've been doing lately. I ran 7.5 km and made ok time as it only took me 50 minutes. That's better than my longer runs have been. I'm hoping to run 11 km on Friday, because that'll have my GPS watch say 1000 km and I really wanna see that.

5.5 km in the rain

Yesterday I went running in the pouring rain. I actually put on my running clothes, knowing full well that it was raining out. It was very nice actually, until the wind started blowing really hard and I got cold. I did 5.5 km in 36 minutes (which is ok) and I came home soggy wet, and dripping. It's a good thing my father was sleeping, he wouldn't have liked that, but I thought it was fun.

While I was running I passed this little girl (about 11 years old) riding her bike in the other direction. After a few seconds she turned around and rode next to me. She asked me why I was exercising in the rain, so I asked her why she was riding her bike in the rain. She said "no reason" then asked me again. I told her I have no other time to run. Then she asked me if I'm not cold, "you're only wearing an undershirt" and I told here I had another shirt on underneath. That seemed to satisfy her, cause she said "ok", then "bye" and turned around and kept going the direction she was going.

I also had a kid on a bike ask me about running on Friday. He wanted to know why I was running and if running isn't hard, "don't you get tired". You don't see too many women/girls running in our area. I'm pretty sure it's a good thing these kids see me running.

5.5 km

This is the time of year I dread. Everything suffers during this time of year, including my running. I ran today, but I cut it short. I only did 5.5 km. I couldn't keep going, the school work was making me nervous. When I'm nervous I run faster than I should. It must be my body trying to "get the run out of the way". That leads to me getting tired, and still being nervous. I hope to have a nice long run tomorrow. Friday's are hard anyway. I have to leave earlier than I usually like to run so that I'm back in time for dinner.

School is so hard at the moment. It really sucks.

I been looking at next semester. It's just as busy, but hopefully, if I get what I ask for, it'll leave me with most of my mornings open. That will mean I'll be less tired and that I can possibly wake up early and run some days. I might even be able to run 4 times a week sometimes. That would be so nice.

recap... and 5.5 km

OK, it's been a while. What happened since I last posted? Let's see...

My usual Friday run was canceled due to very bad weather. It was really cold and the rain was coming down in sheets. Plus we had a black out so I couldn't turn on the water heater. Saturday was better, and I ran in a slight rain (and came home with soaking wet shoes). It was really nice after a day of doing nothing but studying. I ran 8 km in 57 minutes, but that's not too bad, I blame the rain. I then spent the next few days suffering from a horrible back muscle cramp that I got from studying all Sat. I must have been sitting funny or something. It was really bad, and I could hardy sit in class, let alone run. So I had to skip my Monday run. By Wed my back was feeling better. I think it was because I spent a full 7 hours standing in chemistry lab. Anyway, I don't have time to run on Wednesday or Thursday so I did my usual runs.
Friday: 8 km in 56 minutes
Saturday: 10 km in 72 minutes and it felt so good to be gone so "long".
Tuesday morning (today): 5.5 km in 36 minutes

I'm back on track, hopefully, and I'm up to 49 km in half a month, so this month won't be useless after all.

The semester ends really soon, and the tests start. Once they start I'll get more running done, but before that it's going to hard to get myself out of the door.

9 km

I had a good run today. 9 km in 62 minutes. No wheezing or spitting (I'm really good at spitting by now) and close to no coughing. I did have a bit of leg craps, but they too passed, and I think I made ok time considering. The only worrying thing right now is that I'm actually a bit sore, and that shouldn't be. I'll see how I feel, but I want a 7-8 km run on Friday and a nice 10 km run on Sat.