two day later sore

they say 48 hours after the exertion is when you really feel it - today was a slog - my brain felt funny too - like i was running in a soup - i wonder if i looked as weird as i felt - just kept going though and by the end i was feeling semi-normal
nice to feel the body working

ho hum

nothing remarkable - just got up bfore my day, did my run, a litle stiff from longer hiller weekend runs but by the end i was feeling well stretched and awake - so i hope to add longer explore type runs to every weekend gradually extending the distance and soon add midweek runs of higher intensity
and once that casually feels good - mid february - i will sit down and plot out distance goals - amybe think about races - still havent done this year's resolutions yet

dartmouth waterfront

ive long wanted to explore the waterfront from the ferry terminal towards the bridge - not an incredible exotic place but it was a blank space on my halifax map until today

ran through the cemetary and the park to the waterfront then along the train tracks and i found this crazy little grassy wharf/pier with a little trail running out the the end



probably everyone knows it is there but i never did - what a great picnic spot right in the downtown - although i think point pleasant is better - from there i kept going right under the bridge



and there are a crazy pile of things there to photograph- a ship wreck right under the bridge, the whole wasterfront with shipping traffic coming and going and... and four submarines - plus an empty cut up hulkk of s hip - rusted and jagged - i didnt get any good photos this trip but ill be back -

good run iwas tired and well stretched by the time i got back to the top of the park and walked from the cemetary - not as tired or outof breath as i was last night - maybe because my body just needed a little wakening up - feeling good lewis

sat sun on road

ran just before leaving on saturday and after dropping off jb and getting back to dartmouth sunday

the d'mth might have been longer than normal - definitely harder - ran straight down pine and around waterfront and up wyse (?) - huge hjill and then up bottom of thistle (?) - legs feeling dead and wobbly by end of that - it is time to start having one long one a week anyway - here we go - down to 195 from even 200 before NY's

26 down

got run over with at a much more civilized 7 pm tonight - so cold - damp bitter wind - cold
made me run faster than normal - been reading about ultramarathoners and they run every day- with occassional longg runs - so i feel less silly about what im doing -very confident it will work if i can keep going - this weekend will be a bit of a test in that it will be my first time on the road this year - i have been in digy for 26 straight days - hmmm - excluding a day trip to new minas - hmmm
need to get life back on balance so i can get workingon the upper body too - going to be harder
covering all the sports is inspiring - maybe jonathan wants to be a sports reporter....

yikes

last two days remembered both times after 11 p.m. and hurried home for run - nice run tonight on a couple inches of fresh snow - aaahh
back almost better ??

three weeks down- 49 to go

my last update was wednesday but i did run every day - a couple days the back was bad but the last couple have been great - i really enjoy the running - it is one of the happiest bits of my day - dont interrupt im going running - sorry cant, im going running - gotta run - bye - love it

back is niggling but seems on the mend - spent a couple days outof doors this weekend - saturday exploring fundy shore and sunday playing on the Nec with Chris

not sleeping :(

christmas carol weather

the weather outside is frightful baby
but within every challenge lies da good stuph
my back was sore again this AM - i had laid off the pills yesterday - so i had to stretch for 10 minutes - hip extensions, cobra, and lie on my back hamstring stretch - before i could think about running - didnt feel too bad - but it was that kind of windy cold that doesnt let u breathe - i was gasping and grunting so much i kinda forgot about my back - cold damn cold

so i like that it wasnt easy to get out there and run - stiff sore and worst weather - but still i went

and once we get february out of the way, it should all get easier, no?

16 done, 349 is that right

the math has gotten harder LOL
sunday's run was late night - like after 10 pm - not happy about running that late - today's was early am - bacl still a little stiff but im hoping it will pass - stretching like crazy and trying to take it easy - back, joints, muscles, feet, lungs, so many little things to keep in order to keep this thing going - arrrggghhhh
the runnign itself i love - reading billy blanks today - his taebo book - very inspirational - he talks about doing an exercise that u enjoy - fitness cant mean sacrifices or it wont last - i love running - i love all that sweating, running in the rain, late at night, early in the morning, going places crap i tell you - i love it
but i need to think long and hard about the upper body part which i cant seem to get n track with - need a rowboat so i can be going places - and there the fire hall - i guess ive joined which will mean free accesss to the work out gear .... ??

stiff

slow getting warmed up this AM - left calf and hamstring - ohhh
made a conscious effort to stay slow on downhill run - took it home slow - back sore - stretche dit - cobra
really sore when i got to work - going to be along day :(
lovely weather for runnign though - so warm

12 days

am capable of occassionally pushing the pace - left hamstring tight
trying to be patient - one slightly longer run next week ? - then just add an extra day of longer as we go along - then eventually start adding in real training days - i feel in some regards my lungs and muscles and metabloism is used to this daily go now - but my tendons etc arent - gotta keep taking it as easy as i can

not doing enough towards upper body - 2 morro another bg upper body go

11th

today wasnt wonderful but it wasnt bad - ill be okay - starting off every day feel ssluggish - dont even notice the hills now - might start going up one more street - if i still feel good next weekend - back better

10 down 355 to go

it seems like forever ive been running - it has been a month + since i got consistent but only ten days since i began the run a day streak - the last two days especially i have felt wonderful running - couldnt slow myself down - going to resist lengthening just yet - want to make sure i can handle the continued strain - so far feel good - sore back today though??

and worked out upper body today - that is coming too - im on track

need more sleep and food LOL
working on it

a week

one week done, 51 to go - friday was an evening run much like any other - saturday was a hike/trail run - for full story, check out my latest blog addiction - 2007 photo diary
sunday i was also out for a hike but no running - so i did an evening run in digby - left leg tight - calf and knee feeling strained - need to be stretching more - a given - and sleeping

fell off the upper body routine - damn - and not eating or sleeping like i want - damn
and for a moment today i almost blew off tonight's run - scary - i mean it scared me when i realized i had just thought about not running - so i immediately laced up my sneakers - slow easy run - feeling the week and the weekend of adventure - plus standing around for two hockey games - i will sleep well - if i ever have time LOL

358 more runs to go :P

birthday run

nothing special really - i love all the runs - i dont know what i think about but i have a good time out there
yes i ran wednesday - an evening run
361 to go - feeling like i will stand the strain - would normally rest to get rid of this cold - it is threatening to descend into my lungs - this cant go off the rails so early
(introduced some drama there to keep y'all interested)
and yes im starting on the upper body for that hand walking thing - it is coming - yes

363 to go

well it has begun - it is going to be a long year
skied all weekend at wentworth - legs aching a bit but atually ok now
the first run of 2007 almost didn't happen
because of a snow/ freezing rain storm, it took a little longer to get home then i counted on
so i pulled over in bridgetown, drove 1km from the highway (turned out to be a parking lot right there) ran to the highway and back - raining, 11:30 p.m. in a strange town, sidewalk flooded

up the next day and out the door for run number two - one day at a time - havent done today's yet but there is still time :P