new marathon

changed plans. no longer running a half in april. now doing a full marathon 2 months later. just started serious training. going ok so far

again back

nothing too much new. we got cable. it's evil. completely addictive. found a new running partner. seems ok. still training.

back

ok, back again. ankle seems to be working fine. officially began training for the half marathon in early april. did 6 miles, the last two fairly quickly. S is running now, the new shoes worked wonders... no more knee pain for her. we're gonna run a 5k together in may. woohoo!

ouch

i had a great run today. then i played soccer. i somehow managed to re-sprain my ankle slightly at an im soccer game. what a clutz i've been! it's actually a little funny. my lady is so sweet she's babying me so much... i'm turning into a baby beast. it's so nice to have someone take care of me when i feel bad. oh, and i'm not getting demoted, which is great. partially explaining my better mood. and... the sprain isn't half as painful as the blue black purple sprains i've had in the past. hopefully it will be better tomorrow. it's barely swollen. ok... later... good night my love, and only reader, i love you.

grr

i'm in such a shit mood today. stressed about work and being demoted. probably completely unfounded, but it's my gift. ran 6 miles much more easily today. even did the last bit at an 8 min pace... of course this was no big deal a couple of weeks ago, but still i'm happy i can do it now without feeling so exhausted. play soccer for the first time tommorow. hope it will be fun. later

brokeback mountain

we saw it yesterday. i'm so stoked that there's a mainstream movie that portrays gay people as feeling love, not just lust, for eachother. although... i wasn't a huge fan of the movie per se, but i don't do well with slow moving films. also... i didn't really believe their love for eachother until towards the end. i think this has more to be with being so enmeshed in a female world that i don't really understand how men, gay or straight, relate to eachother. also... i almost got into a fight at the theatre. this teenager was with who appeared to be his parents, yet was still acting like a total asshole, cackling and tapping his feet. i have been transformed into a fan of corporal punishment... in fact i would have liked to spank the little brat right there. why can't ppl teach their rugrats how to behave in public, at least in their presence. this little meance even psst psst catacalled a couple of teenage girls in the middle of the movie, and his parents barely reacted... and they won't let gay people adopt children in this country... .

still sick?

ok, so today i ran six miles, slowly. i don't know why this still feels hard. i later felt that my throat was still sore, and i'm totally confused as to how i can have cold symptoms for two weeks. that's a long time. probably not the best idea but i'm going to do my regular mileage this week, even if i have to go slow. i don't want another week off. on the bright side, baby got me new shoes. and she did such a great job today on her first run, i'm so proud of her. she ran for fifteen minutes without stopping... and she's never been a runner in her life. she was going fast too. i have a twisted fantasy that she'll join me in being running obsessed. and she bought herself running shoes, which appears to be taking care of her knee pain.

tri?

so in the plenty of time i've had wallowing in energilosness, i've begun to think about trying to finish a triathlon. i'm a shit swimmer, but have always wanted to get better, since it's so low impact. i think i may take a class since although i can fairly easily run 10 miles, swimming more than 5 laps is a major challenge. the thing i don't like about it is the major class factor if you want to get good... the bike... i mean, isn't alot of it how good a bike you have, and unlike shoes, which run in the 90s and low 100s for top notch quality, bikes are in the few thousands. if i do it i'll for sure use my trusty schwinn. the tri thing is good for me now b/c it makes this athletic thing a bit longer in scope/motivation. with the running thing i'm hard-core focused on qualifying for boston... but in the back of my head, it's like, what then? the tri thing gets me into a few other sports and i can already list off a ton of potential goals connected to it, like swimming in a lake. gross. anyway, why am i so obsessive? i want to get my partner to do one with me, but i don't think she really wants to, which leads me to believe that i should just leave her alone. although... i'd love her company. anyway, toodles for now, i think i'm almost 100% now... will try to do a normal run tomorrow. toodles.