a humble return...
so, it's come to my attention that i haven't updated this site in nearly a month. what, you may ask, could i have been doing for the last month that was more important than updating this site? don't get me started...
- certainly not running. or training, should i say. since the steamboat triathlon i've run a total of four times. bike - nada. swim - nada...
- recovering. last week was all about recovering from a cold that shut me down for a week. ingesting over-the-counter drugs. trying to convince ian to cover his mouth when he coughs. sleeping much more than normal...
- sleeping. like i said - much more than normal. with tons of pressure at work (more than anyone really sees), i've been drained by the time i get home. so sleep starts near 9:00 every night. i've been a sleeping machine...
that's been my month. not training, recovering and sleeping. and working. of course, there was also the boulder backroads half-marathon this past weekend. my first ever distance race... i've never even run a 10k event, much less a half-marathon. but i managed to lace up the shoes after a long cold and little training and ran a race-official 1:54.57 13.1 miles. and it could have been better except for the intense hip-pain that, at mile 11, caused me to stop and stretch out for a couple excruciating minutes. for 11 miles, i managed an 8:28 pace. and then my body fought back...
i managed to finish, though (522 out of 2024), and learned that training for a race of that length is probably pretty important. that it takes more attention than just wanting to finish to finish strong. and i determined that next year i'll go back for a second chance - a chance at redemption that i don't really need. because, for heaven's sake, i just ran 13 freakin' miles. january chris would have scoffed at such an idea...
next step: a plan for the off-season. because i plan to redeem myself at each of the events i did this summer, and add a couple more for good measure. and because if i don't plan, i won't do anything. and if i don't do anything, this site will be silent. and the last thing i want to do is bore the internet...
