that's my best non-race time. Just to clarify...

24:16

That's my best time for a 5k! I'm pretty impressed with myself I must say. that's a smidge over 8 minutes a mile for 3 miles. Not too shabby...

Embracing the cold.

Yesterday I ran in 35 degree coldness. 6.2 miles. I just kept going. My goal was 5 miles, but I wasn't home when I hit the five mile marker so I just kept going.

I just got back from another quite chilly run - about 42 degrees or so. I wear gloves in the cold. I know I must look like a goofball, but they make all the difference in the world. And for some reason, I like to put half my hand inside my sleeve and hold onto it.

So, I'm feeling pretty good about my consistency. Since Christmas I've run a little over 20 miles. I'm a little worried my nike thing is or was lying to me, but today, to test it out, I went to the ASU track. I jogged a quarter mile to see what my thing said and it was dead on. Then I calibrated it and again it was perfect. But I don't know...I just think it's telling me I'm running farther and faster than I am. Because when I've mapped out things in my car, it's shorter than my nike thing is. Perhaps when you run you somehow go farther...no. That's the stupidest thing ever. Oh, well. Maybe I''ll try calibrating a whole mile...not just a quarter. I don't want to be tricked into thinking I"m faster than I am...

consistency?

four miles was my goal for today and I achieved it. It wasn't fast - about 38 minutes. But I am just trying to build my endurance up again. I want to get back to 6 miles by the end of next week. The weather appears to be on my side for that goal. Now if my schedule will just cooperate.

I ran twice at my mom's - once for about three miles and then one as "fast"- as- I- could mile. It wasn't terribly fast, but my ipod froze up and running without music is just torture for me so I decided to just get it done.

So I'm kind of back in the groove of things. Let's hope I stay here....