running: the dawn

Ok, so it might be a bit of a stretch to start my weekly count down this far out…but really, until April 18, 2011 I’ll be thinking of Boston on a constant basis.  So I might as well just admit it and move on.  Also, just because I’m in my “off season” and/or “base-building” phase I don’t want to completely fall off the wagon when it comes to fitness and exercise.  So, my weekly summary is still going to be on Fridays and will just recap whatever I’ve been doing that week.  You know…as usual

I did miss it last week, so I’ll do both today.  It’s gonna be easy/boring since I’m still in my two weeks of no running but here it is:

Last Week:
Sunday: GR Marathon
Monday: rest
Tuesday: rest
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: Jazzercise
Friday: rest

Totals: 26.2 miles….and 1 day of Jazzercise…

This week:
Sunday: rest (does watching 6 hours of football count towards anything?
Monday: Jazzercise
Tuesday: Jazzercise
Wednesday: Jazzercise
Thursday: Jazzercise
Friday: Jazzercise

Totals: 5 days of Jazz

I love cross training.  Well, I love being able to do so much Jazzercise.  It’s just so fun!  And I did increase my weights which has been amazing.  Seriously, my arms are tired and sore.  It feels so amazing to be stretching and challenging the rest of my body while my legs recover.

On the running front, I am excited to be coming to the end of my two week hiatus from running.  I will not be following a formal training plan for another month or so, but I am excited about new running partners I’ve found and want to explore new routes I’m discovering.  I may even add some trail running (gasp!) hopefully before the snow makes that impossible.

Hills.  Seriously, when I think about running Boston, all I can think about are the hills.  I have some pretty impressive hills around here that will serve me nicely as I start to train.  I just need to figure out how best to incorporate them into my training.  I’m not sure if I want to have a specific day set aside to run hills and just have that be my workout for the day…or if I will just find hilly routes to run all of my training runs on….or what.  I do know that I need to embrace the hill if I want to survive Boston.

One of my students was talking to me today about organizing a running club on campus.  I. Could. Not. Be. More. Excited.  We live in a super small town where there is no “track club” or “striders” or anything like that.  I love the idea of having a community of people who all love to run.  And meeting more people who are in the beginning stages of running/marathoning.  I think that’s what I love most about running: the community.

So much excitement!