Time: 5:19 am

Temperature: Not sure. Around 60, probably.

Music: Josh Ritter

Location: around the shops at Hamburg

Gear: Nike+, blue Nike

Felt: great until abdominal discomfort led to stop at Meijer. Then had to go home because I didn’t have time to finish the 4 miles.

Thoughts: feeling “enough”

Next run: have a 4 miler and a 10 miler over the next two days. Not sure which one will be Wednesday and which will be Thursday.

I need to recalibrate my Nike+. This was a 5K race and my race buddy confirmed it with her Garmin. But no PR per Nike+ since it didn’t register as a full 5K. 32:42 baby!

I also registered my fastest mile, but since it’s off, I’m not really sure how fast it was. Guess I need to find a track to recalibrate.

Headed out the door for a 7-miler! Wish me luck!

And I was frightened. I mean, who would put this at their front door?

This is the first run in a while that I’ve felt really on, you know? It was such a good run! I listened to 2 Gomers Run a Marathon podcast. Just a good run.

Hopefully I’ll get the pace back soon!

Beautiful night for a run! Nice to get out and clear my head. The whole run felt nice and comfortable. Sigh.

But I like it here. It’s nice and cozy. So you’ll get more indepth running reports. (Lucky you!)

Today was a nice, comfortable 5-miler. I am getting frustrated because my body doesn’t get loose and feeling good until about mile 2.5. So I like longer runs because they are just more comfortable.

I’m also pushing myself as hard as I can on my last 100 meters. It doesn’t really show on my graph, but it’s fun. And I feel like I’m totally spent when I’m done. I like that too.

I’ll be back!

Tonight’s run was AWESOME!

Bullet points for the “why”s

• My uterus has stopped trying to kill me from the inside out.
• I took a nap today and was very well rested.
• Dinner was pretty hearty and balanced: tomatoes, mozzarella, whole grain bread.

I am so excited to be back on a plan!

Nathan and I ran a short loop through a different neighborhood. It was awesome. He made a comment about when I couldn’t run with him – reminded me of when I had to completely stop and count to 10 before I would keep going.

And I don’t have to do that anymore.

After the half, I took quite a break. Tonight, my legs felt kinda heavy and awkward sometimes. But around 2.5 miles, I forgot I was running. My cadence was slower but steady. I was comfortable. Everything was smooth. It felt great.

I’m ready for this marathon, people. I want this. I will have this.

I’m blaming it on poor food choices, only running once since the half 10 days ago, and my body rebelling to the 6 pounds I gained.

I figured it was better to do a little today and a little more tomorrow and a little more the next day. Because if I would have kept going today, I might have gotten really frustrated.

It’s all good. I’m recovering. I’m blah, but content.