and now back to our regulary scheduled program...

Not really.  Greetings. I am a few days behind in jogging and blogging.  We had some chilly days here and I was not going to run since the temperature was below 60 degrees.  Yes I know that would be considered a heat wave if I lived up north but in Florida that is a no-no.  On the way home today I looked at the weather and realized that it would be great to go for a run and that is what I did.  This is the week where I run four miles so today I ran 4.01 miles in 38:28, pace of 9:35min/mi with a speed of 6.26 mi/h. I am surprised that my pace was under ten minutes to be honest with you; I can only thank the Lord for that. Good night :)

I do not want to do this...

Greetings, after a chilly start the day turned out well.  I wanted to wait until the sun went down before I went on my run.  Sitting around watching tv was getting old so I decided to head out and take in the late evening sun.  For some reason running the 3 miles felt like a big task but I powered thru anyway.  I did 3 miles in 29:13, pace of 9:45 min/mi., speed: 6.15 mi/h. Peace and God Bless.  P.S. Some brave soul was out running at 6:00 in the morning in ~ 45 degree weather.  My hat is off to you.

They call me, The Black Lantern

Greetings, a nice run this evening; uneventful, heck I was not even harassed by one of the stray cats.  3.00 miles in 28.41 with a pace of 9.33 min/mi @ 6.28 mi/h.  Let us see how my legs and feet feel tomorrow morning.  God bless :)  P.S. running with my headlight is a good and funny thing at the same time, why, I have no idea.

Let the games begin

Howdy, I started my training today again, this time with a little more intent.  I changed my shoes and will see how I feel in the morning.  I ran 3.01 miles in 29:13, speed of 6.17 mi/hr with a pace of 9.43 mi/min. God bless and good night.

Time to REGROUP!

Howdy, well I came up with the idea to run a half marathon this morning and lets say it did not go as planned. I ventured out around 9:45 and to my amazement it was fairly warm.  It was in the 50s a few hours before and I did not take into account that there would be sunshine.  I met some friendly people along the way, heck one guy gave me a high five, classic, which I GREATLY appreciated.  About 7 miles in I psyched myself out of running.  I figured hey why not walk for three miles.  Another runner passed me twice and gave me a few words of encouragement.  There was someone who blew their horn at me and I thought that they were being rude but they did it to another runner, more encouragement.  At the 10 mile mark I figured I may as well start running again.  That is when the area behind my left knee started bothering me  My big toe's metatarsal on my right foot was bothering me again to my surprise because on Thursday it did not make a peep.  I will go back to running in New Balance shoes and use the Reebok's for indoors.  Starting next week Lord willing I will hopefully return to running 3 days a week again.  I will start out running 3 miles, 4, et al and work my way up to 13.1.  It is WAY to easy to quit and considering I have already paid to run in the Gasparilla 1/2 marathon I will not back away now.  God bless and excuse me while I put up my Ben Gay rubbed legs , LOL.  I ran a distance of 13.17 miles in 02:46:19, pace of 12:37 min/mi, speed of 4.75 mi/h.

I am taking my territory back...

Howdy, it seems like forever and a day since I jogged around the neighborhood.  I felt SO lazy but figured I needed to run since I have not done it in a week. I ran 3.22 miles in 29:40 with a pace of 9:14 min/mi at 6.50 miles/hr. God Bless :)