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So I didn't wake up to run this morning. I was awake but am enjoying not being 'in training'...so I let myself off the hook and decided to lay in bed and hop on the trainer late morning instead. I biked for an hour and then had the most amazing paddle. Today was a good day not to be running.

Happiness is never stopping to think if you are. ~ Sondreal Ran 4 good miles this morning. I'm learning different ways to hold my posture to engage different muscles. I've found that if I engage my quads it forces me to engage my abs and my arms follow suit ....and I GLIDE! I'm running faster, smarter and using less energy. I'm happy!

Taking a mandatory day off from work and so I ran 7 good miles this morning! The sun is out, the temperatures are right and I love how my body performs!

Ran 9 good miles this morning. I drank way too much last night and couldn't meet the group at 7AM - so I ran various loops around town. It was a good day! It feels good not to be in training!

Ran 6 with the group this morning. It was HOT! Today was about the hottest morning of the Spring and I was miserable. I hung back and ran with a lady training for her first 1/2 and hopefully developed a new friend.

Woke up this morning and spent a great deal of time talking with Katelyn instead of getting outside and running. I didn't mind though, it was a matter of feeding the heart which is just as important as working the body. Hopped on the trainer for 45 minutes instead.

Ran 4 Good Miles this AM - the morning was a blanket of white fog and the temps just right to pound out some easy miles and clear my head. My body is coming back to me.

I'm tired. I took today off from work and I'm going to take the day off from any form of exercise. I think that I've earned it.

Today was an interesting day for a race. I feel like I'm moving from one thing to another with very little time for reflection and/or sleep. This is perhaps due to the fact that I am now at the tail end of a very successful racing season and I'm just plain tired. It was miserable - but you don't choose your weather conditions, you train to adjust as the need arises. Instead of raining on Friday and Saturday, as forecast, it rained today. I was awake at 4:00 AM, after less than 5 hours of sleep, and it was pouring. My optimism for a dry race was replaced with a reflexive instinct to prepare for the conditions which were before me. What does this mean? This means packing a change of clothes instead of just using the set that I'd wear before, making a decision to either a) wear something warm, get soaked and deal with the wet clothes, or b) suck it up and wear only my racing clothes and be cold. I chose to suck it up and be cold. This also means packing a whole ...

Ran 6 easy miles this am with the group. Ended up staying back with a newbie to welcome him and encourage him to continue running. Feeling good but awfully tired. Nothing to complain about. Cherry Blossom is in the AM.

Ran 6 good miles tonight. Was really in need of a distraction.. so despite warm temps and it being a First Friday, I set out. Met up with Phelan on my way up the hill and extended my initial 4 miler to a 6. Felt GREAT - was an excellent source of a mind clearing...for the amount of time I was pushing my body. now I'm exhausted and ready to sleep.. Cherry Blossom on Sunday.. yahoo!

Four ( 4 ) lousy miles tonight - I'm realizing that I'm exhausted; just plain tired. Today it was really warm, almost 80 degrees warm and I'm sorry, but that is unacceptable for this cold weather runner. I put off running as long as I could and set out around 7:30 - I walked up the hills, as I usually do in the week following a marathon, but even after a mile or so I couldn't shake the cement off my shoes. My quads are tired, I couldn't engage my abs and keeping a straight profile took more effort than was comfortably possible. Instead of slogging through junk miles and quite possibly doing myself more harm than good, I relented and curled up in my hammock after only 4 miles instead. Cherry Blossom is on Sunday and then I get three whole weeks off! Woohooo!