Kevin: Day 5100

Day 5100. It's cliche yet true. It is amazing how time flies. How focus shifts from one pursuit or task to another. Last week, I said to myself that I'd try to start blogging a bit again. The key word was a bit. In the recent past, recent being in terms of a 14 year old blog, I have attempted to jump back into writing blog entries full throttle after time away. But times have changed. In 2008, my responsibilities were different as were my feelings towards the blog. In 2008, I looked forward to run recaps. For the past decade or so, the blog was often an afterthought or entirely forgotten. The running streak is no longer something I cling to as part of my identity. At least not the way it was then. 

The running streak is now just a part of me. It's difficult to find something to compare to that is not theoretically a must, yet is something I have done daily and won't compromise on doing daily for over a decade. I can't think of anything, and certainly not something that takes a minimum of 10 minutes or so of my day. 

Where am I going with this? I don't know. I guess I'm just typing out loud. 

Since last week I have found myself in a pretty good groove. I've been finding ways to get my runs in early. The physical difference in morning runs versus later day runs is minimal. The difference psychologically is immense. For one, I go from either feeling great about accomplishing the task early on, to dreading the thought of not completing it. It's not that I don't enjoy the later day runs, I have literally not gone on a run ever, and felt worse after... I think. If I did, I have long since suppressed that memory

Regardless, morning runs just get you going. 

Even better than just running, is getting in resistance training. I hadn't lifted a weight or done pull ups since Merrick was born. Yesterday, and today I did. 

I wrote a few running companies today. (Runner's World only picks testers that live in Easton, PA) I get a new pair of running shoes maybe once or twice a year. I almost never get new running clothes. Companies have test teams. The test team writes reviews on sneakers after a minimum of wearing them for 100 miles. New nice running shoes every 100 would be sick. The disparity between cheap running shoes and the pricey ones is huge. It would also be extra incentive to bank more miles. And... to keep track of those miles with more blog entries. 

Time will tell.

3.5 miles today

9 dogs