first time in a long time

Date:	10/01/08 06:29 PM
Distance:	1.65 miles
Time:	0:25:02

R5/W1, R4/W1 rest of way. Didn't feel too terrible for all the time off I took.

Chatted with my phys-ed teacher buddy @ school. The guy *I* inspired to start running again last year (he has since run a 20 min 5K!). He lit a little fire under my behind, and with no activities to drive kids to tonight, I got out there for 25 min. Felt good to be out there (ok, maybe not by the end, lol), but I trucked along with my 15 min miles and ran for the first time in over a month. I've since knocked off 3 lbs by pretty much just eating salad & clear soup for lunch. It's a process, right. Life's a process, I guess.

Hiatus, you knew it was coming

Back from vacation, school has started in a flurry and I'm now super active in some community and church committees. Running for me right now is on hiatus--need to lose those 8-10 lbs, and have begun to do that (being back at school has been great for it, good salad bar, lol).

I am thinking I need to walk for awhile. I have hall duty now, I estimate I'm walking at least a mile there (not that briskly), that plus salad bar and some smarter food choices @ home should help me drop a few lbs. I just feel too weighed down, no pun intended, by the lbs, and by the school year being up and running again, to run right now (there's a play on words there somewhere, but I'm too tired to craft it).

Not a goodbye, because I will run again, I have gained too much from this life-changing sport and this amazing supportive community--YOU--but I have to get my act together, and cannot keep running 14+ min/miles to a max distance of 2 miles to utter exhaustion. I have been running, gaining a little endurance, but feeling like I'm not getting anywhere.

As the Governator would say, "I'll be back."

I will check in on my favorite run-bloggers (that's YOU) in the coming weeks & months. And when my you-know-what is back together, I'll be with you again:-)