Greg's Weight Loss Blog

After four days without running, I am back and running again! I ran an easy 3 mile run on Wednesday in 24 minutes and I ran a pretty good 45 minute fartlek run on Thursday night averaging 7:19 minutes/mile pace. Today I ran another easy run; 4 miles in 31:34 (7:53 minutes/mile pace). Apparently I’m running just as fast as I did before the break even though my knees certainly felt a bit more sore for the first two runs. It’s amazing just how little of a break can de-train your ligaments.

The first run was a bit of a bag of mixed feelings. I wasn’t feeling 100% and I wasn’t sure if I should do it. I also wasn’t all that crazy about the running in general and for a moment I even thought about not running any more just keeping my calories in check for the rest of my life. But then I abandoned that thought and I realized that I actually do enjoy the running and I was just really missing it is all. I think the difference between missing the running or not feeling like ever running again can be a couple of days. So I better not miss more than a couple of days of running otherwise I just quit for good again. It’s certainly a lot easier to stay with the habit of running than to try to pick it up again and again. Hopefully this was my one and only break in my training and I can complete the rest of my spring training plan with success. If everything goes as planned I might even get up to 27+ miles in this week which would be just great!