THOU SHALT BE A COMEBACK

So I took a week off to re-set my mind and body. No exercise for 7

days. Today I re-start with a much clearer mind, rested, and focused.

October and Prairie Fire will be here before I know it, and training

starts today. I know what I want to do, and I'm gonna lay it out for my

DM(and FRB) friends. I want to go sub-3 and win Prairie Fire....and now for the

4-year plan. I want to run a 2:46 and qualify for the Olympic Trials

in 2016. There. I said it. Impossible? Maybe. But I also know that I

ran a 2:59 on 60 miles a week at altitude in 81 degrees 5 months after

coming out of the pool with stress fractures. So is trimming 13 minutes

and 49 seconds in 4 years a total stretch? So there. There is my

crazy unrealistic psychotic pipe dream. But hey, if it gets me out of

bed and makes me run for the next 4 years then that is good enough.  Ran 8 easy on the mill then did my old strength drills I used to do afterwards with strides in between.  Sit-up, push-ups, one-legged squats, lunges, triceps dips, jumps.  Time trial Thursday.  Time to get this show on the road.

8:49 pace

7:56 pace

Really wanted a 3 mile time trial today but no sitter, so I was off the Y with Vanessa in the kidzone and had a date with the dreadmill.  I did decide, finally, to knock of some cobwebs and see if my legs could still turn.  3 miles 8:34 pace, 3 miles 6:35 pace, then hopped off the mill and cooled down 2 miles on the indoor track.  I was able to relax into the fast miles without much strain, which was a pleasant surprise.  A sense of fatigue, yes, but aerobically easy.  I bet my ferritin levels are rising and I think with a few more pounds off I am going to start feeling better about racing really soon.  It was a happy running day.

8:01 pace.  Hot and thirsty.  Talked to some of my GoRun teammates afterward.  It was good, I am motivated.  I will get skinny and back in shape soon. I will. I will. On my way.