Arie's Running Blog

9AM start, 65F sunny and windy at times. I was feeling tired and a bit down this morning. I'm glad I overcame these feelings and went out to run. I ran in not much slower pace than usual (7:45).

0:36:50

I am dedicating my run today to all the US soldiers who serves this country and especially to those who paid the outmost price for the freedom of this country. I am not a US citizen but I have lived here for 11 years and I love the people here and have a great deal of appreciation for this country.

8:50AM start, 65F sunny. Humidity is rising. Temperatures are still comfortable in the morning but one can sense that summer is already here. I didn't feel very strong this morning but I clocked a nice pace (7:40). I have too little sleep and too many worries. I just hope that my 7:00 pace for a 5 mile race is realistic. The race is a 4th of July one so I still have time to get stronger. The routes I am running on are more hilly than the one I will be racing on so that's good too. There is no such thing as a flat course in this area but relatively speaking the 5 miles race in down town Raleigh is quite flat. I ran my 5K PR and my first 1/2 marathon in that area and it's quite nice.

0:36:27 

10:30AM start, 68F drizzle and humid. I felt really crappy this morning. Illness of my son, problems at work, bad weather, etc. But I didn't give up and I went for a run. I changed the course a bit to make it interesting and I ran on campus to the trail and then back. A little less than I hoped to do but I had a good pace (7:40). I'm sure tomorrow will be a better day.

0:35:10

11:00 AM start, 70F but breezy. This was a really crappy week. My older son has some health problems and I have tons of problems at work and to top all that I have a cold with a bit of heartburn too. So you can imagine that I was not in the mood for anything, including running, this morning. I am proud of myself for eventually going out of the door and running. I took it easy and started slower than usual and felt great. In fact after the 2nd mile I felt so great about myself that I decided to extend my usual 4.75 to 6.40 miles by running an extra loop around East campus. Looking at my splits, I did the 2nd half of the run slightly faster than the first one and over all I averaged 7:48 which is not bad at all. Things got to get better from this point on, I know it.

0:49:54

One thing I have to do is sleep more but there are so many things to do after we put the kids to bed. Both me and my wife are working full time and have demanding jobs and we give full time to our kids too so 24 hours a day are not enough. Can I get an hour extension here and there?

6:30AM start, 65F, 90% humidity. yuck!

Boy that was one miserable run. I was so tired after only 5 hours sleep (my fault I know). But I pulled myself together and went on a "long" run. I was slow especially in the first 2 miles. I did want to stop and walk at more than one point but I was thinking to myself "what will I write in my blog? that I was weak? that I gave up? no way!". So I kept going and I actually did a not so bad pace (7:53). The course was quite hilly and the humidity didn't help either. But I went out, I ran it and now I'm happy.

1:06:13

I woke up at 6:10 and I knew it was going to be bad. I didn't want to wake up so early but I had a nightmare. I was dreaming I am at a conference and I suddenly realize that I had to check out of my hotel that morning and it's already 1PM and I was running back to the hotel when I woke up. Can anyone solve that dream?

I know that very few people (if anyone at all) read my blog, but it's such a great and inexpensive substitute for therapy!