Kerry's Running Blog

I'd hoped to bump my mileage up a bit starting today, but decided to wait until the air was rated healthy again and I'm completely well. For some reason, I have a lingering sore throat and occasional deep cough. I'm really looking forward to spring.

Good run this morning. I'm only experiencing mild PF pain the first half mile or so and after a mile, I don't notice it at all. Every day I'm able to pick up the speed a bit more. No sore throat or coughing this morning even though the air quality is supposed to be unhealthy. The official start of Spring is only a month away.

I missed yesterday's workout due to bout of insomnia. I couldn't get to sleep on Monday night (probably because we got to be just a little later) and then I woke up periodically during the night and before five. I should have just gotten up to run then but I was hoping to fall back asleep. There's nothing worse than sitting at my desk at work and not being able to keep my eyes open. I slept a little better last night, but work up extra early. I'm not really stressed or worried about anything so I'm not sure what the problem is. Maybe it's just been too warm at night. We haven't wanted to open the windows because of the bad air quality.

Still not sleeping very well at night for some reason. I can usually fall asleep within five or ten minutes, but lately it's been an hour or more and then I wake up early and can't get back to sleep. I try to sneak in a nap at lunchtime, but I'm still dragging through much of the day and fall asleep once or twice at my desk. Maybe once I start increasing my miles, I'll fall back into my regular sleep pattern.

A nice run in the fog and mist with Laureen. With sickness and injuries it's been a while since she's been able to run. We had to walk a bit, but for the most part she was able to keep up a good pace. We ran into some slush along the creek path, by the orchard and around the duck pond, but other than that it was pretty decent. There seemed to be a lot of runners out this morning.