Running in the Rockies

I went to bed much earlier than usual last night because I'm so "tired" of feeling tired all the time. ;o) So, I could've run longer tonight, but I wanted to get a good night's sleep again. 2.5 on the treadmill. When the 11:00 pace started to feel too easy, I bumped up the incline a bit.

Happy President's Day!

Nice treadmill run. Not much to report - watched Mulan because I was still in an Asian mood after the book I finished reading this morning. :o) It's called Book of a Thousand Days by Shannon Hale. Great book!!!

This Thursday, I'm going to go see Spirit of the Marathon. Has anyone seen it? They had it in a few theaters last year and they sold out, but they're showing it again this year. Strange that it's out in the theaters again instead of being released on DVD, huh? Oh well. Hopefully it will inspire me further in my running!!

Track run today! Same as last time - 6x400, but I did much better this time ... probably because I didn't run yesterday. Last time I did a track workout, I had run the night before so I only had 12 hours to recover. My crazy friend did a SPIN class this morning at 5:30 before our track workout at 10:00. (crazy woman!) I was able to keep my pace around 8:30 during my 400 and then recovered around a 12:30. ha! I was actually really pleased with my speed and ability to keep all the 400's around the same. The last two were obviously a little slower.

An interesting thing: while we were running, there were 3 other women on the track. But their workout was very different than ours: they would run 2 laps, stop, take a drink, and then walk a lap and repeat. We chatted with them at one point and they're training for the Ft. Collins marathon and one of them had just recently run the San Francisco marathon. I kept looking at them like: wow, YOU just ran a marathon! So, it got me thinking (which is always dangerous, huh?) ... I'm feeling tempted to try for the 1/2 marathon in Ft. Collins. It's May 4th and the website claims that it's "the most scenic course in America." I wouldn't be surprised - it's on the road coming from Rocky Mountain National Park into Ft. Collins. So it's all downhill (which is good and bad!) Hmmmmmmm....

I'll have to stew on that one for a couple days! Maybe the movie tonight will further inspire me!

So, 2 big goose eggs in a row! What's the MATTER with me?!?!?! I can't tell if it's coincidental that my desire to run fizzled this week right after I watched Spirit of the Marathon or if I would've had a bad week anyway. It was a pretty decent movie - not what I was expecting, though. I guess I was hoping for more educational, physiological info instead of just ... the spirit of people who run marathons. In the film, you follow 6 people as they prepare for the Chicago marathon. Two of them are world class, 2 are repeat marathoners (one in his 70's), and 2 first timers. I will say it was pretty awe inspiring to see the mass of humanity (37,000) at the starting line of the marathon! The cumulative hours of preparation for that many people is staggering! But, for some reason, it didn't inspire me to want to run a marathon ... or run at all. Hmph.

Anyway, there's my weak excuse with no real substance. BUT, I do know ... next week will be better!!!