Back in the saddle...

HEY!!!

Why am I so chipper at 7:50 in the morning since I got up at 6?!

Because for the first time since the marathon, I went running :)

And the best part? At the end of my workout Paula Radcliff (well her voice on my iPod) congratulated me on my best mile yet on my iPod! WOOO HOOO!!!

My average pace was I believe 15:21 (yeah, the iPod is charging, don't want to disturb it, got a train ride to work), so I finally broke below a 16 min mile. ROCK!

Since I'm not training for a marathon anymore, now comes the time for just keeping my big (but shrinking!) butt moving. So I want to do 3-4 days of short runs (aka 2 miles, which I did this morning), 1 longer run on Saturdays (the length will vary but nothing under 5 I'm thinking?), and then one day of strength training. On the short days I'm going to improve on my pace and work on it, because my goal for the marathon next year is to finish under the 6.5 hour mark (well, I did finish under 6.5 hours this year, but only doing 14 miles, heh), and not have the finish line pass me around mile 3. Hehe.

So, today was a great start on working on this pace of mine. I jogged the first 1/2 mile, speed walked a mile, than jogged the last 1/2 mile, so for my butt (that couldn't jog up a flight of stairs six months ago), a half mile jog pace is pretty good.

Well, off to work I go. I maybe going to a really cool marathon lecture on Thursday if someone can cover my shift at the spa. I'll keep everyone posted!

Keep it moving folks!