On a steady path ...

I've been back in my running routine for 3 months. Sometimes it feels like more than that; so much has gone on since March. The weather is getting hotter all the time, but my daily noon runs continue. I feel like my conditioning is coming back nicely. I do not feel like I did during my marathon training program, but I have plenty of energy to run and feel motivated to get out their daily despite the weather, my workload, and any number of other reasons that usually derail my training.

I've logged 15.5 miles since Sunday this week. Today, I felt tired at the end of my run, but the feeling was no more than a minor irritation. I never felt like I could not finish. I'll run again tomorrow and take off Friday. Normally, I take off Tuesday's and Friday's, but last week I didn't run on Saturday and ran yesterday to make up.

I have no plans to enter any events. I enjoy running more than I enjoy the racing aspect of the sport. I rarely have the patients and poise to run my own race. This summer will be filled with runs for me. It looks like we may be doing some light hiking in the mountains of Utah as well, so my conditioning will pay off.

In the past, I've done a better job of maintaining the blog while I'm training. This time around, I feel less motivated to log entries. I'm not sure why, because re-reading my posts really helped me get back outside this spring. I can say that I feel busier now than ever before, both with work and family. I'm starting to think that "when I grow up" has occurred for me. I never did figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up.