One Track Mind

We have a new running-blogs blogger, Alisha, who just graduated from MIT.

I am still alive. I am adjusting to working somewhat regular hours in an office for the first time in more than five years. I like it, but I definitely have less time for a lot of the things I've been doing for the past several years. I love my new job so far, and I love being in Amherst.

P is coming back from Japan in several days, and I'll actually get to see him five days from now. I think this is the longest I've ever gone (aside from the first 25 years of my life) without seeing him.

I ran a half marathon on a whim this morning. I decided to do it yesterday, simply because I needed to do a workout today, and I wanted to do my workout with company. I didn't execute the race very well--I went too much on what time I thought I should be running, rather than basing it on how I felt. Every time I've done that recently, I haven't run well. Every time I base my pace on how I feel, I do well. That's a good reminder for next time.

I ran 1:31:55, one of my slowest half marathons ever. The good thing about it is that I am motivated to do something about it, so I'll be faster next time. I still worked really hard, it's just depressing to have such a hard effort yield such a slow pace. All the more reason to keep training hard!