Back on the track again

It's been exactly one month since my last training update. [sigh] One month lost. My trainer assures me there is still ample time to be prepared for the half-marathon. I am not so sure, but hey, he's the trainer and that's why I pay him the big bucks.

The last month of summer before the blessed onset of school was a real kick in the pants -- so many obstacles to maintaining a regular training schedule. I was doomed. You have no idea how awful it was and I don't feel like going into it. Seriously, it seemed as if everything was against me and I caved. Getting thoroughly flattened made me wonder if I have the wherewithal to pull this feat off. If I am so easily knocked out of my routine, how in the world will I make it through to race day and actually be ready to race? I have serious doubts.

But then there is this: I am stubborn. Man, am I stubborn! I get knocked down and can't seem to stop myself from getting back up again and having grand ideas and goals. It's funny; I've spent the last many years of my life defining myself as a pessimist. But now I begin to wonder, am I really just a closet optimist?

I think, perhaps, yes.

A few changes to the blog:

I plan to start doing my weekly updates on Mondays. I'll give you the recap of my previous week along with my goals for the current week.

Also, I have decided to stop titling my posts "Training - Week ___". So dull. I will attempt to make the titles more interesting, or, at the least, more descriptive.

So ...

Recap for last week (this is easy): Nada. Zilch. Zippo. I did nothing. (Unless you count playing around with our Wii Fit Plus, which is, the way I do it, sort of exercise.)

Goals for this week: Get off my butt and GO TO THE GYM. It's a loose goal, by design. Today was a success - I went to the gym! Started over with the old walk 4 minutes, run 2 minutes, for 5 cycles. I didn't collapse. It was good.

See ya next Monday...