Keeping Pace

Keeping Pace

Archives for December 23, 2006

The Blessed Fudge

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It’s Christmas, and our family has come together in celebration. DD arrived last night and brought a little care package with him. Tom’s sister, Judy sent a large holiday tin FULL of her fudge.

Ever since Tom and I have been together there has been “the fudge”. I might add that this fudge is something special. I am not sure what the special ingredient is, but it makes all of the difference.

“Perhaps it is made with Holy Water” Cindy jokingly said today, when we were talking about it. After all, Judy *is* a nun. Whatever the special ingredient is, Sister Judy sends her tin-full of love and fudge, and the whole family has more than their fair share of it – some more than others. *sheepish grin*

The blessed fudge has arrived, so…I will be running a little more regularly than I have been. More regular running *was* in the plan anyhow, so the fudge is a blessing in more ways than one.

Thank you Sister Judy!

Steping it up

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I been running without a training “plan.” That is SO not the old (pre-injured) me. I usually keep motivated by having a target race and keeping to a set plan. But, I have been trying to ease back into running slowly. Until now, I’ve been trying to adhere to an every-other-day pattern.

I have also avoided any tempo or speedy runs since resuming my runs again. Friday, however, I felt a little brave. I tested my speedy legs (or foot rather) for the first time, keeping the pace well controlled by running on the treadmill again. I warmed up for a mile at a comfortable pace. After warming up, I managed to complete three 1/2 mile repeats, with a 1/4 mile recoveries in between each interval. It is a long ways off from my pre-injury distance and pace, but it is a step up none the less.

After sharing a big Saturday morning breakfast, the rest of the family rushed out to finish up their Christmas shopping. Having finished up my shopping earlier this week, I was left with nothing to do. Well, nothing to do except go for a run.

I suited up in my running clothes, pulled up my hair into a ponytail and headed out the door. Cindy and I met at the local park and soon we were heading down the path. We ran and chatted about all sorts of things. At the completion of our 6 mile run, we were feeling better than before we started out.

After Christmas, I plan to step it up even more. I will increase my weekly mileage to the mid-twenties and maintain that as a baseline for a few weeks. Then I will feel comfortable enough to choose a few races for 2007, and launch into training once again.

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