Made a Decision

I made a decision today. I am going to start running again. I know, big deal right? For a while now I've been saying that I want to get back to running, I want to get back to a good base of conditioning, but I haven't really committed myself to it. Now I'm not saying anything about weekly mileage or that I'm going to start training for a marathon or anything that ambitious, because that is beyond my area of focus right now. I want to start by setting small, manageable short-term goals for myself and then reevaluate as I meet each one.

I ran four miles today in the heat of midday. I did alright considering. My pace was fairly slow, but I'm not concerned about that. That will all come in time. My first goal is to run three times this week; one down and two to go, but that could possibly go down to two runs for the week if I'm sore to the point of being debilitated after today's run. We'll have to just wait and see. Next week is a definite three runs, and then I'm on vacation the following week. That will give me time to sit down and assess where I am, how I feel, and where I would like to go.

I took a vacation day from work today. I had some stuff that I wanted to do around the house, plus the weekends just never seem long enough. I took Toby for a walk and then went for my run. I didn't really have anything going on at work today, and I'm reachable by cell for any issues that may arise on my shift. I've also been checking email and doing some other work from home. Doing work on a vacation day may not sound like much of a day off, but I haven't really been doing all that much and it's a small trade off for the flexibility that my manager allows me. I really don't mind giving a little in return for what I'm given. My company takes good care of me so I plan to take care of it in return. It's a two-way street.