Julz on Fire! Breakin Down the Logs

This morning I had a rather pathetic 1.3 mile run. My treadmill and I don’t get along. I want it to read my mind and go faster and slower as I see fit and it doesn’t. I want it to have scenery and it doesn’t. I want it to have a breeze and it doesn’t. I want it to call to me from the basement in an encouraging and friendly way. It doesn’t. This morning, it wouldn’t even turn on at first. We aren’t getting along.

As I ran, I whined. “I miss the outdoors. I miss having a run to look forward to (nothing’s scheduled right now.) I miss keeping a log and being accountable for running certain distances.”

So, taking last year’s flavor of “it’s possible” to heart, I ran (to the store) and got a calendar. I impaled it on the plywood next to the dreaded treadmill. After logging my pathetic 1.3 miles on today’s square, I decided that I want to be running 4 miles 3 days a week by February 1. So, I’m going to need to step it up a bit. Every other run or so, I increase a ¼ mile.

Why Feb 1? It’s a realistic stretch for me. It means I have to get my tuckus out of bed before the kids are up or talk myself into running at night. It means if I don’t do it, I’ll be disappointed, sluggish and even more envious of those people who I see braving the icy streets to run outside. Hmm… perhaps I need to get out the SmartWool beanie and outrageously yellow “Whisper Vest” I got for Christmas and join them.

If you see me, point and giggle. I’ll run faster.

What do you need to “log” or “breakdown” to make possible? Let me know.