Countdown - Pier to Peak 99 days to go

Hello!

I welcome you to this space...the place I will chart my training for 3 upcoming marathons for '08.

I expect this blog to be filled with a mixture of successes and misses, promises and vows. But, such is life, or so it is for me anyway.

This log is primarily for myself. It is a journal to keep myself accountable and on track. I procrastinate like crazy and fall prey to what I call "fly demon thoughts". These thoughts are pesty, irritating thoughts which plague my efforts at good will and honorable intentions.
Swat at them though I might, they crop up at times like fruit flies...unswatable, and tiny, but there, in growing numbers and ultra annoying. As such, the daddy of all my fly demon thoughts is Mr. P...., that is, P for Procrastination. There are others, but Mr. P is the proverbial top dog.
I run at times, in spite of Mr. P. Other times, because of him. More later on all of that.

I fought off the original idea to name this blog...The Demon Fly Swatter, but ruled on the side of that which is cute, catchy, palatable and for me...relevant, as I love bridges, I love running and I love being punny. We'll talk more about each later too, and no, that is not a P-influenced comment, btw.

Other things you can come to expect to see is a tracking of my training.
The form I will start with will look something like this:

Date
Time
Duration
Place
Distance
Weather
Total Distance
Comments

For Example:
The following is what I did today

Date: 5/24
Time: 12:21pm
Duration: 35 mins
Place: Circular from home and back (Home, booth, Whitmore, Mitchell, Hatch, Home)
Distance: 3 miles
Total distance: 3 miles (will add this to my next run)
Comments: Today I ran with my running partner Sally (virtually). We text'd each other as we were about to run, then again when we returned. Today is overcast and drizzling. The weather is in the mid to high 50's and no wind. It's a perfect day to run! The 1st mile was tough as I've been out of the gym for 2 weeks. Will try not to miss more than 2 days in a row going forward.

Well, unfortunatly I have to log off now, but before I go, I'd like to share with you the list of races I place to compete in this year:

Aug 31st, "Pier to Peak" in Santa Barbara (1/2 Marathon)
Oct 19th, "Nikes Women's" in San Francisco (Full Marathon)
Dec 7th, "Calif Int'l Marathon" in Sacramento (Full Marathon)

BTW, in case you're wondering, I have run marathons previously. Some full, some halves and a few 5k's. I'm starting anew after a hip problem and just general laziness and of course, the dreaded "P".

Oh...and yes, I encourage you to add your comments at any time.

Signing off for now.

One Bridge.