Intermission Is OVER

FEAR NOT MAX....for i have returned! And while i cannot speak for Anthony(who has not just been absent from our blog, but from life in general...), my absence has been due to the fact that i had not been running much since my half in November, and did not feel that i had many inspiring tales from the weight room either. Though that is not to say i still hadn't been drinking beers and training like an animal!

I now work my way up the crest of my sinusoidal wave of running fitness once more. 2 weeks ago marked the return to running. However, this running doesn't quite stack up against the 11 mile runs and workouts at sub-6 pace that Max is dominating just yet. My primary goal at the moment is consistency, and i have made it a focus to get out and run almost every day between 30 to 45 minutes.

My calves and legs are sore, my knee is no better but no worse than it has been a few weeks before starting to run, and sitting at my desk in the fluorescent light-polluted office for long periods of time creates a very stiff lower-body. But i know that as long as i get up and walk around frequently, continue to drink water, chug protein shakes like a meathead, ice my wounds, stretch/massage my tight muscles, and get ample rest, that my body will adapt and once again become comfortable with what it means to be a runner once more.  ADAPTATION.

I always somehow manage to forget how rewarding and satisfying it can be to dedicate the majority of my free time to working out and running, as opposed to playing video games and otherwise wasting away my evenings in front of a computer/TV screen. The sun is high in the sky, the weather is warm, and somewhere in there i'm starting to catch whiff of the reassuring sense of purpose that is unique to training.

Today's Activities: Arm and Core workout done during lunch [Never said i was going to stop lifting;) ]. Shake drank. Triple Delight lunch being cooked. 30-40 minute run scheduled for the evening.

EDIT: The 30 minute run last night taught me that i need new shoes, that i need a day off(it still feels so guilty to), and that at 164 lbs i may want to consider dropping some poundage...