I'm back!

Okay. So I'll go ahead and explain the hiatus as best I can. After the 10k I took a planned week off from lifting and running. I felt like both my body and mind needed the rest. And when that hiatus was over I got an awesome bout of stomach flu, which rendered me weak and sad and much too thin. I was able to get some hill training in the following weekend, and then it rained, and I slacked last week.

But, good news, guys: I'm back.

I got in a solid four miles of hills in on Saturday. I wanted to do five, but I'm still adjusting to the minimus shoes, and I could feel my ankles straining, so I called it at four. It was a good choice. I love the minimus shoes, but my ankles are not quite strong enough to stick with them all the time. Not quite yet.

Sunday was an active rest day. Man was my ass sore from the hills. Well it still was today too.

But today I did a glorious three mile run. I pushed myself nice and hard for three solid miles. Normally if I push hard on a non-race mile, my next mile is slower. But today I pushed hard on all three and felt awesome.

So I'm back at exercise, which means I'm back at blogging. The goal for February is to do four days running (one day a hill training day) and two days lifting. Should be easy enough to stick with.

I'm also incorporating a couple of clean eating days a week to kick out the sodium. The 10k is in five weeks, so it is time to really kick up the training. At least I popped my hill training cherry. They scared the crap out of me, but the hills aren't all that bad after all.