Reboot (Again)

I think it's time to try something different, with both running and writing about it. I have been without motivation to do either for some time, although I can fake the running part pretty good. However, lately I've been feeling the need to get serious again. I need something different to keep my focus. Something to keep me honest to my training. Something BIG.

Big? What's big? An Ironman is big. But thankfully I've already done one of those. An Ironman is a bit much for right now. 100 miler? Well, I have one of those too, and I'm signed up for Burning River in July. But that's not quite what I had in mind.

A streak. I've never, ever wanted to run every day. Every. Single. Day. So that's what I'm going to try to do. I don't know if there are rules for streaking. How long does a run need to be to count? 1 mile? 2 miles? Can I walk part? Some? All? I will have to do some research into that.

My streak began on Sunday with a 10 mile run along the parkway in Strongsville with my brother. We climbed the long Royalview hill for some different terrain and hit the Handle Rd. hill on the way back as well.

Yesterday, I continued my streak with 2 miles at the MCRR Memorial Day Quickie. I ran with our dog Porter. This was his first "race" and he pulled me along faster than I would have liked. We finished in just under 15:00.

This morning I knocked out 2 miles on the treadmill. That sucked. I hate running on a treadmill. I hope to not have to do much of that this summer. I also hope to get to the track tonight for some honest to goodness speed training. That's a little overdue.

I am setting my sights on Akron this year. I need a good marathon finish. It has been too long since I've run 3:30 or less. Mohican 50 is two weeks away. I'm not ready for it. Since we get the full time limit, I have more than enough time to hike the entire thing with zero running. That's a legitimate option. I will start Burning River in July, but I have no plans on finishing. Whether I drop at some point or get pulled due to time will need to be seen. I'm still hurting from BR 2011 and I don't need to mess anything else up. I enjoy trails and I enjoy running long, but I am a better road runner. After some serious self-evaluating, it's time to focus on my strengths and get those strengths strong again.

Streak Start - 5/26/2013

1 - 10.12 mi - 1:27:06
2 - 2 mi - 15:00
3 - 2 mi - 22:45