Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me

I woke up early this morning and headed out for a run before my dentist appointment. I have the beginning of a head cold right now and I was hoping that my run would produce the requisite number of snot rockets to clear out my sinuses. I was successful on that front, in case you were wondering. I also went out with a deliberate plan to RUN SLOWER. You would think that someone in my relatively low level of fitness would have no problem running slower, but every time I go out with the intention of running slower, I turn in a time remarkably similar to my last run. I was modedrately successful today. I was planing to run at about 1 full minute per mile slower, but only succeeded in running 20 seconds per mile slower. I tried something a little different today that might have been helpful. Instead of listening to music on my run, I listened to a podcast of NPR’s Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me.

Justin came to visit today and we spent a good portion of the day talking about running and about training plans. Over the next few weeks, I’m going to try out some of the stuff we discussed and see what works. I’ll be blogging about my successes and failures. Also, keep an eye out for my published training schedule.