Back to Running

Monday 13 March: Ran 1.7 miles (23 mins, 10:1)
Tuesday 14 March: Walked .85 miles
Thursday 15 March: Ran 1.72 miles (24 mins, 10:1)
Sunday 18 March: Ran 1.2 miles (16 mins, no stopping)
Tuesday 20 March: Walked c. 1.4 miles (28 mins)
Wednesday 21 March: Walked c. 1 mile (21 mins)
Sunday 25 March: Ran 1.6 miles (22 mins.)
Tuesday 27 March: Walked 1.67 miles (32 mins.)
Friday 30 March: Ran 1.55 miles (22 mins)
Saturday 31 March: Ran 1.43 miles (19 mins) (5:1)

As of today I started onto an "intermediate runner"'s programme. I should have run for 5 more minutes, but I copped out and only did 3/4 of the run. I'll try again tomorrow. My times are still slow compared to pre-Christmas, but while I've been running 20 minutes straight I've also been running deliberately a bit slowly because I was worried I'd run out of steam. I probably could have pushed myself harder. I'm actually surprised, looking at this list, at how frequently I've been actually going out and running or walking. I want to be sure to keep it up even when the essays start to come in this week. I want to start adding more mileage to my runs, not struggle to keep up to my goals.

Spring has Sprung

It's going to be 13C or higher here today, which should contribute significantly to the melting going on. Since this is Saskatchewan, nothing says we won't have more snow before May, but we'll get a break from it, at least.

Woke in the middle of the night last night and decided I couldn't spend my time any better than by finishing the last 20 pages of From Here to Eternity -- which has turned out to be one of the best books I've ever read. I had no idea an army novel would be so engrossing. The characters and dialogue were absolutely real and, even though it's long at 847 pages, every single page held my interest. I've started Jones' "sequel", The Thin Red Line. From Here to Eternity ends with the bombing of Pearl Harbour, and this one is about Guadalcanal. I have to search around the house to see if I can find the tape with FHTE on it; so much is left out of the film, excellent as it is, that I want to watch it again to find out how much they cut out. I won't watch Terence Malick's film of TRL until I'm finished the book.

Current Reading: James Jones' The Thin Red Line (1962)

Fit as a Fiddle

Yesterday was the first day I went to work feeling fit as a fiddle, full of bounce and energy. Now I just have to wade through the piles of essays that have hit my desk -- 67 to go and counting.....

Weekly weigh-in: 158.5
Current Music: Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Greensleeves"