Last night was a strange night for me. I can’t recall the last time I fell asleep before 9:00 PM but last night around 8:30 I fell asleep. I wasn’t in the mood to continue Resident Evil 4 so I sat down to watch the Fellowship of the Ring. I made it about a half hour into the movie when I was done. I went to bed around 2:00AM the night before and woke up at 7:15 so I definitely needed to catch up on sleep. I’m starting to be scared that my sleep schedule is shifting more and more to that of a normal person. If I start going to bed before midnight I’ll really be worried.
So this morning, at 6:30am my body decided it was time to go. I *NEVER* wake up this early naturally. I tried really hard to fall back asleep but it proved to be quite impossible. Instead I took some inspiration from Brandon’s recent post on his site and dug up the running pants I have. I clocked in somewhere between 1.5 and 2.0 miles and felt like I was about to die. Of course afterward I remembered I should have brought the iPod but I’ll remember next time. Even though I feel physically destroyed right now I know there will definitely be a next time sooner than later. I haven’t decided if I want to run at night or early morning but I want to get back into a rhythm of running. I’ve never gotten into one that I’ve been able to maintain longer than a month but I’m going to do it this year all summer. My big problem in the past was having nobody to run with and being bored on my own. Hopefully the iPod will fix that.
My Uncle Mike even though a little weird keeps a log of his running on his site. He’s planning on running Grandma’s Marathon this year. I’m not going to be that ambitious but I do intend on running 4 times a week. The goal is 2 or 3 more times this week, then starting full bore next week. He started at 3 miles which would probably kill me so I’ll try to get that high this week running 2 miles per day.
I’m somewhat on track to a healthier life as it is since I’ve cut drinking pop out of my system. It’s been 4 weeks now and I’m putting down around 120 ounces of water per day. I should start researching more about what I should and what I shouldn’t eat so I can actually get myself into shape again. It seems every 6 months I get on this kick and never seem to stick with it. Hopefully this new change of locality will make it easier for me to keep to it.
