Day 370: Spreadsheet

This morning, I got up and created a spreadsheet to keep track of my training. I find the days are blurring together, and it's hard to recall how many times I ran during a week. It's also useful to have a visual reference for the work I'm doing.

As I said to my husband last night, I'm not sure whether I'll do more races. But I still like training. I ran last night at my favourite park, with tons of hills and trails (and shade, thank heavens); my daughter's soccer team was playing at the same park, and I always feel like a bit of a dork showing up in my running gear, heading out for a run while the team warms (last night I went for forty minutes, as consistently fast as I could go), and then returning to the field drenched in sweat, still in my running gear, to watch the game. But hey. I have to squeeze these runs in when it's possible.

And during the summer, early rising is just not possible on a regular basis because there's no naptime! Naptime is what made the early mornings possible. Without it, I'm a grumpy zombie with four children in my care.

I'm hoping either to run or to swim this evening. I've hardly done anything but run all week, so a swim would be a good addition. And I haven't biked since forever!!!! I need to get the darn thing tuned up and tires properly pumped. I'm wasting precious summertime days and light by not biking outside right now.