sports

This morning I surpassed the mileage from 2013 -- I'm now at 443 miles and my 2013 number, a record by itself, was 438.

It was the first run in eight days, since the day before Thanksgiving. After 3 great days with the Zanes I came down with a cold. Yesterday evening was the first night I slept without cold medicine.

It's hard to predict what the future will bring, but it seems very likely that the 2015 mileage will be much lower than this year's. I hope I'll be able to keep that difference reasonable, though.

And went for a very warm and slow run.

See race report.

The day before the inauguration I went for a run, my six mile course. It was more tiring than usual and I felt weak the next day.

I ran again today. I hardly ever run two days in a row but the weather was great after a thunderstorm. Took it easy. Left knee doesn't love consecutive runs but it went well.

A few days ago I had a very painful run. My old injury in the lower left leg came back and I had to walk more than 25% of the route.

After the run I immediately ordered new shoes -- my previous ones were from November 2010 and completely worn-out. The shoes arrived yesterday and I went out for a run just now.

What a difference! I felt my leg but not strongly and I ran with only my usual walking breaks. Such a relief.

Monday evening after I came back from a weekend in DC I ran 3.5 miles, the usual course.

Ran the same route as last week, 2 minutes faster.

I'll be honest: I was really not looking forward to running today. It's very grey, rainy and cold.

But as always; after the run I feel great. Did a short run, my usual early morning run but now at 5.00 pm, and was faster than usual. Ran until just around that corner, the first pole. 33 minutes. It was 37 degrees, raining and dark. Feel great. Soaking wet but my phone is fine.

The first time I went for a run in Somerset on Saturday morning. I did Pierce Street, to fields, back over Elizabeth. Maybe 30 minutes? Haven't run in 4 days, stiff legs. Little bit of a headache -- it's been a long week. But run felt good.