Well, that wasn't so bad...

This morning, for the first time ever in my entire life, I got up earlier than I had to, before work, and I ran 3 miles.

I've often heard that you should just get up early and work out in the morning, "before your body even realizes what it's doing!" I have to say, this notion felt all-too-frighteningly accurate as I was hurtling down the street this morning. And by the end of it, it felt almost as if it'd never even happened. I hopped in to the shower thinking I'd just had some really odd, vivid dream with sunshine and lots of people walking dogs. I admit, I was especially pleased with myself upon seeing all the people out running in the 87-degree heat on my drive home from work.

Needless to say, I may be trying this again very soon.

So, I really lost a lot of momentum last week. By which I mean I don't think I ran at all, anywhere, at any point last week...

In an effort to make up for my lack of mileage, I went all-out on a 5-mile run on Sunday afternoon. It was less than lovely, and it became very apparent that my running style may need some work. I think I was just tired and fell in to some unusual sort of strained/strange gait. The more I read about running, I can't help but think I probably need to actually do some legit 'strength-training' type work.

I hope to do some more reading about running, (which sounds kinda silly now that I see it typed out), as it's been pretty useful so far. If nothing else, it's slowly helping me come up with more of a training plan beyond, ya know, just "keep running a lot before the marathon."

I'm looking to start some 'interval/sprint training' and definitely/unfortunately some hill-running.

Stay-tuned. Things could get interesting! (There's a chance they might not...We'll see!)

The Totals:

Running:

• May: 22.2
• 2014:  95.8

Biking (non-stationary):

• May: 15.5
• 2014: 50.5