Tag: running

Another three miles today, though it felt like someone had been beating my legs, front and back, with bicycle chains. The only goal right now is to get on the road and do my three.

iPod: Countdown podcast

Three miles today on the quiet side streets of Plainsboro and South Brunswick. It was gorgeous out there and if I had more kick in my legs or wind in my chest, I would have gone for a lot longer.

As it is, I ran long enough to hear a good chunk of the new Wilco disc, titled (appropriately enough) Wilco (the album).

This is a two-day diary, because my brain shut down yesterday after I finished my column and editorial.

In any case, back-to-back three-mile runs. Yippee.

Two days in a row — a victory of sorts. Yes, I got my fat tuchus out the door and on the road, doing the standard three-mile loop down Ridge, onto Perrine and then Schalks Crossing. I won’t pretend it was easy. But I pulled it off and then did some light lifting. I’m taking this one day at a time with the goal being to slowly add the mileage until I can get back to where I was more than a year ago.

iPod: Bill Moyers’ Journal

It was a morning on the treadmill (it didn’t rain but it seemed like it would), three miles in 26:59 all the while choking and grunting and feeling it deep in the calves. Plus, the iPod Nano had no charge and doesn’t appear to be holding on anymore. But I did get the run in.