kawika

I turned 39 yesterday and ate like a pig. It’s been a week since I ran last. Now it’s time to get back on track, hit the road at least four times a week, and gym at least twice a week, and get my pace under seven minutes a mile no longer what my distances. I’m sure there are more specific, scientific ways to run August’s San Francisco Marathon or November’s Silicon Valley Marathon in less than 3:16, but this is my plan at the moment. First up: an actual run sometime before midnight.

Before I broke my foot last week, I was running about 40 miles a week training for the Honolulu Marathon in December. I would run the distance of a half-marathon, 13.1 miles, each Saturday or Sunday. By the time the cast comes off I’ll only have six weeks or so to get used to walking, then jogging, then running again. As long as I don’t re-injure the fracture, I will do this.

It took four and a half months, but I dropped 50 pounds.