April 20, 2005 

April 20, 2005

2:00 A.M. Thursday Morning

I can't sleep at all. I guess I am still on Korean time. The last few nights I have been going for runs early in the morning. Here is a pic of me heading out the door:

I am starting to like these early hours of the morning runs. They are the only runs I go on without headphones. It's so quiet and nobody else is awake. There's something kind of neat knowing that you are the only person awake and outside at that time of day. I have the whole road to myself and can do some thinking. I only planned on running 2 miles tonight, but I was feeling pretty good still, so I kept going a little bit longer. I always do that. Well, 2 miles turned into 3 real quick. Then 4 miles.

Here is me on mile 3 heading back home.

I ran 4 1/4 miles tonight. That makes a total of 12 miles for today. I'm still feeling pretty good. I think I'm going to shoot for a new personal record with this week. My previous record is 57 miles in a week. I'm going for 65 this time. Monday is going to hurt me though. I only did 4 miles, so I'm goiung to have to make up for it this week. Also Saturday is Thunder over Louisville, so I might not get to run that day. That only leaves me 3 more running days this week to get 33 more miles. It's going to be tough, but I'm pretty determined. As long as my legs don't cramp on me or get too sore, I think I'll make it. We'll see how it turns out.