Trials of Miles

Well, here we go again. I am going to try and keep up with the blog this time around. I have been taking business classes and am currently making the decision of whether I start studying for my CFP or get into the Financial Advising profession. I am leaning toward completing the CFP first, and then entering into the profession. There are many reasons, but I still have to run it by a few people that know a lot more than I do, and have lived through the experiences involved in starting a Financial Advising career.

I started building the miles back up after my last injury. For a guy that was not often injured, triathlons brought on a new meaning of patience concerning not training. Joe Mendleson (my coach), and I have decided to start up the base phase again and rebuild whatever it is that I lost throughout those triathon years. So, new shoes and the Trials of Miles begins. I started light on the first week back. Then 50 miles, and 50 again. That was the first three weeks. I do not even know what the first week was - pretty much remembering what it is like to run every day. I was ambitions last week (week 4), and put 70 on the schedule. Like any smart runner does, I listened to the body and got in what I could (58mi). This week has 70 on it again and we will see how the body handles it. I had a great run yesterday though. The second run of the day was only 5.5 miles along a beautiful creek by my house. I averaged just under six for the run (which I have decided is not bad for altitude), but ran the last three miles at 5:30 pace through a single track. I was happy about that and it felt just fine! I am thinking about building up to 100mi/wk and then bringing it down a bit to race some. Who really knows what's in store, but I am curious at the times I can still run. Right now, I would not even venture a guess. We will find out!