I forget how long it has been!

I wanted to title this post "So we meet again, old foe Side Stitch." Then I realized it has been two weeks since I last posted, which meant it had been that long since I had gone running.

I was super busy the past two weeks. As a result, I arrived at my kid's school only about 15 minutes before school let out (some days only 10 minutes prior), so running was out of the question until I finally had some time this past Friday.

I did my usual two-mile run, but unfortunately, without realizing it, I did not hit the "start" button on my phone's stopwatch feature. I felt as if I was making pretty good time on that mile. I was slightly winded, and definitely in a little pain, thanks to my old foe the side stitch (you can see where I got that title). I muddled through somehow, and I fully expected my first mile to be no more than 10 minutes and hopefully less when I hit the top of the hill. But as I looked at my phone, I saw the time read 0:00. Ugh! Based on what time it was when I started my run and what time it was when I got to the top of the hill/the end of the first mile, I had been running for less than 10 minutes. It could have been as low as just over 9 (though highly unlikely). So yeah! The second mile I did time, and I completed that in just over 8 minutes. So yeah, again!

All in all, it was a good, if not painful, run. The weather was an unseasonably warm 60-something degrees, though it was a bit windy. My timing was near my best. And that is saying something because I went two weeks in between runs, not to mention I had gone swimming only four times during that two-week period, when I typically would have swum six or seven times. Hopefully, I will have more time this week to get in at least one run and another trip or two to the pool (I went today, though did struggle a bit).

Until next time.

I need to run more!

I managed to run only once again this week, on Wednesday. Because I once again got a late start on my way to pick up my kid, I ran about 1.7 to 1.8 miles. I also tried to run as fast I could up the beginning hill, which was not easy. I am not sure how long it took me since I did not time myself; my guess is about 17, maybe even 18, minutes. But I am still mostly satisfied.

I also swam three times this week. I don't remember how many laps I did on Monday; my guess is around 15. I was super tired after only getting about 3 hours of sleep the night before followed by subbing that day. On Wednesday, after that 1.8 mile run, I ran about 15 or 16 laps as well, completing about 10 at once. Then yesterday I swam over 20 laps, swimming about 9 at once, then swimming over 10 after a five minute break.

I am glad my stamina is increasing and I am able to run that many laps at once. Now if only I could run more or at least get back to two miles.