Back on the Clock

The GRE is over...for now. Pending my score on the writing section, I may retake that bastard exam.

I did get a short run in on Saturday before the GRE, which was definitely a good idea. The run was kinda lame, and pretty short, but at least I got my feet moving again after a week of no running and one day of cross-training. It was a tough run, though. I was barely able to maintain a 10:00 pace. Not a good thing, because now my brain equates taking a week off running with the inability to run anymore. It's a good thing marathon training starts this week.

In an effort to not injure myself, I'm going to go with the one workout per-day approach until late June/early July, where I'll implement my two-a-days again. It's a great way to get the mileage in, but I don't want to jump into them too fast before I've built up a good base.

I'm also keeping my fingers crossed that a few races I want to do don't sell out before I have money to enter them. I cannot put anything on my credit card until next week sometime, so I can't sign up for the new half-marathon on June 7th yet, or the Rock n' Roll half (formerly the Chicago Distance Classic). The latter appears to be filling up really fast, as I've received more than a few emails stating I should move it and sign up now. I do have an alternate race to sign up for, should the RnR sell out...the Madison Mini! True, Madison is a few weeks after RnR, but I am applying for grad school there and a bunch of the Lakefront Angels are going to go.

I promise I will catch up on reading all of your blogs soon! I was curled up in the fetal position most of the week when I wasn't at work, mumbling "quantitative comparisons..." over and over again.