This Week in Running: The Soup

This week in running started off very slowly. By “slowly,” I mean that I skipped my Sunday run because I was dealing with a nasty little stomach bug. I picked that up somewhere, and it made its presence felt while I was at the Brandi Carlile concert with Mary and Sheila.

The Intersection in Grand Rapids is a nice concert venue, but probably not the place to be when you need to spend lots of time in the restroom.

I picked up running again on Tuesday, and started sticking with the training program … at least the running part of it. I’m still working on the cross-training schedule. I need it to somehow not interfere with the rest of my life. That’s hard.

I probably shouldn’t have started running on Tuesday, given that my stomach seems to be fond only of foods that rhyme with “soup.” For the record, there aren’t a lot of them. To be fair, it’s tolerating bread fairly well, too. So, I’m trying to eat good soups filled with vegetables and otherwise enjoying the benefits of a reduced-calorie lifestyle.

The weather took a nasty turn in the middle of the week. We had a decent amount of snow and a lot of wind. That made for some tough running; I’m glad I got out and ran, and I’m proud of those who stepped up and got in their mid-week runs, too.

Saturday’s episode of Borgess Run Camp was just cold. When I left my apartment this morning, the temperature in Schoolcraft was a balmy 1 degree Fahrenheit.

That’s -17 degrees for those of you in Canada.

The Team to Be Named Later have picked a team color. By a fairly overwhelming vote of those present, we’ll be sporting plaid. Given that most teams tend to sport solid colors, that should help us pick each other out amongst the masses.

There’s more to come on this topic. We’re going to have loads of fun with it.

We picked up five more folks today, bringing the roster to 22 (not including me). I’m excited that the team are vibrant, active, (seemingly) happy folks. I want that to continue.

It was a good week of running; I’m happy with my results, and hope I feel like this for the rest of the year.

January 26 — 5.01 miles, 51:59

January 27 — 3.16 miles, 33:16

January 28 — 4 miles, 39:17

January 30 — 6.69 miles, 1:09:33