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Saturday night, while walking from the parking lot at Tyson's Corner to TGI Friday's I hurt my back.  It was sudden, and it hurt.  A lot.  Ouch my Sacroilia!

I think I did something while running, so yesterday I didn't run.  I'm not going to run today, either.

Fortunately, this will not put a damper on 2012 in 2012.  I've been putting in some extra miles both in terms of longer trails and occasional morning runs.  Last week I ran 39.9 miles, putting my annual total at 161.6 miles.

I still have plans to run a 5K on March 10 and compete in the Tagaman on March 31.  That gives me 40 days to prepare for the 5K and 61 for the triathlon.  I've not dropped as much weight as I would have hoped by now, so I'm going to mix things up in February with a little bit of diet.  No more sausage, egg, and cheese bagels from Breugger's and no more cookies and chips from Potbelly.  So if I'm in a bad mood in February, now you know why.

2012 in 2012: Still on Pace After Three Weeks

On Sunday and Monday I kicked things up a notch and ran my 9.2 mile trail.  It took me 93 and 98 minutes, respectively.  And then I was toast.  I took it easy on Tuesday, got in another long run on Wednesday, stumbled through a short run on Thursday, and then took two days off.

I'm picked things back up today with a 93 minute 9.2 mile run.  It snowed on Friday and iced over on Saturday.  Things had mostly melted by this afternoon, but it was still really cold.  The first half of my run was painful, but I loosened up with two miles to go.

For the year I've run 130.9 miles.  1881.1 miles to go.

Last week I was inspired to run with the thought of Tagaman.  The way I figure it, the swim will take me 60 minutes, the bike 2 hours, and the run about 90 minutes.  That means I need to be able to keep my heart rate up for over 4 hours by the end of March.  Run, run, run.  I was kind of tired this week, and was not so inspired.

2012 in 2012: Week Two

I managed to get in 49 miles during week 2.  That puts my total for the year at 87.7 miles.  I think this means that I've run about as much in the last two weeks as I did in the last half of 2011.  Go me.

I now have 350 days left to run 1924.3 miles.  I'm on pace for now, but we shall see what happens when I have to travel...

There are two races I'm planning on running in the next few months.  The Bank of Guam Ifit 5K is on March 10 and the Tagaman Triathalon on Saipan is March 31.  I ran both in 2009.  I think I finished at about 24:00 in the 5K, but had a big DNF for the Tagaman.

The thought of a 2K swim, 60K bike ride, and 15K run inspire me to get my butt moving each day.  By the time the end of March rolls around, I want to be able to exercise for an hour in the morning and an hour at night, maybe longer.  I can't do that yet.  Not even close.

Oh, and if anyone on Saipan has a bike they could let me use, that would be great.  I'm a size 10 shoe.

2012 in 2012: A Good Start

A co-worker turned 29 on Friday, so several of us went out to Poste, a restaurant near our office, for a few drinks.  I also had something to eat.  Poste has the best macaroni and cheese on the planet.  I'm not exactly sure how they do it because I didn't see any bacon bits, but they include bacon somewhere.  Bacon!  Oh, happiness.

Which means I didn't go for a run, which is alright, since I've given myself Fridays off.  Even with Friday off, I managed to run 38.7 miles this week.  That means I have 1973.3 miles to go before I reach my goal of running 2012 miles in 2012.