Long time no post... That doesn't meant that I didn't run, but as usual, summer brought on less running... I'm trying to get back to full training with a November Half Marathon in mind. That would be either Siltstone (trail) or LSC  (if UofL asks me to run for their team - if there is a team at all).

The Bourbon Chase is off. The team that was essentially promised to me vaporized, so we didn't pay the balance, and so the team is off now. I'm bitter about this, and it was also a big financial loss, but it is not worth blogging about it.

I gained 5 pounds during my less-running-time, so now I have something to lose. :) That's OK, and 5 lbs is not that much.

I came back from Hungary (dry continental climate and quite a bit northern than Kentucky) on July 10, and immediately went for a few runs, only to realize that the different climate and maybe the lack of training took away my ability to run decently here. So even though I was very tempted to run the Otter Creek 8-miler trail race the weekend after my return, I decided it wouldn't be fun to embarrass myself. But there was a last minute call for volunteers so I volunteered. That gained me two free entries of future trail races in this series this year, so that's my focus now.

So in a nutshell: I'm starting a HM plan this week, but in the meantime, I focus on trail training (it really is called cross country training) by running more hills and more trails. I can't expect to match my peak form times, but I'll try to get in shape to be able to PR in a hypothetical November flat HM. If things go great that might mean a PR or close in LSC HM (which isn't flat by any means) or possible a good position in Siltstone HM.

The two weeks leading up to the start of the HM plan included one more travel and a bad cold, that cost me some training. But today I ran a "PR" on the Siltstone trail. OK, no big deal, probably only the 2nd time I'm trying to run this in a decent time, but 2:06:22 on a trail that is comparable to the Millennium Trail at Bernheim is not bad, especially overweight and on the very first day of the training plan. Oh, and it didn't kill me: I'm quite fine now.