2009 is here

Just to log the rest of last week, had a nice 3 mile run on the 30th with some pool time on the 31st then packed it in until this week. Start of the new year with new position at work and getting some meetings out of the way kept me off the train until today. I did 35 minutes on the treadmill with most of the time at 5.6mph, but did about four total minutes at 6.6mph and a two minute segment at 7.6 mph. My first official interval work of the year.
I entered the ING half marathon officially so the run base time has started. The real training plan does not start until the last week of January so I will keep the 3, 3, long pattern up until then. I will combine in a weekly spin and once or twice in the pool to keep it all fresh on top of the running. I am very hopeful that having this base under me before the actual half-iron plan starts will make a big difference. Running has been my least favorite discipline so getting it out of the way should make everything somewhat smoother.
Now the hard part, I need to put my beginning stats as far as weight to see what exactly this does for me over the year. I hit the digital scale at the gym and came in at a nice even 215. If I can be close to 190-195 for the race I will be very happy. 200 has always been a barrier I can’t seem to break so that would be a nice bonus. We will see how it goes with a monthly weight update at the beginning of the month.