I don't know if you've noticed, but posting has been light of late. (Some, but not much more posting over on the main page.) 'Tis the off season where you do very little and claim you can start again whenever you want. You also do dumb things like agree to go running with your slightly insane (but not in a bad way) friends before finding out exactly when they plan to start running and how far the run is. It happens like this:
Insane Person: Run on Saturday?
Me: Sure, just let me know when and where.
.... time passes...
Insane Person: 5:30 AM at the gym, around 12 miles in a loop.
Me: /sigh. I'll be there.
The 12 mile loop then becomes a 14-mile struggle in the cold through hills and along the canal path followed by a 2,000 yard swim. I blame myself.
I've also been working on my core and overall body strength. Ek, I'm like girly-man weak. I know it will only take a week or two to get the abs into good enough shape that I'm not cringing the day after the workout, but man, those are a long two weeks.