It's like starting from scratch

With the weather finally stabilizing in spring mode, Riley and I are taking every opportunity to get out of the house.  Whether it's walks in the neighborhood, or efforts at "running" on the trails, I'm beginning to log some miles. 
My "comeback race" is now less than a month away, the Zooma 10K in Annapolis.  A year ago, I was daunted by the concept of potentially training for a 50K endurance race with Star.  Now, after 9-1/2months of pregnancy, 4wks of bedrest, and 8wks of post-birth recovery, a 10K seems like just as momentous of a hurdle.

What I am calling runs these days, most people would call the Jeff Galloway run/walk method.  Nice little interval workouts, except those run intervals are still pretty short.  For now, I'm enjoying two aspects of this though.  First, man oh man had I forgotten just how good it feels to really sweat!  My arms and face are getting a touch of color, and I have that pleasantly salty, sweaty, I worked hard feeling at the end of one of these 3-5mile jaunts.  By the time we get home, Riley is usually hungry, and she's getting used to the taste of salty milk for now.

The second piece of this is that my goal is to actually increase my normal running speed.  I realized that if I'm starting from scratch in building fitness, I might as well make those run intervals at a faster pace - with the goal of coming back with a 9min/mi instead of a 10 or 11min/mi pace.  We'll see if it works, but for now I'm enjoying it.

Stuart is committed to helping me get my fitness back and drop these stupid pounds.  So Mother's Day was a lot of fun around here.  My gift -- a TREADMILL -- should be delivered this week.  And, Riley and I had a wonderful run together that day.  Not sure when a triathlon will fit into my season, but it will.  Somehow.