wanted: inspiration.

this winter is most definitely KILLING my "training" for the first Grand Prix half marathon next week. after work,my mentality the past two weeks has been "ah well, it's cold and i'm tired, no big deal, i'll run another day." so yea, i definitely don't feel as prepared for next week as i would have liked to be by now. the thing with training for a half-marathon after having run a full is that the distance no longer seems all that long. the distance itself seems a bit of a joke actually. in my head it's like, well, i used to run half-marathons or more every weekend, i don't need to train for this.

for the record, this mentality = bad. while i do have a good base right now, it is most definitely not the base i had when training for the marathon back in the fall. i think it's rather naive of me to undermine the half-marathon distance.. that being said, it's been hard to overcome the thought that this half-marathon will be a piece of cake. i'm sure, come january 25th, i'll be cursing myself for being so darn lazy the past month and a half..

so last night i went on a 6 mile run with mr. martini in central park. it was a really nice night, not so cold, nice breeze. seeing as though mark runs approximately 483902483209 miles an hour, he had to slow down a lot and i had to speed up a bit so that we were running in close proximity. it was definitely what i needed after a long day (and week.. okay okay, two weeks) of work.

i really think that running in the winter requires some sort of running buddy or some other source of inspiration or accountability. yesterday afternoon, i did NOT want to go for a run. i actually complained to seth that i had agreed to go for a run with mark because all i wanted to do was go home, shower, and sit on my couch. had it not been for mark, i probably would have done just that. so yea, for all of you out there who swore you'd get in better shape this year but are already going to the gym less than that first week in january, let's go for a run. it'll be good for you.. and me :-)

plus running in new york city is awesome. i cannot believe i live here.

okay back to work..

p.s. nyc half-marathon 3.21.10 - this girl is IN :-)

photo: beckermanphoto.com -- this guy has some really cool black and white nyc photos. check em out.