After a few Weeks off This is a 2-part Run 15-miles Total, Stopped for Ice Cream

They say if you don't use it you lose it? I'm talking about running, come on, what are you thinking? Well the last time I ran was 17 March and I swore I'd never take more than a week off again. Turns out I didn't lose it and was able to make a few medium range runs. Although, not as fast as I should be running in April, but I made the hauls (like a slow movin' train). After recovering from some pretty hard-core blisters I didn't run much. Hell, it looks like March sucked for running, only four runs in all of March.

Okay, here's the skinny, since the 17th of March I got heavily addicted to Battlefield Bad Company 2 and Modern Warfare 2 for the first week and a half playing non stop! It's fair to say I was somewhat of a couch potato.

And then, I caught the damn flu and ended up sick as a dog for the last week. So after finally feeling better, I decided that it's about time to get hoof in' it! But I felt sick as dog running home after eating so much in between my runs today! After today's runs I only have 200 miles in for the year about 75-miles in January, 75 in February and a measly 25 in March. So far it's a good start with April, but I need to maintain my 20-miles per week standard to get back into comfortable 7mm's.

Note: Scroll down past the first run to see the stats from the second run.

Gotta run,
Chris

Activity

Route:	--	Elev. Avg:	882 ft
Location:	Stoughton, WI	Elev. Gain:	+0 ft
Date:	04/04/10	Up/Downhill:	[+364/-364]
Time:	2:58 PM	Difficulty:	3.0 / 5.0

Weather:	Thunderstorms
	60 F temp; 57% humidity
	60 F heat index; winds S 17 G 26

Performance

Distance:	7.61 miles
Time:	1:05:54
Speed:	6.9 mph
Pace:	8' 40 /mi
Calories:	1084

Map

Elevation (ft)

Pace (min/mile)

Splits

Mile	Pace (min/mile)		Speed (mph)		Elevation Gain
Mile	actual	+/- avg	actual	+/- avg	Elevation Gain
1	7' 29	-1' 11	8.0	+1.1	-23 ft
2	8' 24	-0' 16	7.1	+0.2	+53 ft
3	9' 09	+0' 29	6.5	-0.4	-40 ft
4	8' 50	+0' 10	6.8	-0.1	+40 ft
5	8' 40	+0' 00	6.9	-0.0	-36 ft
6	9' 24	+0' 44	6.4	-0.5	+46 ft
7	8' 29	-0' 11	7.1	+0.1	-19 ft
end	8' 51	+0' 11	6.8	-0.2	-19 ft
Versus average of 8' 40 min/mile

Posted from runtracker.runnersworld.com

Part 2: The run home after ice cream and a ton of food!

Activity

Route:	--	Elev. Avg:	863 ft
Location:	Stoughton, WI	Elev. Gain:	-3 ft
Date:	04/04/10	Up/Downhill:	[+282/-285]
Time:	5:54 PM	Difficulty:	2.7 / 5.0

Weather:	Partly Cloudy
	62 F temp; 49% humidity
	62 F heat index; winds S 9 G 22