I Feel the Need . . . The Need for a 9:10/Mile Pace

I need to run. I mean, seriously. I need to get back into my routine, I need to train for something already. I can still make the half-marathon in April, no problem, but the running needs to start soon. I’m dying here.

Well, not really dying, but you know. It’s been really hard, getting runs in, when I don’t belong to any gyms, I’m not familiar with the trails and paths around the area, and the facilities I do have access to are either limited or they stink. My apartment complex’s facility? Awful–I tried going there tonight, just to get some kind of physical activity on the books, but it was awful. The newer machines were of course taken already, and the older machines . . . well, they should’ve been put out of commission a while ago. And of course there were only two or three new machines. I’ve never seen a more wretched gym. The CCRB was sad at times, but at least there was an indoor track to make up for its craptitude (pre-renovation). Yeesh.

It’s driving me nuts, though. I cannot find a local track. I mean, I’m fine switching permanently to afternoon running if that’s the only time I can access an indoor track (when warmth and sun arrive, I’m so out the door into nature–I’m sure I’ll know soome running routes by then), but I can’t even find one that’s local. That’s nuts! I’m sure there are some, and I’m probably searching in the wrong places, but I want to bang my head against my screen. I’m never this incompetent when it comes to searches, and while I have found a downtown D.C. track, I don’t want to go to downtown D.C. for just a track. Gah. I just want to find a local track! In a few weeks, I might have access to something pretty good, but for now, I’m aching to get regular runs in and there’s no way to do it. I feel like a fatty!

I know I’m not a fatty, but if I don’t start running soon, I could very well become a fatty. :(