I'm invigorated

Runs

4/11 - 6 miles 52:15
4/12 - 3 miles 25:12
4/13 - 3 miles 27 min
4/15 - 10.3 1:32:15

This marks the first real consistent week of training I have had in a long time. I am aligning my runs into the Pfitzinger plan, but running Tu/Wed/Thurs and Sat/Sun, with rest on Monday/Friday.

This will work reasonably well for work, since Monday and Friday are often early days, and running before work will be harder. Now that I have made the decision to stick with PF as close as possible, Speedwork after mid June is out.

No aches and pains despite a quick ramp up.. I'm going to gradually work towards 30 miles per week until mid June. I'll try to make my long run 12-13 miles and alter my tu-wed-Thur to come up with the balance. Sunday will be a short, slow recovery run of 3-5 miles. This schedule will also work better on the homefront as I do not want my training to come in the way of family time. If I ever become so obsessed with running that impacts my marriage or children, then its time to stop, or cut back. Running should be a fun, enhancer of life.

Culinary

Sorry to say, I haven't done any real cooking since my French Bread baking last weekend.

I went and saw Thank You for Smoking last night. It was amusing and reasonably well done. I wasn't;t expecting something great and it met my expectations. If anything, it made me more disgusted with lobbyists, primarily ones that lobby for tobacco, etc.