Hampered Training

After nine years I've finally decided to sell my place and move to another part of the city - closer to friends and work. So for the past two weeks I've spent most of my extra time either cleaning or de-cluttering my house to get it ready for sale. This of course means that I have had very little time or energy left after working full-time at the hospital, part-time in my practice, and taking care of the house to run much. However, even after another busy weekend filled with Mr. Clean and Glad Hefty Bags I was itching for a run this afternoon. It wasn't much - managed just under 3 miles - but I've found that sometimes, no matter how busy and tired I've been, my body just CRAVES a run. That, and hearing about a lot of my running friends finishing the Run The Bluegrass half-marathon yesterday just got me psyched up. The Derby Mini is in 3 short weeks, and with the race season I've had so far, I have no worries about being able to keep up with the mileage I'll be running and the pace I'm hoping to keep (10:15 average). My hope is that after this next week is over with (have some last-minute cleaning, touch-ups, and minor landscaping to do) and the house actually goes live on the market, I'll get back into a routine and keep up the 1-2 short runs per week plus the long run on the weekends leading up to race day. After that, I'll have to find another race or two to keep my summer running up leading up to the Bourbon Chase as well as the Sports Commission Half and Big Hit Half in the fall. My finishing time and splits for today's short run: 2.8 miles in 28:37 with a 10:14 average pace and 10:07, 10:11 and 10:27 splits.