Reading Up

I bought a couple of new running books today. One is Runner's World's Complete Book of Running. So far, I think it's pretty good, basically a mish-mosh of their magazine. The other is Running by Jeff Galloway, an Olympian and Runner's World columnist. Galloway is advocating his run-walk method. Both seem to be more introductory guides more than anything. I'm looking forward to delving into them in the coming weeks.

I've agreed to head up a running team again this year for my office for the Lawyer's Have Heart 5K in October. This year, however, I am dedicating myself to running the entire race. No walking! Sorry, Galloway. I was doing great in my training last year right up until a few weeks beforehand. Then I trailed off and wound up walking more than I ran. I hated that. So this year, I'm running it. I don't care how slow I am, I'm running.

From there, hopefully a half marathon. But I'm trying to not get too far ahead of myself. Right now, the focus is on the 5K.