8 miles today, 92 to go

I just ran 6 miles at lunch. But, in order to complete my mileage goal of 34 for March, i need to run 2 more miles. I'm about to do that. It won't be anything stellar, and this is probably a poor way to train, but sometimes completing a goal is more about the accomplishment than it is about the benefits or gain. These two miles will be for my head.
But, this also puts me at 8 miles for the day -- a good start for the 100 mile goal in April.

And here, downloaded from my iPod and for all to see: I reached my goal.

Thus Begins 100 Miles

This month my brother, niece, and I are planning to run 100 miles each.

Another Workout Today: Running

Tried running at what I hoped my race pace would be for the R/S. There is some good news, and there is some bad news.
Good news: I shaved a minute a mile off the pace I've been running at. I guess that's a lot more than just "shaving" time.... that's more of a full hair-removal. Perhaps a brazilian.
Bad News: I'm still effing slow. My nike+ widget needs to be calibrated. It was off by 4 tenths of a mile. So, while it said I'd gone 3.01 miles in 26 minutes, Google claims I only went 2.59 miles.
I just can't get too discouraged about it though. I mean, crap. I'm running. It feels good. And, I'm making some pretty big gains in my training.
So, yes, I'm slow. But wow, I've improved without a lot of training. By the end of the summer I should be quite the running machine.
I'll hit the bike again today -- an easy ride just to get my ass (literally, my ass) in shape.
I've joined Brea's goal of getting 100 miles in for April. I'm close to my goal of 34 miles for March.

Goals

Okay, time to get serious about some goals for the duathlon. oh, first, why's it a duathlon and not a biathlon? Well, a biathlon is two sports, and just two events. With the duathlon it's two sports, but split so it can be 3 or more events. In the case of the R/S, it's run/bike/run.
Anyway, back to goals. Well, originally my goal was to finish. I don't think that'll be a problem, I'm pretty good at just plodding along and not stopping. The many backcountry death-marches I've done have given me the ability to just not give a shit and to keep moving forward. Instead, I have an odd goal of trying to lose 10 lbs BEFORE the event. The way I see it, that's the number one factor in making sure I don't injure myself and in being able to do the entire thing. Speed and such will come later. Anyway, so how am I going to lose 10 lbs? By training for the duathlon, avoiding the ice-cream acid trip, etc. See, so it all works together.
So: 10 lbs by April 12. I'm already down 2 lbs. I have 3 weeks to go. This can be done.
Do more, eat less, easy-peasy.
Later, gators!