Has it really been over a month?

So much for getting back in the saddle, blog-wise. With so many weeks between my last post and this one, it's hard to know where to start. Getting caught up on weekly roundups seems like a bad and boring idea, so maybe I'll just do a brief recap of what's been going on in my navel-gazing world of fitness since February 9:

• Continued on the 16-week weight training program with SuperAthlete J. We're now at the end of week 10, which means 3 sets of 10 reps of everything. We've both been able to increase our weights quite a bit and SAJ keeps reminding me that we're supposedly in the thick of building lean muscle. I'm not sure if I believe it or not. Do I feel stronger? Maybe. Or maybe I'm able to lift these heavier weights simply because I'm doing fewer sets and reps. Could I have done 3 sets of 10 reps in these amounts at the beginning of the program? I wonder.

• Continued with the intermediate training program for a half marathon, as specified by Hal Higdon (http://www.halhigdon.com/). More highlights on that to come in another post. The training has been going well, although I've decided not to do the Mercer Island half this weekend. Why? Two reasons: I can't really justify the expense and, if I'm going to run another half, I want to do it on a flatter course so I can really improve my time. Obnoxious but true.

• Next immediate goal: working on improving my pace for the Bloomsday 12k (http://www.bloomsdayrun.org/) in Spokane on May 2nd.

• Most immediate worrywart concern: weight gain. More on this in another post, too.

Let's see if I can keep the momentum going and post again before April Fool's Day!