Day 1 of the transformation...

hi all. i'm trying to get back into running after years and years of competively being at the top in 5k-half marathon road racing. after several injuries and 5 yrs of "sort of" trying to get back to a peak, i have decided it just isn't for me anymore. so where does that leave me? i'm goal oriented, so i needed to find another goal. i still like running a lot, just not pounding around all day every day in the attempt to shave 1 second/mile of my most recent 5k. so my goal is still running oriented. i've done a marathon on a whim a number of years ago, so the allure to that is not strong. i've competed in some local trail races in the NE and KS area and enjoyed them. and there's the ultra. this interests me, but it's a bit paradoxal. i don't want to mindlessly run miles anymore, but the idea of doing the longest race of my life does? so my goal is to do the bohemian alps 50k in september. that's my major goal this year. some other races i'd like to do are some local trail races. a back end goal of the year may be to jump into a 50-mile race in late october (but that's a ways off).
so what do i want this blog to represent? well i think i just want to chronicle what type of running i do. there may be some comparison to what i've done in the past with running, maybe not though.
a little running background. prs of 14.45 5k/ 31.02 10k / 1.06 half marathon / roughly 49.oo 15k. i would say my best races were 15k to half marathon. i enjoyed that pace, and the type of training it took. any pr is at least 7 years old. and in the last 5 years i've probably gotten over 45 mi/week 3-4 times. so to think i could get back into pr shape would be a huge effort. it would take at least 1 yr just to regain some base that would provide the necessary strength to approach any of those times. that is just to daunting, honestly. my life has changed, for the better, and i know longer have the desire that is required for that effort. i greatly admire those that can pound it out day in day out. and balance that with the rest of their life, but that's not form e anymore.
so here's to some trail running and a short ultra in the fall.
ciao