I know it must be October because the leaves are changing…
These damn things have been in the house for less than 24 hours and already my teeth hurt…
The Marine Corps Marathon sent me an eCard yesterday…along with my bib number.
Oh. My. Already?????!!
The treadmill is without a doubt my least favorite place to run, but…I really do love the fact that I have one. I’m thankful for it every time I manage to squeeze a few speedy miles in during my daughter’s morning nap. I put it to good use on Wednesday, then Thursday night I headed out with a group member for a 4 mile run. I’ll be out again tomorrow for 8 miles, but I think for today I may just do a quick 3 or 4 on the treadmill again.
On a completely random note, Wednesday night’s run officially bumped me up to the 600 mile mark. 600 miles since March?!
After the baby arrived and I decided to start running again, I had no real goals. I just wanted to run. I never thought for a second that less than a year later I’d have this many miles accumulated. The downside? I’ve probably got about another 50 or so miles before I need to replaces my shoes…again.
At this point, I’m almost exactly a week out from my half-marathon and I guess I haven’t really thought much about my goal for it. On my last two 13.1 runs I came in at around 2:14, so anywhere around there would make me happy. 2:10 would be…”WHOA”! But I’m surprisingly not stressed about my finish time. Especially considering what a mental-case I was about my pace leading up to the relay back in August!!
I feel as though I’ve been running a little slower lately…and I’m enjoying it. The only time I push my pace is when I’m on the treadmill, but any time I run outside I’m either doing hill repeats or I’m running with another group member. So, instead of pushing to the max like I used to I’m enjoying the company, good conversation and scenery instead.
I’ve pretty much been maintaining half-marathon status since July. I’ve been on what feels like a continual training loop and I know that once I finish this half my final ‘big’ race will be done. I have a few smaller ones over the course of the next month, but it’s almost as though I feel like things are coming to an end and I’m letting up on the gas…a little too early in my opinion!!!
My oldest daughter is a complete and total nature girl. She absolutely loves the outdoors. Yesterday we had gorgeous weather and she spent pretty much the entire day outside. Running from one activity to the other, almost as if she was trying to make up for lost time.
She’s also obsessed with taking walks and finding ‘signs of spring’. The excitement in her little face when she finds something is absolutely priceless.
Fortunately, with each passing day there’s more and more for her to discover…
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