It's Been a Long Time

It's been a long time since I last posted something on here.  Since the last time I went off to Chicago with my best friend Gina to run in the Rock n Roll 1/2 Marathon.  I did fairly well my goal was to get in around 1:50 and I made it in at 1:56 so that was not too bad.  The weather was great very cloudy at the start, nice breeze off Lake Michigan and at about the 7 mile mark it rained for awhile.  There were thousands of people running by far the largest race I have run in yet.  I would love to go back and run it again but I think I will shoot for the Chicago Marathon next fall if I can get in.

Onward HO!  Time to think about my upcoming races the big one is the Falling Waters Trail 1/2 that I am going to run in October.  Goal again to get a 1:50 should be do-able since it is basically flat and it should be much cooler by then.  The colors will be awesome this time of year so it will be a very pretty run.

I have all these great thoughts and reflections when I am out running and when I sit down to write them all out I forget them.  One thought I can recall somewhat is the fact that I need to find someone to do some speedwork with.  I want to get faster but I think I am at a point of where I need someone else to me push me faster.  How to find that person I have no idea.  I am thinking of contacting the Spring Arbor coach and seeing if I could od speed workouts with them! lol

We will see.  Anyway I just keep plugging away the miles which is getting easier as the temps are falling quickly at night and they are nice and cool most mornings. 

I will try and remember to jot down my thoughts as they come to me so my blog will become better and more meaningful. Peace out.

Are Four 1/2's Too Many in Two Months????

Within the next 63 days I have on my schedule four 1/2 marathon's planned.  Chicago this coming weekend, Capital City River Run and Baker's Dozen in September and then the first week of October the Wildlife 1/2.  I know i can do it I just have to figure out which ones i really want to push for PR's and which ones for fun.  The Baker's Dozen I am sure will be for fun since it is one week after the Capital City which I want to push myself in.  Chicago is iffy....it depends upon the humidity that day.  I can't help it I really suck air on those hot and humid days.  The Wildlife I will be seriously competing in that one with the other local 40 year olds!!

I want to put a few 10k's in there as well I think I will play it smart and go with how I feel rather than signing up way in advance and then regretting it.

Training went well this week I felt like I was really back in my grove and my speed work out session went better than expected.  I am trying to run in the heat and humidity to get use to it more but it is just plain torture some days. 

Long run went really well this morning.  I kept a nice easy pace for the first 9 miles and then I sped it up for the last 3 to help get myself used to that feeling of utter exhaustion.  The same way you feel at an end of a race.  Train myself to persevere and push through the fatigue and anguish.  I was running 8:12 miles for the last 3 and my goal pace for a the 1/2 is 8:30-45 depending upon the weather conditions.  Boston's song Smokin came on my MP3 player and man did I haul ass then.  That is the best song to run to!

So 6 more days and I leave for Chicago and 7 days until the race.  Taper week and healthy eating!!!  Carb load on Friday!  TTFN!!