So after an odd Spring of training, I'm officially starting my Fall marathon training program next week. This week is crazy and I'm not going to try to start, only to have evening plans, family dinners (with relatives), and other things and stuff drown out my training on week 1. I'm not exactly sure when the race this Fall will be so I'm ok with starting the first week OR two in June.
I feel like the last few months have gone ok....not as consistent as I would like to have been, but I'm up to 8-10 miles on Saturday and I've been going as a follow-up on Sunday to Castlewood to gut it out on the trails for a bit. I started doing that as more of a loosen-up run after Saturday, but once I get out there I just can't help myself...I have to push it. That place is killer....
So, my Saturday mornings for the rest of 2010 from 6am-8am will be taken with long runs over at Grant's Trail and/or Castlewood. I'm going to start my long runs at 8 miles over at Grant's Trail, since that's 2-4 miles longer than any of my weekday runs. I'm hoping to be up at the half-marathon mark for weekend long runs by mid July. I wouldn't mind running that distance every weekend for a whole month just to get used to running the first half comfortably. If I can breeze through the first half, I can work hard on the next 6 miles, and gut it out on everything from mile 20 to mile 26...cuz God knows the last 6 is harder than that first 20 sometimes.....
Anyway, I'm still here, still running, and man is it getting HOT. I'll be slimming down, speeding up, fueling up, and moving forward from here as quick as I can.
Peace!
