I overslept yesterday, and spent the day preparing for our trip to Cedar City this weekend. I didn't get a run in. It is so hard to run if I don't do it first thing in the morning.
I didn't think the half marathon was affecting me very much until today, when I tried to do a fartlek workout. I ran at Liberty Park. I ran a 2 mile warm-up, and then ran 10 x 3 minutes on/2 minutes off. I timed a couple of half miles, and realized that I was only running 5:45-5:50 pace. At least they were consistent. My legs were pretty dead when I tried running fast. I ran 2 miles to cool down. My achilles is still sore, but seems to be hanging in there.
So, I think I have a marathon picked out for the fall. It's not a huge marathon, but I think it will be a good one. I'm going to run the Des Moines Marathon on October 16th. I've run the half before, so I'm familiar with half of the course. It's completely flat. There is some rolling in the first half, but I would rather have the hills at the beginning, than at the end. It's nice to have something pinned down, so I can focus my training better. | 