The Next Step

I felt pretty good today after the race yesterday.   It was an absolutely beautiful day today (69) and sunny.  I just wanted to get a few miles in to enjoy the great day and flush the legs out a little.  I did have some tightness in my right hamstring from the race but hopefully a couple of more easy days and I will be good to go.  I have 3 more weeks of training before I start tapering for the marathon so I want to try to make these weeks count and make that final push for the marathon.  Hopefully the work schedule will cooperate.

31:24 (7:51 avg)

Super morning for running today (48, light wind).  I started off tight and stiff so went real easy.  After a couple of easy miles I loosened up and felt better but still just crusied along this morning.  I feel like I came out of the half in pretty good shape so hope to get back into the training groove quickly.

Rough day for the Colts yesterday but at least they got the win.  Unless they turn things around from the way they played the last two weeks they will get smoked by the Pats next weekend.

63:18 (7:55 avg)

I missed running this morning because of work commitments and wasn't able to get out until around 8 tonight.  I didn't want to run on the TM and I didn't trust going out on the roads when it was so dark so I ran around our neighborhood 6 times.  It was a boring run but I was glad to get something in today.  If I miss the morning run it is very hard to get in a decent run.  Hopefully I will have better luck tomorrow.  I did feel good running and the weather was nice.

46:50 (7:49 avg)

It was a cool morning (39) and the wind was blowing so that made it feel colder.  I felt pretty good this morning after running late last night.  I wanted to do a longer than normal run today and add some MP miles at the end.  I started off easy and felt good the first few miles.  After about 3 miles I started picking up the pace gradually until I got to MP around mile 5.  At mile 7 my Garmin battery died so I had to run the rest of the way by feel.  I am not sure what pace I stayed at but just tried to keep the same pace the rest of the way.  I would have liked to know the splits just to see how I finished off the run but it was a good effort so I guess that is all that matters.

I had some early meetings today so didn't run until after work.  It was a nice day, mid 50's, sunny and light wind.  Starting off I felt sluggish but started getting my legs back after a couple of miles.  I just took it easy most of the way but added 6 x strides at the end.  This has been a busy week with the kids activities and work so thankful to get a run in today.

61:25 (7:41 avg)

It was cool this morning (33) with some light wind.  It ended up being cooler than I thought because I didn't dress warm enough and was cold the whole way.  Ran out and back down 300S.  I felt good this morning but just ran easy.  Trying not to push it too hard this week as I transition from the half marathon back into my last few weeks for marathon training.  I am planning on a long run tomorrow so didn't want to overdo it today so I can get the most out of the run tomorrow.  This is turning out to be an OK week but has been very busy so thankful to be able to get out ever day.  Both of my daughter's are in school plays this weekend so they have been having a lot of extra practices this week.  Lots of running back and forth plus helping with homework, etc.  They have 5 performances in 5 days so I will have lots of entertainment over the next few days.

1:10:17 (7:48 avg)

Great morning for running.  It was mid-40's but windy.  I am 4 weeks from the marathon so want to get a couple of more long runs in and today planned on going 22.  When I started out I didn't feel the best so thought I might be in for a struggle but even though I didn't feel great I was able to cruise along pretty good.  I started off easy and then at the turn around I started picking up the pace on the way back.  I ran the last 5 miles at 7:30 or faster.  Another thing that I wanted to do today was try to get used to taking Gels for the race.  I planned on taking 3 to see how my stomach reacted.  No problem on the first one.  The second one my stomach got a little quezy and the third was even worse.  It might have been because I just got up and ran this morning and didn't have any food in my stomach.  Anyway, I don't think it will be a problem with the race but I am always on the edge of getting sick with Gels.

2:50:55 (7:46 avg)