On the road to BOSTON!

Today I took a long slow run. Started at my home in Bloomington and ran over Tonaquint past the Stephen Wade, up past Dixie High. Then turned up past the Temple and zig zaged to Dixie College and out to River Road. I then went up past the Mall and through Washington to the top of the hill. Turned right out to the Fields, turned onto Industrial Drive(3000 South) and ran up to the Summit Athletic Club, crossed over and onto the bike path to the Dixie Center and then continued along the path back to Bloomington. I ran this for fun not for time.

The first leg was 13.1 miles without making any stops or walk breaks. I ran a 10:00 pace and felt very strong and rested. The last 8 1/2 miles I just did what felt good. I walked quite a bit because my foot started to hurt. That worked its way out and once I got close to the Dixie Center I ran most of the way home.

Nothing impressive just putting in some logged miles. Putting them in the bank.......LOL.

Just another mellow run today. Decided to basically put in miles this week and not worry so much about the pace. For the most part I am holding to about a 10:00 pace, every once and ahile I will move up to a 7:00 pace for a quarter mile or so just so I am not too bored. I just feel like I need to get the feet conditioned to the extended miles, I can always put the speed back in as I get closer to the marathon.

Went for another very slow run/walk.....

I decided to do some resting. I ran 43 miles in 3 days and that is a lot for me especially after running a half marathon on saturday. My left foot has some pain in the ball under the big toe and some minor pain in the legs. I feel good enough to run but thought that it would be wise to not overdue it. I am planning for my last 'big' run on saturday morning. I am sure that there will be a lot of runners on the SGM course saturday.

I may sneek out for a small run tonight just to keep the legs going......

I did sneek out for a run this evening. 4 miles at an easy pace around the Bloomington loop and home. Finished with a strong 6:40 pace for the last 1/2 mile. Now its time to get ready for the saturday run!

I did the same run as last night with a similar pace.

A great benifi that I have enjoyed with running the past two months is weight lose. I started out at 178 and weighed in yesterday at 154. 24 pounds! Of course that was right after a run but none the less the weight is coming off and I feel great. I hope to stabilize at 150-155 for the marathon. I just picture myself running with a 25 pound bag of sugar down the road and then dropping it and sprinting to the finish...LOL

Today I ran from the top of veyo hill...whimped out and didn't want to climb the 'hill' this morning. This was a great run for me. I did not look at my pace the whole time, I just ran what felt good. I ended up with a 8:32 average pace for the 18 miles.That would put me at a 3:45 marathon! From last saturday to today I was able to cut off 29 seconds per mile and my body feels great. Hopfully the taper will help my body mend and be able to perform at its peak.  I am hoping that the stars, planets etc. line up for me on October 4th so that I can pull off that kind of a time.

It was good to meet Steve, Clyde and Logan after their run. Of course they flew by me...but the inspired me to push a little harder coming out of Winchester area. We talked for a bit...thanks guys for the support!

I noticed that I hit 69 mjiles for the week, that is by far my personal best. Now it is time to start cutting back and work on quality miles.

Time to watch some football............