I Probably Should Make My Blog Public again

I was going to run 12 today. I ran 5 by myself, stopped at home to leave off a layer at home and drink some Gatorade, and then the boys wanted to run with me. We spend the rest of the time I had budgeted for running riding/running/walking around. Caleb ran 1 mile, maybe a little more, and then Eli fell off his bike and wanted to walk a little, so they traded. Eli and I ran/walked about a mile and a half. So I'm counting it as 7, though it was less than that, effort wise. But it was good nonetheless.

I found my watch after this run. Caleb left it in the garage the last time he used it.

Running, blech.  I'm just not interested in it right now, but I guess the fact that I still did 5 miles is a good thing.  The wind made this run more of a chore.

Treadmill miles.  It was raining most of the day, and I chickened out of running outside when I got out there, and it started to drizzle.  I pictured myself getting stuck in a downpour and said no thanks.  Then when I was running on the treadmill, I was staring longingly outside.  It did not end up raining big time and I regretted my decision.

Calves were cramping something fierce during and after this run.

14 miles.  Probably the longest run prior to the half (3 weeks to go).  My run was pretty good, though it was split up a bit.  I ran 5 warm up miles (9:01, 8:47, 8:47, 8:45, 8:38) and then stopped at the house to go to the bathroom before heading out for some fast running.  My splits for the next 5 miles were 7:51, 7:57, 8:14, 8:17, 8:10.  I think the first two miles were fine, but mentally, I was unsure.  After the first two miles, I gave myself a little pep talk, and then just allowed myself to slow down.  Then it was fine.

Then I did 4 cool down miles with the boys on their bikes.  They didn't bike all 4 miles, but instead played at the park while I added on a mile.  The mile that I added on was faster than the rest of the cool down miles. 

All in all it felt nice, but it wasn't really confidence inducing.  I don't really know what I'm shooting for in 3 weeks, but this was exactly how I felt at this time last year.  I will probably decide on race day, like I did last year.