Almost time for training

So I had a couple of good weeks of putting in 15 miles or so. Then the elementary schools got out for the summer and my oldest daughter was home all day with me. Then I went to Hawaii. So I haven't run as much as I had hoped but I'm still running. I did run in Hawaii. In fact, my last day there happened to be the day of the Kona marathon. That was kind of cool. I thought to myself "Wow, if I had known I could have planned to run!" but then I realized that there was no way I could have ramped up my distance to do it so soon after Broad Street. But that's OK. Maybe another time.

Next Monday is my first official day of training for the Philly marathon. I'm feeling good about it but then it's easy to feel good when you haven't started yet. I guess mostly I just don't feel as worn out as I have in the past. We'll see how things go for the rest of the summer.

What 2.5 miles between friends?

I went running with a couple of friends the other day... something I haven't done in a long time. I started out ahead of them with the intention of meeting up along the way. There were some last minute changes on their end which resulted in my not hooking up with them until I was 1 mile from my finish point. I decided to turn around and continue to run with them, figuring a little extra distance wouldn't hurt especially since they keep a slightly slower pace than I do. By the time I got back to my car I had logged an extra 2.5 miles. Sweet! I haven't run much more than 4 miles at any one time since the Broad Street at the start of May so to just go out and cover 7.5 miles was nice. A good kick in the pants, really. Official training for the marathon starts in less than a month. I needed a good kick in the pants.

I'm not dead yet!

Well, it's been awhile since I've posted here. It's not that I haven't been running. I could say that I haven't had much to share but then it's questionable as to whether I ever have anything worth sharing. But really the reason is that I forgot the darn password for the account and I only now bothered to go about resetting it and gaining access to the blog again. Sad, I know.

So where am I now, running-wise, anyway? Well, About a month ago I completed the Broad Street Run (my fourth time, I think) and in about a month I'll start training for the Philly Marathon. This means that I'm just running for fun at the moment - no set times or distances. Which also means there's very little to report. I suppose the most important thing is that I'm injury free, I have all 10 toenails (not having lost any in the Broad Street this year... yea!), and I'm enjoying my runs.

I'll try to be better about posting once training officially starts. Last year I had to bail in the marathon and completed the half instead. I was very disappointed and I vowed not to let that happen again. I think posting here helps keep me on track so that's what I plan to do. For better or worse!