Dear James, Daniel and Emily
11.6 miles, to be honest only ran the first 10, and then walked home after that. But if I had to I could probably have ran out that last piece if the trail stayed flat. I felt really good about this one. Not just the distance, but also the route. I took a bit of a risk and ventured out a lot farther than I normally have. And it was well worth it, if only for the feeling that once I reached a certain part, I had to just keep on going in order to complete the run, sometimes giving yourself no choice is helpful.
Anyway, this run also gave the me the confidence that I am on the right path and target for my goal. Because I figure I should be doing a minimum 13 mile training run on Memorial Day weekend. And since my goal Marathon is Labor Day than I am pretty much right on pace for meeting that goal.
I had a realization last week. That maybe I need to start pushing it a little more on my Tuesday runs. That my Thursday runs are speed/tempo runs. And Saturday is a restful 3 miles, since I don't want to kill my ability to make that long Sunday run. So Tuesday has to be a little harder workout.
Today I consciously tried to push it a little more. And I did well. One nice thing is that with school ending I will have a little more flexibility on my timing, as I won't have to wrangle kids to school. Which is good since these weekday runs are starting to get longer.
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