Still Running

I realize a rather long length of time has lapsed since my last post, but I assure you all that I am still running. At first I felt this past week was a bust, I had meetings all week and that meant crazy hours and wayyyyyy too much free food. I came home everyday feeling mentally exhausted and physically bloated. Needless to say, the first few days were an adjustment period. I managed to run 4.5 miles on Wednesday, 2 miles Thursday morning, and interval training 4.5 miles Friday. All in all, I would say that is a good week and today (Saturday) the time as come for a long run.

Today I am looking to run 16 miles with only stopping once. I say once so that I can grab a drink of water out of my car half way through. I am also going to try to break the run into 4 parts. I want to get into the habit of not facing the race as a full 26 miles but rather in 3-4 mile sections. Today will be a good opportunity to test that to see how well it works. Four miles seems like a reasonable time frame. From what I have been reading (on Runners World) that is the way to go.

There is a park close by. I don't think I can run there, which would be awesome but it is close. I think the sidewalk disappears for about a mile and while I would rather run, I would much rather live. Anyway, the park has a half mile loop. I use my abacus to find out that would mean I would run around 32 times. Not the most exciting run, but it will work. Also, it is someplace different.

As a side note, I might be signing up for a mini-marathon at the end of March. It would be a 15K run (9.3 miles). Nothing I can't handle and from what I have been reading (Runners World) running a shorter race before the marathon is a good idea. It supposedly gets the jitters out. So we'll see.