Wednesday, September 24, 2008

20+ miles and onward!

It has been a very long time since I last posted, and I chalk that all up to my new transition from work to school. I've been running on my own the past few weeks and because of my school schedule, have not been able to get to the Tuesday night track workouts. I've been doing my own long runs as well because I just find them more enjoyable than running the same course every week.

This past Saturday I ran for 3 1/2 hours, and it was well over 20 miles, but the majority after Mile 4 was flat. I think that, because I was running alone, I probably slowed down, which isn't good. That's the benefit of the group workout- it pushes me to keep going at a strong and steady pace.

Less that four weeks to go till the marathon, and I really, REALLY want to break my PR of 3:40:58. (As an aside, the Boston-qualifying time is 3:40:59. Yeah, THAT's how close I was, but I made it!)

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