This was one of the better weeks for my running. It started on Saturday with a 5 mile St. Patty's day run downtown. My time was 52 minutes which is better than I think I have done in the past. The weather was perfect - 50 and no wind. The course was flat....
During the week I started to add in speed work (had to run on the treadmill due to weather) then I added Tempo runs into the mix. Finally on Saturday, I topped off the week with a 10.5 mile long run - that is the longest ever for me. It took 2 hours and 5 minutes, but I ran the entire time. I was planning on 9 but felt good and decided to jump off the canal at a later point. I am also down to 247 so the runs and weight loss are starting to feed off each other. This is a critical point, it is really east for me to start to slack off about now. In fact, the past would show that, not this time. Whatever comes along, other then family health issues, is not going to deter me from getting to 230 and to running the half in San Diego and probably Rochester.
Jennifer and Kathryn had thier wisdom teeth taken out yesterday so they have been kicking around the house for a couple of days. It went well and they are starting to feel better. Linda has dropped about 10 pounds and is staying a little flat right now. She has however started to really increase her workouts so she is feeling pretty good.
Next week is the official start of my half-marathon training program. I am going to really be focused on improving my time. I would like to run 11 minute miles in San Diego, right now it looks like I am running about 11.55's so there is some work to do...
Talk to you later.
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