Workout: 3 Miles

Time: 23:55 (7:56, 7:45, 8:12)

So, today I figured I’d go for a short run, see how my body was after a week of not running.  The weather was phenomenal.  I can only hope it’s this perfect out for the race in a few weeks.  In any case, I thought I was gonna go out slow, just to work my muscles out, but speed just took over.  First mile was mostly downhill and flat, so it was easy to keep a fast pace.  Second mile was half up, half down.  Felt good.  At around 2.5 miles I started to feel a cramp in my upper rear left leg, so I backed off for a quarter mile before picking it up through the end.  All in all my body feels pretty good.  Need to stretch out a few things, but it’s good to know that I didn’t lose any speed by not running for a week.

So the ING Hartford Half Marathon is now only 25 days away!  Can’t believe it’s so close.  It’s been a year and a half since I actually raced.  Granted I did run the Belmar 5 somewhat fast, but I didn’t feel really prepared and the weather was horrible that day.  If things go according to plan, I’ll do 9 this weekend, 11-12 next weekend, 6-7 the following weekend, and then the race!  I have a hotel for the night before, then coming home that night.  Then a few weeks later its time to start training for the ultra!

That’s it for today.  Until the next one…run on friends!