Day 50

Philip at the State Farm 10 miler

For the past 50 days, I have been doing another running streak.  Each day since the middle of February, I have run at least one mile.  As I have had some weird issues to deal with during this time, there may or may not be many 1 mile days peppered in.  That being said, this is officially the longest I have ever went without taking a total rest day.

 But here we are in the middle of April and I'm feeling--good.  Yes, GOOD.  I'm not sure exactly how good...between being scared to race again and life just being crazy busy, I have not laced up my flats since my disaster run at the Leprechaun Chase.  I am also happy to report that I have made it through my longest run in my half marathon training...15 miles.  I didn't time it at all, so not sure on my pace, but felt decent the entire time.  This weekend is any easy down week (7 miles) followed by 13 the next and then it's race week! 

This time of the year seems to always fly by, and this year is no exception.  Six weeks left to the school year and six weeks left of Monroe-Meyer.  It goes without saying that, while I plan on enjoying my time with my students, co-workers, and family, I will be excited for things to slow down (at least a little!) at the end of May.

So what is after that? Well, I'll be starting to slowly train for my Ironman in Florida.  Although Philip and I completed a half iron last year, the thought of actually finishing a full is still mind boggling to me (2.5 mile swim, 112 bike, 26.2 run...all on the same day).  I'm hoping to possibly get a half iron in late summer and maybe a full marathon as well.

Best of luck to those of you finishing up training cycles.  Let's go!