It has begun! I am 7 runs into my 21-week training schedule, with 50 miles knocked out so far. This weekend I have a 10 miler and a 6 miler scheduled, I’ll probably do the 10 miler solo on the roads on Saturday and then join the CTRC for the Sunday run. I’m very excited because the Sunday run has been pushed back to 9am from 8am, so I get to sleep in for an extra hour!
I’ll be running a half marathon on the 14th of November at Walnut Creek …

55:25/8:57 PR
This morning was the Charlottesville Fall Classic 10k, a race run by the Charlottesville Running Company. I went into the race with a primary goal of beating my previous 10k best – 1:00:01 at Zooma Annapolis – and a secondary goal of sub-57:00. I planned to run 9:30 min/miles and then go all out the last 1.2 miles.
Despite the fact that weather.com was calling for rain, we got only a light drizzle before the start time. Though there were puddles along the course, we stayed dry through the finish, …

I did it! I registered for the National Marathon. On March 20th I will be running with 12,000 other marathoners and half marathoners, hopefully crossing the finish line in one piece. I’ve got a lot to learn about marathoning in the meantime, which is why it’s a good thing that I have six months to learn all I can.
I’ll be using this training plan from Runners World, and I think I’m going to aim for an average of 10:00 miles (4:22 marathon). But I’ll be happy just to finish :) …