Now that the "official" training has begun for the marathon, my journaling seems to have gone to hell hasn't it?

The big trail relay race is coming up this weekend and I have been getting ready to be gone from the business for two entire days. This means miles and miles of written instruction so the person I am leaving in charge doesn't have any questions while I am gone. Yes I have a cell phone, but I guess I am just from the era of before we all had phones and the habit is far too ingrained to give up.

My youngest and I did get in another trail run Tuesday past. I ran for about forty-five minutes and got a great work out. Last night we took a nice slow paced hour walk with the dogs, today and tomorrow I rest and get ready to run my little toenails off on all the hills and valleys I will be traveling.

Monday, I begin to follow the marathon training as outlined on the web site. I have even been able to find area races that tie in perfectly with the schedule as outlined. For a couple I will need to run a bit longer than the race distance (like I am doing a half marathon distance on an 18 mile day run so I will take off my chip after crossing the finish, grab a banana and go do an additional five miles) but signing up will help assure that I do those longer runs. It is easier to run with a crowd around you when you are talking hours instead of minute durations.

If I don't get back to blog until Monday next, rest assured that there WILL be running going on, and I will certainly be sharing the outcome of it all on this blog ASAP! Take care and ta, ta!