Marathon Dreamer

8:57 /mile average pace for this run... felt really good!! The weather was awesome on the malecon!!  Nice and cool, cloudy with a gentle breeze.  Just perfect!!!

OUCHIE... I am sore and I took this run nice and slow.  8:52/mile average pace.

Another lung busting, butt kicking, quad burning workout! Alan and I cranked out those hills & scooted up the lighthouse stairs this morning- ran the dirt trail part x2! We've decided to do a "mock" 1/2 marathon race this Saturday to see where I am at on my time. Mini-taper over the next few days to rest and prepare. Carb loading to fuel up- aiming for 1 hr., 45 mins.- don't know if I can do it, but I will sure try!

Very sore, slow, and tired 6 miles completed.  My hill workout yesterday kicked my rear.  Doing a bit of a mini-taper to race a "mock" half marathon on Saturday just to see where I am at with my time.  Then a killer 6 weeks of training ahead for my marathon on June 27th.

Still resting....ugh!!  Taper sucks.  Did my upper body weight routine.  Still quite sore since tuesday's hills.  Legs  are burning a bit and heavy.  Tomorrow planning more rest.... eek. Boring!!!!  Saturday... racing 13.1 miles.... I am hoping to be refreshed and ready to go by then!!!

Yet another day of REST. Blah... Still feel a bit tuckered.  I hope tomorrow will be awesome for me...

Alan and I hit the malecon at 5:15AM for our "Mock 1/2 Marathon!" We set up 2 water stations by parking our cars spaced apart on the malecon. We started our run down by the Best Western, ran down the malecon, went by the El Cid Hotel by the marina, turned around and headed back down to the malecon to finish our run where we started. My 1/2 marathon time was 1 hour, 48 minutes flat. May have lost a little time due to us dodging some buses and hopping curbs when we ran by Dairy Queen and the hotel zone.  We really did treat this like a real race.  We learned however, that we should have parked one vehicle a little closer to the Dairy Queen, although we had changed our route from our original plan.  Back in December - it was 2 hours, 1 minute. I guess I've made some good progress. Feel pretty good right now and really proud of that time!! Alan really helped me stay on pace. Overall, the run went pretty smoothly. The last 2 miles were probably the toughest part, but with Alan's encouragement- I made it!!! This was an important run because it will serve as a baseline for me in my upcoming marathon... lots of work to do in the next 6 weeks. Training for a 42k is by far the hardest thing I've ever done physically in my life.