A week in review

So things have been going well lately. I hit the wall and it sucked. I have since started to watch my protein and carb intake which is starting to help me out mentally and physically. I ran 4 miles on Tuesday and felt great and ran it in 38 minutes. That is much faster then my normal pace. On Wednesday I ran 9 miles in 1 hour and 35 minutes and felt much better the last half of the run then in the beginning. I felt tired and felt a pain in my right leg/foot area. But around 5 miles I felt much better with an occasional twinge but a lot of energy. I have been spending time on a running forum called Runnersworld.com . They have a ton of information and blogs for me to read and relate to. The weather has just changed overnight also. It is now in the 60's and feels great except that today it was storming this morning which meant I didn't get to run my 5 miles. I am going to try to go either tomorrow or just miss it all together. I have stuck to my training schedule and this will be my first real miss out on exercise. But I am also looking at it as reserving my energy for my Saturday run which will be 18 miles. It will be a tough day but I am trying to stay positive about it. Slow and steady wins the race right? Well, I just want slow and steady to finish the race under 5 hours. LOL!

It is also an important next two weeks. Besides the 18 miles on Saturday it is Julian's birthday next Wednesday. I can't believe Julian will be 4 years old. It is crazy how fast the time has flown by. And training for this marathon has been a long task but now it feels like it just flew by. The way things felt to drag out in the beginning and speed up toward the end feels just like both of my pregnancies. You feel pregnant forever and then wham the big day slaps you in the face. I have completed 273 miles since June 10th. That is very amazing for me to see. I am starting to feel very proud of my accomplishment so far. I hope that all continues to go well and I can finish the training and race. The race is in 37 days and counting!!!! WOW!