What a great day!!

Today was a gorgeous day. The temperature was perfect, the sun was shining all day and the birds were singing. It's nice to finally have the snowstorm portion of our spring (hopefully) out of the way.

My day started out great! My husband let me sleep in. I went shopping and got some great deals on new clothes for work and my boys went out to watch the local roller derby. I decided to take advantage of the nice weather and empty house and hit my run while all of my men-folk were gone.

That hot spot on my right foot didn't bother me today and that weird pain on my left foot was noticeably absent. Yay! As I was trucking along listening to Squeeze I was surprised at how good I felt. Since I haven't picked up any gum lately, my mouth was pretty phlegmy. Other than that, I was content to keep on running. Ultimately, I decided that I wasn't ready in this portion of my "training" to make the 3 to 4 mile jump in a day. I've already figured out a little hook to my loop to make it a nice 3.5 miler and I'll be running 4 miles by next weekend, easy. :)

Hurray for great days!

Long time, no see

Seems I took an unintentional hiatus from blogging. My apologies. It wasn't because I haven't been running. I'm just incredibly lazy.

Since the last time I posted I've actually put in quite a few runs.

March 30th: 2.31 miles in 20:39 (avg. pace 8:57/mile)

April 1st: 1.26 miles in 12:04 (avg. pace 9:34/mile)

April 4th: 2.50 miles in 22:29 (avg. pace 9:00/mile)

April 6th: 2.52 miles in 24:05 (avg. pace 9:33/mile)

April 10th: 1.33 miles in 24:17 (avg. pace 18:13/mile.....this was me bringing Mabel for a walk)

April 12th: 2.92 miles in 26:54 (avg. pace 9:12/mile)

Which brings us to today. I upped my mileage so that I was finally in the 3-mile mark. Truth be told, I was pissed on Tuesday that I ended my run just shy of three miles. Grrrrr. It was a windy run today and I've come to the conclusion that there are few things worse than running head-on into the Nevada wind. Not only is it bracingly cold but it comes at you with such force that it can stop a person in their tracks.

I wish my body had felt as good as my soul on the run today. I spent the majority of my run trying to focus on something other than the hotspot that began to form on the outside of my right big toe. And if it wasn't my toe, it was the tendon on the inside of my left foot, just sort of messing with me. No matter. I trudged through and did 3.14 (Pi!) miles in 32: 45-average pace of 10:27/mile. My slowest pace yet, but considering I was feeling pretty lousy I'm going to consider it an accomplishment. Today marks the longest distance I've run since training started and I officially hit my "most miles run in a month" on RunKeeper. Woohoo, go me!

Now that I've hit the 3-mile mark there is no going back from here. Four miles by middle of next week! Wish me luck!