Well, it's been a couple weeks since I last checked in, but I've only been running sporadically. It got pretty busy with the wedding, but now the time for slacking is over. Carena and I stayed at a hotel downtown for the weekend, which was quite fun. It was rainy on Saturday, and we didn't want to have to deal with the Twin Cities Marathon on Sunday, so we used their treadmills inside their workout room. It was a bit rough, because I last ran on the morning of the wedding. 6 days off may not sound like much, but it's easy for your legs and your mind to get complacent in that amount of time. I had run outside Friday, and to kick-start the habit by getting some faster paced running in right off the bat. Both times, I ran the first mile in 9:05, ran the second and third at 8:06, and ran the last somewhere between 8:45 and 10:00. On Sunday, it ended up being 4.01 miles in 35 minutes for an average pace of 8:44.
The half marathon is at the end of this month, so I have to make sure I stick to the schedule from here on out. I want to put in a strong showing, and I think 2 hours is definitely achievable. I'm starting to think I might actually be able to produce something in the 1:55-1:58 range, which would be outstanding. If I break 1:55, I think my goal for a half sometime in April or May of next year would be 1:50, which is starting to get to a respectable time. If I'm able to break 1:45 sometime in the next year and a half, I will be ecstatic. That seems like the point at which I would feel like I'm an amateur runner and not just a recreational runner. But looking near term, if I can break 1:58, that'll be plenty for me.
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