running short

It's been awhile since I have posted anything, but I have been busy. I have been able to run, but my runs have been shorter than scheduled. This past weekends run was a scheduled 20 miler, but I only mustered up 18...

And it wasn't because I couldn't physically do it, it was that I was mentally bored. I was lucky enough to run my first 7 miles with Jason and the next 7-8 miles weren't too bad, but as I got to mile 16, it hit me that I was bored and I did all I could do to get to 18. I am not sure if it was because I ran without music or just was bored in general, but I just wanted it over with.

Then this past week I had a 14 mile run scheduled for Wednesday. I only had time to get 7 miles done in the morning and no time to run after work. I am trying to make up for this in my other runs this week, but I will still fall short on my mileage once again this week...

Luckily, this weekend's run is only 15 miles (though 12 miles are at marathon pace -- my first one), so I am actually looking forward to it.

With all that is going on, I am once again undecided if I will run the full marathon in October, or if I will fall back to the half... for now I will continue to fight for my mileage and will decided in a few weeks, just before I officially sign up (deadline before cost goes up is September 12th).

More to follow after this weekend's run... until then, Happy Running.