Today’s Run 13.38 miles

My husband and I have been training for a Half Marathon.  The race is in three weeks.  Over the past two and a half months we have been gradually increasing the distance we are able to run to reach the half marathon distance (13.1 miles).

Today was a training run with the running group.  We meet every Saturday morning for our long run of the week.  The host/hostess determine the route we are going to take and post it online every Monday morning so people can plan accordingly.  Well, today’s posted route was 23.5 miles. Needless to say, we did not plan on running the entire distance but we did decide to go the half marathon distance of 13.1 miles.

Now, bear in mind that our (my husband and my) race is in three weeks so we really do need to have the distance under our belts.  We planned accordingly.  When we arrived this morning, the hostess said, “Oh, just go to the second water stop.  That will only put you a little over the distance you want.”  We said, “Sure, why not”, and set out.

Our total distance today ended up being 13.38 miles.  She was right.  It was only a little over our intended distance but boy~that .38 miles seemed like another 10 miles!  It was a very difficult run!!!  BUT~we did it!!!!!!!  We are ready for the race~we have the distance down~we have done hills~we have run in the heat~I really think that we are ready!!!  Now, as long as we remain injury free and do not get run over by a bus or anything, come November 3, we will toe the line at 7:00 and set off.  I can hardly wait!