August was to hot. The new plan - October 28th is the Tricities Marathon. The weather should be perfect, no excuses this time, I will run 26.2 miles!
The half marathon on August 6th went well overall. It was 74 degrees at the start line and who knows how hot at the finish. I was very glad I did not do the full marathon this time. Finished the race in 1:32:30 or a 7:04 mile (but I think the race was actually 12.93 miles, so that makes a 7:09 mile) The first six miles went grade, then mile 7 was a large hill and the heat caught up with me so the last half was MUCH slower than the first. But I did set a personal best race time for the half marathon. Still working towards my goal of 1:30:00. This will probably be my big goal after the marathon in October.
I decided to take a week off after the half to recover, then the day I was suppose to start running again I came down with the flu which set me back for three more days. Today I finally started running again - just 3 miles in 23:13 but it was suppose to be an easy run, tomorrow should be a faster run. I was a bit tight, but I loosened up by the end of the second mile. Very excited to be back at it!
