Looking Forward - or Just Looking to 22

Hitting my mileage this week has been very important to me since I'll be running my longest run this weekend before the marathon. Chris and I are heading back to Indiana for IU's homecoming so I'll have to run 22 miles in Bloomington. I mapped out a run this evening and I'm actually looking forward to it. It'll be kind of cool (despite the pain) to explore BTOWN again. :-)

Monday I stuck with the same old Monday routine ... the elliptical. I worked out for an hour and finished my book! I like starting my week out with a more relaxing kind of work out like the elliptical. It also fits my schedule since I typically do my grocery shopping after work on Mondays. When I get home it's usually too late to run outside so I just go on over to the apartment workout room.

I had seven to eight miles to tackle on Tuesday and I guilted myself into reaching seven. The 22 miles this weekend has me worried that every single mile counts and may just give me a little extra stamina when hour three rolls around. So I did the full seven. I felt okay but I could tell that I didn't drink a lot of water that day. I definitely need to keep that up until the marathon. It really makes a significant difference. Tonight I ran a quick three miles.

We're leaving tomorrow at noon for Indiana so I'll probably take tomorrow off. I'm shifting around my training schedule a little bit this week. Friday will be my long run day since we'll be taking advantage of all the homecoming activities Friday and Saturday night. :-) They don't call it the biggest party school for no reason!! I'll just plan around the fun! Saturday I will definitely take off - I'm expecting some very sore muscles - and I'll just play Sunday by ear.

I'll be in touch after the run this weekend. Wish me luck! There's something about those 20-something runs that are a bit more terrifying than all the runs before.