Long Run to Philly - 11 Miles

I must be serious about this marathon thing. I tried to talk myself out of the last long run. It's been a busy month. I've traveled to Milwaukee, New Orleans, and Dallas for business. While I was able to keep up with weekly runs on the road, I wasn't as successful as working in the long runs. I told myself while lying bed bed the night before this last run. I didn't eat enough. I drank too much. My body is tried. Somewhere inside me came this tiny voice, you're doing it and that was that.

It was a nice and easy run down to campus and back. I was under my time goal for the mileage and I felt like I could've gone on a few more  miles. My only regret was that I didn't head out earlier. The humidity was a pain after the first hour. Still, I knocked it out. The next challenge will be planning around football games and tailgates. Hopefully, that little "you're doing it" voice has its game day face ready to go. I'm going to need it.

Twelve weeks down. Thirteen weeks to go.

Long Run to Philly - 8 Miles

Back at it after conference travel to Milwaukee. I kept running throughout the week in the city of Laverne and Shirley. It was easy. I was close to lake and riverfront running and the temperatures were 20 degrees cooler; sunrise came up an hour earlier than I was used to. I could squeeze some quick runs in before my 8:00 a.m. meetings.

I was back to the long run yesterday. I can tell fall or at least fall in Central Texas is getting closer. It gets light later and later and football is in the air. They both can't come soon enough.

Nine weeks down. Sixteen to go.