6 miles @ a 7:58 tempo to begin the day.

We obtained to see Jo’s child’s ankle rolls, which was fairly the deal with.

Jo may hear us a mile away, and it was such an exquisite reunion.


We’re in the preferred month of the 12 months for marathons…


All of that summer time coaching is lastly paying off for therefore many runners this month.


I did my final lower-body power exercise with weights earlier than the marathon. I’ll do some bands and physique weight workout routines main as much as the marathon, however I’m performed with precise weights for a minute.

One factor I’ve realized about marathon prep is you could by no means begin carbloading too early… 10 days!


It’s Fall Break in Utah, so we headed south for a number of days. We hit snow alongside the way in which, which we hadn’t anticipated.


My sister and I had conflicting opinions on a life occasion again in 2002, and since I wasn’t running a blog fairly but then, I turned to my journals for solutions…


Seems, she was proper. I used to be fallacious. Perhaps I shouldn’t have pulled them out.
Whereas I used to be looking for solutions, I noticed that I’ve been recording my runs for not less than 25 years now:


Seeing this P.S. from again in 2004 made me smile. I wrote a whole entry about how excited I used to be to be a mother and the entire enjoyable issues that I wished to do with my children. Additionally, I do know that my writing hasn’t modified a lot within the final 20 years;)


I used to be additionally reminded that I used to be rather more daring once I was youthful:


Is journaling your factor?
-I began journaling as quickly as I may write:). Running a blog took over in 2010, however I attempt to squeeze in a number of traces in my journals each time I can.
Anybody else on fall break? Have any plans?
When do you begin writing down/recording your runs?
Inform me about your run as we speak!