It's spring training and has been for the last few months already. I'm in week 7 of my 'novice supreme' marathon plan (was it Robin who said 'novice supreme' sounded like a dessert?) and that means I'm following this very carefully laid out plan that takes me all the way from early springtime to my October marathon in Chicago, for which I am very VERY excited. So far, I've done pretty well. Doing my short runs and my long runs on Saturdays, with the occasional exception where my very short (2mile) run turned into a walk because I was dumb enough to bring the dog with me. Sammy is great, for about the first mile. He's bopping along with mom, nose high, ears back, and then he does his business and loses all sense of purpose. After that, he just wants to take it easy and smell everything along the way. Totally ruins my pace, but at least I know better now.
The weather has been really wonky. I had to pull out a sweater the other day because it was ridiculously cold, and I even ran my little 3 miles in TWO long-sleeved shirts to stave off the awful damp yuck. But that's not the case today, nosir. Today, it's lovely and clear and probably going to get HOT. Where am I? Sitting at the computer, being a huge chicken about getting out there in the heat....grrrrr......but it's for sure time to get going. Momma's got three miles to run, Hal Higdon says so, and it's not going to get any cooler before dark. Best be on my way.
Happy springtime to you and yours!
