Feeling good!

Well after my super long run a week and a half ago, I am fully recovered and ready to do it again. I have had some awesome runs this past week. The kids and I had some great runs during the week at various parks. Then I ran all by myself, meaning no kids in the stroller, on Saturday and I got caught in a downpour. It was really cool and beautiful. I like running in the rain, its so peaceful. Although I did invest in a rain poncho this week so that I don't have to get completely soaked next time. I don't know if it was the rain or what but I felt so great and at 9 miles I did not want to stop but I was home, at the end of my route and stopped anyway. It was so much fun. Sometimes runs can fell like work but then you get a day like last Saturday where it was more satisfying than just about anything.

I have started to add in some more weight training to my cross training days. I bought a really cool weight bench and got some good workouts from one of my fitness mags. I use to hate wieght training but now I am starting to like it, not sure why.

This Saturday I plan to run 20 miles. The training program has you run 20 miles 2 times before the marathon which is 26.2 miles. This will be my first 20 miler. I am kinda nervous about it just stressing over the details. After my second 20 miler I will begin to ramp my miles down until the big race day on November 15th. So about 3 more weeks of super hard training then I will slow down a bit.

Wish me luck on my long run this weekend and happy running to you!

Amy