and the training begins...

first song on the shuffle: the man who would be santa - vertical horizon

ok, well, i guess the training began last week. i've just been really bad about updating the blog.

so, last week i ran 3 on tuesday, 3 on wednesday, biked on thursday and friday, ran 6 miles with the cara marathon training group on saturday and missed yesterday due to a crazy travel schedule and an early birthday celebration.

as far as cara marathon training, i decided to run with the 12 minute pace group to make sure that a) i could actually complete 6 miles at one time and b) not re-injure myself.

it's definitely a different feeling from last year. i don't feel as serious about all of it (which isn't necessarily a bad thing). also, the group i'm in is very different from last year. one person would stop and walk periodically, another guy decided to tell the world how slow the group was (see sb's commentary on him for more details). i miss mark's ark.

anyway, i'll try to be better about actually updating my blog so that i can keep track of myself. today i went 3.1 miles at about 11 minute pace. felt pretty good - it was warm and very windy on the way back home, but didn't feel bad at all.

tomorrow: 3 miles