A choppy badly written post stolen from my 10k training thread on kickrunners.  No sooner did I wish for a training group to support me a couple weeks ago then I looked online the next day and there it was.  We’re all doing our races around the same time though we’re following different plans and are at different places.  I wanted to remember this run from Monday night, though I don’t feel like typing up a real report this far after the fact, it was just one of those perfect feeling runs that left me feeling good for the rest of the night and reminded me of why I keep on running and pushing myself just that little bit further…

I’m getting up there in mileage on my shoes too and am going to need a new pair soon; breaking them in before my race would probably be a good idea too…

I did my long run today, 4 miles, and also followed it up with a full body weight workout since I was a day behind on my training schedule, just couldn’t get myself moving yesterday. I was starting to get worried about my 10k because my last few runs on the treadmill have all been so not fun and hard to get through. Fortunately the weather smiled on me today and was in the low 40s and perfect to run in. Unfortunately snow is back on the forecast tomorrow. Being outside today really made a difference though, not only was the 4 miles the easiest 4 miles I’ve run so far, but I was really enjoying myself and was at least a minute per mile faster than I have been on the treadmill, and that was without an mp3 player or anything, just me and the road. Yay! I’m feeling good again about the race.