Brrrrrr!

Today's run: Temperature: 63 degrees; 6.1 miles; 52:59; 8:41 per mile pace. Splits: 9:01; 8:50; 8:49; 8:57; 8:25; 8:11; .46.

I tried unsuccessfully to find a legitimate excuse not to run today. Since I'm writing this, I obviously failed. A random road run today, consisting of 3 miles out and back along route 10. Boring. It felt cold, with the temperature being 59 degrees when I started, and 63 when I finished. Next week (Tuesday?) is the beginning of fall. The bad thing about fall is that the temperatures continue to drop, and the sun sets earlier. Before I know it, I'll be running in the dark and wearing sweatpants. Why am I typing this and depressing myself?! I am satisfied overall with my splits, considering my route was, as I said earlier, boring, I felt kinda sluggish, and miles 3 to 4 were all uphill. As you know, downhills are great until you turn around and have to run up them. Once I overcame the hills, my last two miles were mostly downhill, as evidenced by my much faster splits of 8:25 and 8:11. I've made the decision to continue training with the Jeff Galloway method. I'm planning on doing the scheduled 26 mile run-walk-run this Sunday. Left brain is already freaking out. I am going to make an effort to beat 4 1/2 hours, meaning I'm going to try to perfect my run-walk-run technique. The Hartford Marathon (October 10) is still looking like a great alternative to my run-walk-run scheduled 28 miler the following day. It really does make sense for me to enter the marathon and reap the benefits of testing the run-walk-run before the NY City Marathon, plus having water stations available. Not to mention the cool bling you get for completing the marathon. I'd also like to be able to help pace my son's friend, as I mentioned in my post yesterday.