Quick Recap:


   Week 2: 20 miles (total)


   Week 3: 17.5 miles (out of 21.5 miles.  Surprisingly, when I increased my amount of physical activity exponentially, I got tired a lot easier.  Huh.  I was driving home from work on Friday, fighting to stay awake, when my friend called and said she was in town.  I couldn't go for a 4 mile run when my friend was in town...what kind of a friend would I have been?).  I've missed one run in 3 weeks - I can definitely live with that.  I ran my 8 mile run outside on Saturday, which was definitely a change since I had been running on the treadmill so much lately.  The freezing rain halfway through was a bit of a surprise and resulted in black ice for about a mile, which made me feel like I was running an obstacle course.


Last week I got new shoes :)  I decided (and by decided, I mean my wiser friends told me) that training for a marathon in old shoes is probably not the best idea.  So, thanks to an awesome Groupon, I got a new pair of shoes for a pretty decent price.  And it will still probably be the most I will ever pay for shoes.


http://www.thatsfit.com/2010/08/09/new-balance-759-shoe-giveaway/




3 weeks in, still going strong.  I've come so far in terms of my treadmill fears - today I only thought about falling off and dying twice during my run.  I've also stopping looking at the clock every 30 seconds (which, by the way, makes the run feel like it takes forever).  And...today I unclipped the emergency stop clip BEFORE I walked away from the treadmill.  Life is good.




96 days to go.  Whoa kids, we've hit double digits.