Wednesday, Week 5.....Mood, Plan and Goals

Hello. I was in sort of a sour mood this morning. There was just so much to do before work. I had to run, and practice, plus just have some relaxation time.

Got up at 9:30 instead of 7:00. No problem. I could still get everything done...but in order to do so it had to be back to back to back. I ran 6 miles a little after 10, then stretched really good (yoga, mostly) to loosen the hip and the groin. Felt very relaxed and not worried about the day anymore. Ate a casual lunch and watched the squirrels, then took a nap. Now I have to get ready for work. Need to pack some food together into a lunchbox.

The squirrels are so fun to watch! Today there was an obese squirrel, probably the biggest one I had ever seen. I came lumbering across the yard to where we had thrown the nuts, and as it came the other squirrels saw it, became scared, and ran away. It was funny! Ha ha!

The run was very good, very relaxed. I thought a lot about running the 100 miles. Sure, it will be tough, but if I follow the 20 minutes of running/10 minutes of walking, it should go okay. I figure in the 20 minutes I can run 2.5 miles (8 minute per mile), then walk 0.5 miles in the 10 minutes. That means every hour I am covering 6 miles, with plenty of walking and time to take in calories and hydration.

Using this plan, it would take just under 17 hours for 100 miles. That doesn't sound too shabby at all. I know it sounds valiant to say I want to run 17 hours, but that would be a top top goal. Another goal, the mid goal, is 18 hours. The mid-low goal is 20 hours. The low goal is 24 hours. The lowest goal is just to finish.

I've never gone farther than 50, so I don't even know what it is like after that, but I feel confident in my training right now. Everything is going good so far, and I am excited to keep going longer on my long runs. I go 30 this Saturday. Should be a good time. Maybe I will run from Aurora to Cairo. That should be about 30 miles, and it would make running more enjoyable actually having a destination in mind, rather than running loops.

That is all for now...I have to get ready for to leave in 5 minutes! Hope your days are going well!