Well, so much for keeping the blog current, eh?

I’ve been doing pretty well, most of the time. I’m currently in Dallas just a few hours away from running in a small half marathon (400 people, give or take) - and I’ve only managed to get up to 10.5 miles so far since recovery started almost six months ago. To put that into perspective, that’s about how long it took me to get from zero to a full marathon back when I was a couch-potato.

Yeah, its been tough.

Still, I’m incredibly grateful that I’ve been able to come back even as fast as I have been. And the ten miler (last weekend) went very well, running a hilly course at a relaxed 9:30 pace and then picking up the pace for an 8:20 mile and a 7:15 finishing tenth.

What does this mean for tomorrow? Well, I’m a long way from a PR, that’s for sure. I’m aiming for about a nine minute pace, and I’m going to take it pretty easy on the way out (its an out and back course, 6.55 out, same back), and see how I feel. I’d like to be able to pick it up a bit in the final 5K, but its a lot more about just doing the distance at this point.

Wish me luck :-)

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