And the training resumes...

Have been continuing to train for the San Francisco Marathon, and my second Olympic Tri, which will take place in less than 2 weeks. Have been meeting up with Alicia on weekends to do our long runs, and pulled out a 2 and a half hour run this past Saturday. Calves were a little sore the following day or two, but nothing that I couldn't handle. In fact, we had a 25 mile bike ride scheduled the next morning. Of course, after waking up at 8 a.m. on a Sunday, driving 45 minutes, unloaded the bikes, and preparing for the ride, I realized I left my cycling shoes at home, and Alicia and I opted for Cracker Barrell instead. Being true to my recent motivation and determination to continue my training however, we managed to make up for it the following day and actually did complete a 25 miler in about 2 hours.

Have discovered that as well as the weekend long-runs have been going, I should probably pick it up during the week, and got my lazy butt out of bed to do a 30 minute run this morning. Only ended up with a 28 minute 2.5 miler, but I guess that's better than nothing. Funny thing is, it was a horrible run and I walked a large portion of it, but still managed just over an 11 minute average pace. It amazed me how my "not much effort" runs can still either surpass, or be right in line with the long distance running paces that I do, considering my HM PR is exactly an 11 minute pace. Sigh......

Shane and I (along with about 5-6 other Louisville Marathon Sharks) are off to West Virginia in 2 days. Those guys will be competing in a full marathon, while I'll be pulling out a huge ten miler - woo hoo! They didn't have a HM, which I still think is ridiculous, along with the fact that I had to pay just as much for my race as they did the Marathon, and all I get is a crummy certificate. I guess I can at least say that I finished an event in West Virginia though, and mark that one off my 50-state goal.

Shane just purchased our tickets for the Alcatrez tour, which we're gonna partake of while in San Francisco. Even though the trip is almost two months away, I am totally stoked to be going to visit that city, as well as to compete in my second (although first actual "trained for") marathon!