That was what finally got me out the door Saturday afternoon right before 1:00. It didn't hurt that the afternoon weather was totally awesome for a long training run. My original plan was to run the early run and regular run with the Blue/Green Woodlands Fit group to get in my 20 miles. Looking at their maps/routes Friday evening I realized that I would be running closer to 21 miles than my scheduled 20. I also knew that they would be running much faster than my training pace as I try to run my long runs at least a minute per mile slower than my target marathon pace. They seem to run a race every Saturday morning. So snoozing once when the 4 o'clock alarm went off and then turning it off and catching more zzzzzz's was pretty much a no brainer. The Weather Channel also had the 4 am temps in the 30s.
I ran the same route that I ran the weekend before Thanksgiving; one big loop out my front door registered 19.2 miles. Unlike my pre turkey day run, Saturday's went fine for a training run. I ate more in the morning this time and didn't run out of gas the last few miles of the run.
Training for Chicago and piggybacking Houston has gotten to be a long training season for this half marathon runner. I'm looking forward to wrapping up what has turned into a long training stretch of way too many long runs over 15 miles. I definetely am a fan of the half marathon and look forward to returning to that distance in 2009.
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Isn't sleeping in a great thing!? I did the same thing. In fact, I didn't even run on Saturday, instead, I ran on Sunday.
Houston will be here before you know it!
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