I love daylight saving. It instantly eliminates lack of evening daylight as an excuse for not running. It’s perfect for me. I’ve been so lazy during the fall/winter months and I hate it. I actually ran three times this week, which should not be an accomplishment, but it sadly is. I would have run four times, but I hurt my ankle on Tuesday chasing after Charlie as he ran through the front door. Doh.
I need to figure out if I want to do the Country Music Half. It comes down to time, money and training restraints. Basically, do I want to have to get up early and run after probably a night on the town and the day of the concert? Also, do I want to pay the $100 registration fee? It’s kind of a steep fee, but it’s also the effin’ country music marathon! Lots of entertainment, fun music, sights to see… like Nike but with many more bands. That is my biggest reason for wanting to do it… the fact that I happen to be in Nashville the same weekend, it’s a sign! Then there’s the whole training bit. Yes, I did a half two weeks ago, but I was NOT ready for it. I have six weeks before the race, if I can get myself in order and do some actual long runs (not races), then that will be the biggest determiner.
In other news, today was the Bay to Bay 12k. It wasn’t my best race, but it was fun nonetheless. H, E and I were all ailing, which made the whole thing a bit of an ordeal. H developed some sort of weird blood blister on her foot and was in a great amount of pain as she ran. E hadn’t run any sort of long distance and also has ankle/knee issues, so that was slowing her down. Then this week I’ve had this tightness behind my left knee, that I can’t figure out. So it was bothering me, but I powered through it for the most part. My biggest issue was taking off to quickly at the start and running the first mile faster than I can maintain. Ooops.
The Bay to Bay still has the best food at the finish. This year on top of The Columbia’s black beans and rice, there was ICE CREAM! HECK YES! Seriously. Ice cream made the race. There was also different breads, pastries, bagels and juice, but ICE CREAM!
I found out that there will be a women’s half marathon in St. Pete on H’s 18th birthday. Pretty exciting. If I’m in the state of Florida I’ll be doing the that race and the River Run. Yep.
