Celebrated Labor Day

There were no races going on here in my new town so I ran to celebrate. For the first time ever I ran past one hour to 80 minutes. No problem. I've stuck to my schedule for marathon training this week. The first few days were 25 minute runs with a 45 minute in there then I took a rest day then I ran 80 minutes. Last night I drank a few drinks because of insomnia, I was going to take another rest day but changed my mind and ran for 15 minutes. To make up for the short time lifted weights for a while, rode on my bicycle pedals and walked on the stair stepper for a while.
Good week. Next week the short days or increased and then at the end of the week there will be a 1:10 run. That should be interesting.

Began training for a marathon Sept. 1st

Day one and two ran 25 minutes. Today I ran 45 minutes. I'm following a three month schedule from a book called Jog, Run, Race; by Joe Henderson. The book follows some of my own ideas about running and training.

Day one I drew up six pages of scheduled times. Day three I'm arguing with the concept of following a schedule. But I'm gonna do it!

I may never run a marathon, but I want to obtain and maintain that level of fitness and ability to run.