Marathon Training

For those of you that don't know, I'm training for a Marathon, in Lincoln, NE, on the 4th of May. After my vacation and work in Utah, five weeks off from running, it was almost like starting over again. Before I left on vacation, I had trained up to 17 miles. When I got back to training, Feb. 1st, I knew that I needed to ease back into my training. I did a five mile run, and it felt terrible. But I'm happy to say that I've been able to increase 3 miles each week and I'm finally back up to where I left off, plus another half mile, 17.5 miles. Yeah!! As much as I dread running at times, I love running even more. I've explained it as a "love, hate relationship, with more love than hate. Well, I'll just keep doing what my training tells me to do, and I should be ready come the 4th of May.