Edge of the Earth

This Friday will begin "Week 6" of my training for the Hartford Half Marathon. I'm quite excited. After the four weeks of doing this, and having my long runs be nine miles, I will be halfway done with my training. I honestly didn't think that this would be coming up so quickly. I mean, I started January 4th of this year. It doesn't really feel like I've been going that long, especially when I look at my training schedule. Granted, my schedule is just on a piece of paper but it works for me in so many ways. It might not make much sense to someone else but it has helped me this much so far.


This past Friday was a great run and it pushed me over 210 miles this year. I really enjoyed it a lot. And I'm starting to get my minutes per mile at a solid number floating around 9 minutes per mile, as you can see below. It makes me very, very, very, very, very happy to know that, someone like me who complained a lot about his weight is able to do this. Doing it this quickly, too, is fantastic. I'm going at my own pace and I'm really shocked (I don't know if shocked is the right word) that I'm doing so damn well! I'm doing so well, in fact, that I've decided that I'm going to register for another half marathon in September called Surftown at Misquamicut Beach over in Rhode Island. Am I nuts? Probably. September, October and January so far will all have half marathons that I'm participating in. On top of four other 5K races I'm doing between now and October. Yea, I think that qualifies as nuts.


I'm just really happy I found something, exercise-wise, that I really enjoy. And I'm glad that I'm continuing to do it so well, too. Next month will be my first full year or running. Granted, I took some time off in November and December last year but I began my training for my first 5K last year in May. And now look at me. Been training since January for a half marathon. I've come so, so far. I just wish that I could see it in myself more often. I hope that's something that will come to me over time.