Hello World, It's me, Abby

Greetings! In case you thought I was dead (or had backed out) I'm still here! The weeks of training have been a bit tedious and there has not been much to report. However, I have been keeping up with the running and I'm feeling great. I haven't been doing the cross training but it hasn't hindered my progress thus far so we'll see how the rest turns out. I can only motivate myself so much, ya know?

As of today I have only missed 2 runs over the entire program so that's pretty darn good. I'll go ahead and pat myself on the back, again, for that. Fortunately and unfortunately though, I am departing for a week at the beach next Friday. This will likely interrupt my schedule severely as I do not see myself going for long runs alone on the beach. More like lots of cocktails in a lounge chair with girlfriends. However, I has instituted a plan to keep me on track, if only somewhat.

This Sunday is supposed to be a 10k race. I'm going to run the 9 miles I should run next Sunday this Sunday and hope to eek in a short run next Sunday in Florida. Next Wednesday or Thursday I'm going to do a 10-miler to replace the one I will definitely miss two Sundays from now. Basically, I'll probably miss most of my weekly runs while I'm soaking up the sun but at least I won't miss the long ones. I definitely don't want to backtrack on my endurance progress.

And, my "beach body" leaves something to be desired so here's hoping two stupidly long runs before next Saturday's departure will firm & tone parts winter was NOT kind to!

In case you're counting, it's almost one month until the half marathon and not only am I still with it, I'm doing better than I ever thought I would!

Happy trails!