Today however was a little shorter run with a few minor ‘incidents’. To begin with I decided to run through the neighborhood, I figured I may have to watch out for kids getting ready to get on the bus and people rushing off to work. What I didn’t plan for was the number of landscaping trucks I would have to navigate through, (who says the economy is suffering, last time I checked professional landscapers weren’t cheap). Oh and I didn’t realize that I wore my invisible running shorts and shirt either, I mean how else do you explain a van (with trailer) pulling out right in front of me just before I crossed a street, I actually had to slow down or I would have ran into the side of the van. (Would have made for a good story, but no thanks) Its one thing if the guy didn’t see me, but c’mon, I’m 6 feet tall, wearing a bright white shirt AND he made EYE CONTACT.
Anyway, I survived and did finish my short 6.2km run, without further incident and feel great going into the rest of my day. Which I consider to be a bonus considering I woke up dead tired with a pounding headache!
I guess I would say I am right where I need to be to begin a formal Marathon training schedule, now all I need to do is pick a race and keep running!