What a great day for a run. Sun shining, slight breeze, no humidity, absolutely perfect - well except for the fact that I have to go to work in about half an hour.
Awesome turnout today, we had about 15 runners with us for our Long Slow Distance, which this week was 13km. Everyone loved the route that Glenda mapped out, started out along the lake and through the waterfront trail, winding it's way past some nice homes back to the Running Room. Everyone did a really super job today, all having something left in the tank. Really important to not push it on the long slow distances and allow your body to recover in addition to lengthening the distance and time spent running. They all had a little zip at the end and picked up the pace while staying in their proper training range.
It's been a better week of running for me personally, getting in some more distance than I have been and doing both some tempo and longer distance on my own, outside of what my group is running. My goals at this point are to run a minimum of 250km in August (embarrassed to say I haven't been logging that much mileage), register for and run the Oakville Half Marathon in September and register for and run the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon in October. That would be my second marathon this year and third since last November. I'm really hopeful as to my potential time. Road to Hope last November was solid compared to my first marathon two years before and in Ottawa I took off almost 7 minutes. Still have a ways to go to qualify for Boston, but it's getting a lot closer.
Time to get ready for work.
Have a great day!
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