Solid 14

Top of San Vicente

We had 24 runners this past Sat, and we had a pretty good run.  The weather was near perfect, a bit of overcast in the morning, warmed up a bit as we got to the top, and it kept on the cool side all the way back.....now if we could get that kind of day for the marathon, it would be perfect.

We went for a total of 14.3 miles, kept a solid 15 min/mile pace and were done in about 3.5 hours. We went all the way to the top of San Vicente, and did the left loop at Bundy, and came on back.  The big news is that the next time we come back up to San Vicente will be in about 3 weeks, and it'll be a completely different story, we'll own the street, and no more stoplights to get in our way. 

Next time we'll have the entire street

It's getting that close, and we can sense the time is getting near, there is no reason to get too worried, all we can do is the best we can, and let it go at that.  Life happens, and all we can do is keep our eyes open and take in as much as we can, we can learn a lot by letting things happen. And maybe we can even get a bit more if we dive right in and embrace as much of it as we can.  This marathon thing kinda grows on you....and the more you treat it like a good old friend, don't fight it or resist it...just have some nice quiet time with it, the better it gets. We'll all be heading in the same direction, going with the flow is a good thing, and some may end up flowing a bit quicker, and some will be taking a bit more time....but not to worry, we'll all be savoring it at our own pace.

We got just a few more workouts to do, keep at it, don't over do it, but try to maintain what you've built up till now.  We got Dodger stadium next week, followed by a short run the following week, taking it easy, so that we're well rested, and then we get to finally do what we've been training for all these months.
This is the payback, our just desserts for all this hard work.  The marathon is our celebration, so enjoy it with that in mind.

I can hardly wait.....

Walt