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My monthly “mileage” is sitting pretty at 99.9 miles. Luckily I have one last September run this afternoon of 3 miles and I will FINALLY break into a triple digit month. LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS!

At this rate I could have 850 miles for the year – damn!

So even though my first half marathon is this weekend, I signed up for my second half today. It’s on October 30th in New Orleans.

I was going to wait until after this weekend to make sure I was up for it, but for a few reasons I decided to register today:

• The registration increased by $15 after Sept 30
• I plan to take the week after my race a little easy, but in hopes of running a full this spring I have lots of long runs ahead of me
• I feel great – mentally and physically. Sunday’s race is only going to increase both
• Along the lines of my previous 2 points – Theodora decided to run her half because SHE COULD. and I CAN and WILL!

Does this mean I can say I ran a Full Marathon in October? 😛

Apparently Fall has come to the south, well at least for a day or two. It rained here for a day and a half and brought the temps down so I went out for a 6 mile run tonight. My last “long” before my half. Now it’s all 3 and 2 milers. 

It’s crazy to think that it was just the end of June when I first ran 6 miles and hated every second of it. I never thought I’d be where I am. This run was great, especially the second half. I was just in the zone. I also tried 2 new energy gels a Lemon-Lime and a Tangerine. MUCH better than the Vanilla and Strawberry-Banana ones I had previously. So a word to the wise stick with citrus gels. 

Distance: 6.11 miles

Time: 1:06:34

Pace: 10:52 min/mile

Calories: 857

I was surprised my pace wasn’t faster, but then again I had to wait to cross several streets. I am SO ready for the half. GAME ON.

So this morning was the first time in a while that I woke up feeling sore from a workout. It must of been Mr. 365to30’s preachin’ that made me go into beast mode in the weight room. I wish I could remember all the proper names for the things I did (I was too busy usually curing to myself while my former trainer was telling me the names of things). 

Regardless I feel sore, but in a good way. I’m headed to go lay out by the pool in a bit (boo yeah living in Alabama where it is still “summer) and I’m going to attempt some laps!