Wow! It's So Light Out!

I LOVE Daylight Savings Time. EVEN THOUGH we lost an hour of sleep last weekend. It is nice to know that I can get home from work, run my 7 miles and still have it be light out. Even in the rain last night it was light enough that I felt safe enough to not get hit by cars. I still had to push it to really get out the door once I got home. To do this, I brought my running clothes to work and changed into them right before I left. Normally I do not feel weird about this, but yesterday I did for some reason. You know, walking around downtown to get to your car in bright green shorts? Or maybe it was my gleeming white new shoes.

I went to Bob Roncker's Running Spot this weekend because they were having a shoe sale, promising myself not to buy anything unless it was exactly the same kind of shoes I had before. I had the Spot Check done there in November, where they watch/tape you on a treadmill and fit shoes to you based on how you run. I liked my shoes and they seemed to work well, so I wanted the exact same kind. Luckily they had a pair! They are not bright orange like my last ones though, which I kind of liked, but hey! they were on sale!

My run was great last night. I felt really good. I was a little nervous about all of the hills I had to tackle, because my shins have been killing me on the hills lately. I psyched myself up though and it felt great.

I was a little bummed because I had only done 6.8 miles and felt like a little bit of a slacker...that is definately on the low end of my training runs now. But when my husband later said "wow, that's more than a 10k right?" it made me feel better about it. For some reason I guess that sounds like more. :)

Blog Love

Tonight is running on my own in the neighborhood. I am kind of excited because it is so warm out! I have a 6.8 mile route all mapped out to make up for the 7 miles I lost out on last night. (I tried to make it 7, but just couldn't get it to work out right. I guess we're talking about point two measly miles so it shouldn't matter).

Anyway, I have been getting so many great and encouraging comments on my blog, which just makes me feel, well, really good. It is so nice to know that there is a community of people out there struggling with their runs right along with me. Believe it or not, knowing that people are reading my blog helps me through some of those tough runs.

Now that my training is almost halfway through I think that I realize one of the most important things to my training is a great support system. My husband, parents, friends and family, running group and now blog all give that to me. So thank you all!