I'm surprised at how easy this week was. My weekday treadmill runs went well despite the higher mileage. I remember when 8 miles was a struggle during the early weeks of training, but I cruised through Wednesday's run. The 4 milers on Tuesday and Thursday were over before I knew it and were easier than some 3 milers from 2 months ago. It's hard to see results day to day, but when I look at where I am now compared to when I started, I'm happy with my progress.
My Saturday 16 miler was a morning run in my home town of Port St. Joe. I started out strong and finished my half marathon split a few minutes quicker than my half split from Week 10. As it heated up, I slowed down a fair bit but still managed to finish the run without stopping. For training runs longer than 16 miles I'm planning to execute my race plan of walking for a few seconds at the aid stations, so this was the longest I intend to run in a single stretch during this training cycle.
On a side note, my iPod shuffle decided to quit on me at mile 12. I've found that it's a great mp3 player for running, except that it doesn't respond well to sweat. It's working now, but I need to find a way to keep it dry during my long runs. Any ideas? I'm thinking of picking up an armband for the nano. Whatever I do, I'm not thrilled with the idea of running 26.2 miles without my tunes, so I have to figure out something in the next few weeks.
Thanks for reading!
Nick
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