This Saturday's run was tough. I had to run seven miles and I started out okay but lost steam after I had to take a quick bathroom break. In the beginning I felt ready to try to move my pace to a 3 minute jog with a 1 minute walk break but Saturday was not going to be the day. I stuck with my 3:2 pace. My feet hurt more than normal with my right toes feeling extremely numb. This was also my first week of getting all my training in and as one of the captains pointed out, my feet need time to adjust from running on them so much. I ran a total of 17 miles this week. And to think a short two months ago I was pretty much a couch potato. It's amazing how our bodies adjust.

I actually ran almost a 1/2 mile further than I needed to, I got confused on my turn around point. Due to the pain in my feet, I walked the second half more than I ran but I did manage to jog the last mile all the way without any walk breaks, quite the feat at the end of seven and half miles and I even managed to sprint the last 1/4 of mile. I just visualized the finish line on marathon day. This week I'm determined to get to the 3:1 pace. Wish me luck. Please click here to donate.