New Year's Day

New Year, New Plan, New Goals.  Today I started officially training for Boston!  It is only 104 days away!  As I was reviewing training plans I was becoming overwhelmed.  It is a lot of work.  It is a lot of miles.  It is daunting.  I felt this way two years ago when I started training for Cincinnati.  I learned if you have to eat an elephant you feel overwhelmed.  But you eat it one bite at a time and get the job done.  Same way with marathon training.  You attack it one mile at a time.

Today was a workout day.  One mile warm up.  Then half mile repeats with a one minute rest between repeats.  Since it rained all day yesterday I thought the trails would be muddy so I went to the paved trails along Manchester.  The rolling hills are good for me.  It was hard but I did it.  Overall average 8:55.  The hardest part was getting out the door.  Once I was at the trail and running the miles flowed by.

It was 34 degrees and cloudy.  I had the trail to myself.  I only saw one other runner, one walker and one bike.  I wore tights,  Two thin long sleeves, a light jacket, hat and gloves.  I was comfortable.

This is the first New Years in several years that I have not run a race.  This morning we took down the Christmas tree and lights.  I didn't run until 3:30.

I am starting marathon training pretty healthy.  My hamstring, glut, shin, calf issues that I had in the past have heeled.  The only thing that I need to keep watch on is my right ankle and foot.  I tweaked it in the trail marathon.  It is mostly okay but sometimes I feel a little twinge.  I have been running pain free which is wonderful. I did my runner's yoga cool down and some stretching.