I Need to Run More Miles

I haven’t done too badly at getting back at it after taking off two days over Easter Weekend. I did good to run at all on Monday after sitting in a car for 11 hours that day. On Tuesday I only ran 8 miles. I should have run more, but was considering making this an easy week, so I wasn’t sure how much I wanted to run. On Wednesday I ran 15 miles over two runs (five in the a.m. and ten in the evening. Today sucked. I wanted to get in 15 miles in one run, since I hadn’t run that far for ten days. I started out good, but had to stop at only seven miles because of G.I. problems. Basically I had to walk over a mile to get home because every time I tried to run, I felt like I was going to crap myself. I’ve had this problem on and off for years, and it is so frustrating. Anyway, I’m planning on doing the 15 miles tomorrow (I’ll just have to stay near the restrooms). This will set me up to go beyond 15 on Sunday and build back to the 20 mile mark by the end of May.

The reason that I say that I need to run more is that I would like to get a couple of weeks near the 80 mile mark in May. I know a couple of weeks aren’t much of a base, but when placed on top of the good training I’ve done since September of last year, I’m confident that I’ll begin my 18 week training plan in a good position to go sub-3 in the fall.