Half way there!

12 weeks of training done, 12 weeks left!
Am I feeling stressed? not much, only when I see my handwritten program and realise that I am done with one side of the sheet and now can see the goal of 'MARATHON DAY' written in big green letters with a smiley face!

Took a day off yesterday, today am off from work and DH (who has the whole week off- some people r lucky)wanted to run with me. So did the 3.63m loop next to our house, it includes a big, bad, long hill. Would love to say that I ran up the hill like a gazelle, but no, I crawled up with spurts of what I call running and he calls running in place. But, but I did do the loop in 53 min, which is a whole 2 min better than what Iwas doing in March/ April. Tho it could be the beautiful cool breezy day also.

GB was in San-francisco yesterday and says it was really cool there. Which is good. But I hope its not cold in October. See, the temp has to be just right- not too warrm, not too cold, breeze just adequate- not too windy, not too still, not against me at any point . I can do hills too, as long as they are not too long, not too steep,a slight down grade is preferred, so I can let gravity take over and roll down on cruise control. Then I can run.I am sure some day in the near future they will have a course like that! Till then, its mother nature and me and I hope she is kind to me on the day.

Have to fit in 2 more sessions before the months end to get 20/30 workouts for the month. Havent done any weights, only some yoga, get back into the routine, and dont remind me-18 miles this weekend. 18!!!