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Training Week 1

Indy Runners officially began fall marathon training last weekend, but I was racing ;). So I started today. 8 miles (13K) on the agenda. Temps were nice this morning, but humidity was over 90% so it was soupy. I was intentional about maintaining long run/marathon slowness, but I over-did slow a bit. I was maybe 10 sec per km off pace. It's early in training and I will be able to master the pacing later on. For today it was a comfortable run and the longest I have run since the San Diego half about a month ago. I forgot to take gels with me, so I drank Gatorade instead of water. I was fine. I did have to stop halfway out to use the bathroom, but that wasn't a big deal. It seemed like many of the people doing the fall training program are training for a full marathon, so that is cool. I am still the slowest one, but at least it isn't just the fast people or the people who have done a lot of marathons. While I didn't run yesterday, I did a pretty fast/intense

Yes, we're doing this again.

July will begin mt training to run the full Monumental Marathon. Short recap: DNF at mile 15 in 2009, didn't attempt a full marathon in 2010, full finish at San Diego Rock & Roll in 2011, injury in 2012. I will finish Monumental...I will...I promise. Now that I have a full marathon finish some people aren't sure why I think I need to do Monumental at all, or why I am still anxious about being able to finish it. Both are easy. I like to finish things. That being said I don't know if I will ever attempt the Indianapolis Women's Half Marathon again even though it is my only HM DNF. But I digress. I am anxious because San Diego took me 7:09:25 to complete and the time limit for Monumental is 6:30:00. I intentionally walked all of the San Diego race and I didn't have an excellent nutrition plan. This time I will run/walk and have a nutrition plan. I also know what to expect in the last 10K. I think this will help me finish within the time limit. I also h