Running With Jack

Last night I was home on time and decided to meet my friends from my running club for a run. There maybe 25-30 people assembled as we mingled and caught up on the news. Many of the runners will be running the half or full marathon in Karlsruhe (Germany) this Sunday – 45 from our club are signed up!

I fell in with my normal running group and we began an easy run around the loop. No one was in a hurry, they were saving there strength for the marathon. Just past the 5K point everyone turned left and back to the start except Maria and I. Maria isn’t running a race on Sunday and I, well, I guess I’m just nuts – we ran the entire 11K loop, confirming that we indeed were running a pace where we could easily converse with one another :-)

Tomorrow I am running a short half-hour run, then its rest until the marathon on Sunday. Weather for the marathon is very promising, sunny and around 70°F. I plan on running at a comfortable, but steady pace – my goal is to finish in around 4:45, about 30 minutes slower than my personal best that I set in July. My “real” race is coming up on October 6th in Canandaigua, NY – a 50-miler.

I’ll let you know how the marathon goes, have a nice weekend!