20 Weeks til the Marathon

The time for forcing myself out the door and logging of miles has begun. All I really want to do is stay in bed and feel sorry for myself, but running in the end is more productive. Tonight I ran a little over 4 1/2 miles after I brought Ben home. I ran from the Amherst Cinema to the North East corner of the UMass campus, down and around and back through the campus and eventually back to the Amherst Cinema parking lot.

Oh what a long strange trip it has been.

I am training for the Providence Marathon which is May 3rd, 2015. This will be marathon number 20 for me. When I last posted I was in school trying to get into the ultrasound program at STCC, married and living South Deerfield with Lisa and Ben. I got into the program, but as of last week I am out of the program. I am no longer married, and Ben is with me at my apartment in Easthampton. Ben and I have dinner together on Tuesdays, he stays over on Wednesdays, and is here every other weekend. So marathon 20. I made a list of 10 things I could practically do to get back into the work force. I then made a list of 10 things I could do to keep from going totally crazy while I work on the first list. Top on the list sanity control activities was to pick a spring marathon and start training with the goal of running a BQ for 2016. I am still running with Carrie and Donna, as well as the Shutesbury Coffee Cake Club. I have not really written out a training plan. As of tomorrow it will be 20 weeks til marathon.