The Clock is Ticking!

Well the clock is surely ticking away on my days until Ironman Madison 2010. I have less than six full months to go. Whew! Talk about motivation!

The clock is also ticking down on the time until the Minneapolis Marathon. I haven't been as strict about my running as I maybe should be. But I did complete yet another long run. I hit 19.5 today in 3 hours and 24 minutes, which breaks down into a 10:46 average minute mile. Not the greatest, but much faster than my last long run which was 17.5 miles that I took 3 hours and 23 minutes to complete, so I am progressing. I can see it more so when I look all the way back to last year at this time. According to my marathon training plan. last year at this time I had the same 19-20 mile run to do. Then I only made it 15 miles and took 3 hours to do so. I remember the weather being a factor, but I can't place it all on that. I just wasn't all that far into my training yet. But now I am and it is a good feeling to know that I can finish the distances I have planned to do. I am hoping this holds true on the bike as well. Spring is officially here in a matter of days, winter and it's weather seem to be outta here which means I can really get some good miles in on the bike again.