Two Mile Stones!

I've reached a new level in my training (or rather, pre-training, since I don't really officially start the scheduled training until December 14th). I have been working my way up the milage, wanting to be comfortable with 7 or 8 miles come mid December. Once a week for the last four weeks I've ran a 6 miler. Every time I finished I would be exhausted, with knee pain, and a lot of upper leg muscle soreness.

This week, however, I reached a...mile stone as it were. I had the brilliant idea that instead of trying to run 6 miles once a week, maybe I should do it more often than that. So I ran 6 miles in 1:02:23 on Sunday. Then I ran a quality 3 miles in 0:28:00 on Tuesday. Then, while still sore I decided to run another 6 miles yesterday (Thursday). In the past I would wait until I felt normal again. I think this meant that I never really improved my muscle strength! So instead of waiting for the soreness to go away, I got out there on Thursday and with my running partner extraordinaire, Kristen, we ran 6 miles in 0:59:25! I think we felt pretty hardcore about it!

So training is going well. I would say that I am definitely comfortable at 6 miles at this point as I am feeling fine today, no muscle or knee pain at all. Yay!

The fundraising is going well, too! I'm starting to get a little nervous as our first $500 deadline is Decmeber 15th, but I thinking that people are starting to get a little more interested since it's becoming something people bring up with me in conversation. I have $85 on the website now, and a check from my grandmother for $20 in my room, so I've offically broken the $100 barrier! Another mile stone! Yay!

Just $400 to go in the next month and then after the hollidays, the major fundraising starts. $4000!!! Here we come!!

~Elaina