End of February Update

I am so happy to see February behind me. The days are getting longer and warmer and on the 13th we switch to daylight savings time. Daylight savings is great for the extra daylight in the evening but it still keeps me running in the dark every morning, but I'll take it, I love having it light longer in the evening. I can get a lot more done around the house. Also my work stress has gone down just a tiny bit and I look forward to March being a little less stressful in that regard.

The last two weeks has seen my running mileage come in at 40+ each week with last week coming in at 42. My weight is at 196.0, and still slowly going down. This week will be a real challenge for both my mileage and my weight as I will be on the road for a few days. While on the road I have a difficult time eating properly and also getting my mileage in. Time will tell how it works out.

This last Saturday I ran with my son Josh on the parkway. We ran 18 miles, I slowed him way down the entire way and he made me stay honest and punch out consistent mileage times. I can't believe how much faster he is than me! I am hopeful that by this fall I will be able to be a better running companion for him and at least only slow him down by a minute a mile, instead of 2! I appreciate him running with me and I enjoy his companionship and conversation on our runs. We talked about a lot of different topics, including salt intake while running. This is something I have no experience with and need to get educated and do some trial and error with it before my 50 miler on June 4th. He gave me a lot of insight, now I just need to try it on some of my long runs and get adjusted to what it does to my body and how it makes me feel. The middle of a 50 mile run is no place to try to figure something like that out.