Saturday, February 17 - Planned 13 Miles

Ran 13.01 miles in 1:55:11 at an 8:51 pace.

Felt great early but the end was a bit of a struggle. Friday was my first happy hour after dry January so a few beers and fried appetizers weren't ideal as far as pre-run fuel. Nevertheless, I can't believe how comfortable I'm becoming with this distance.

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Last year at this time, I struggled to barely make it through Rock 'n' Roll New Orleans in under 2 hours. I had a few half marathons over the last couple of years where I was in so much pain by the end, I was laboring through every step. I'm happy to see so much improvement, even on just an easy and relaxed 13-mile training run.

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Sunday, February 18 - 60 Minute Cross Train

Really I just leave the cross-training on here for fun, I still haven't made it to the gym to bike on a Sunday although I have a better excuse this week! We were supposed to be driving to Chicago on Sunday after stopping outside of Cleaveland on Saturday night. Unfortunately, we were caught in the snow storm and stranded overnight in Pennsylvania Saturday after some debris from an accident in front of us took out one of our tires. We're just glad everyone was okay and we ended up with a great road trip story to tell.