12 miles today!!
I managed to get a short run of about 4 miles in on Tuesday. So today I decided for 12 miles. Let me tell you. After 10, I really REALLY wanted to stop, but I kept on keeping on.
After about 11 1/2 miles, I noticed on my spiffy GPS unit that I was at about 1:54. I thought “I would LOVE to get this 12 mile run in under 2 hours”, so I started hauling…as close to sprinting as you can get after running 11 1/2 miles 
I huffed and puffed for what seemed like an eternity. The dumb thing was, I kept looking down at my GPS and noting the time…and how little of it passed since I LAST looked at it.
In the end though, it was worth it. I finished 12 miles in 1 hour, 59 minutes and 23 seconds.
This was a personal triumph for two reasons 1) I was DONE! lol! I don’t think I’ve run 12 miles without stopping to walk some before. Certainly not when I ran the half marathon last year. Certainly not when I was training. Come to think of it, I don’t think I ran 12 miles at all when I was training.
Next week: I’m trying for 13.1 miles. A half marathon…as training…NOT the goal. Who would have thought this a year ago!
Stay tuned!!