I only ran 45 minutes this morning. And 45 minutes on Saturday with a Sunday rest day. With a half-marathon coming up next Sunday and I'm capping out on hour and 10 minute runs. I think I've got a world of hurt coming my way. I will clearly be using this race as a training run but would like to beat last year's time.

I am just now realizing that I've got a lot to learn about training myself. Browsing Jack Daniels' book yesterday, I could hear him laughing at me. Or chortling. I do know he's not saying "Way to go, Heather! You've done everything right!".

I will be happy when I hit my six month mark of continuous training so that I can feel that "I am ready" feeling of calm. For now I've just got the "Ready or not, here I come" feeling and it's not at all comforting.