Ran five miles on a local trail today in about an hour. Felt slow but the trail was hillier than my usual too, so thrilled that I kept going. Only one month until my ten miler, so feeling like I need to kick it up a notch over the next few weeks!

Yesterday, I manned a water station at our local 1/2 marathon with my Girls on the Run bunch- no measurable distance, but I lost my voice and my glutes are yelling at me today! I did manage a run at the national park yesterday afternoon for a whopping 3.72 miles! (5k in 35:30)

3 mile run at lunch today. It was hot! 34:35

So week two of my marathon plan last week, coupled with two new pairs of road shoes. I've been running in Hurricane 15s but had a pair of 16s in reserve. My older pair of 15s are starting to cause a few niggles, having done about 450 miles, so I've brought the 16s into the cycle.

They're the same drop, 8mm heel to toe, but with more forefoot cushioning and a wider heel than the 15s, just much more shoe so a very plush ride. I didn't much like them last week as it felt like I had less ground feel, but we'll see how they do.

I also took the opportunity to pick up a pair of Inov-8 Road Claw 275, a 6mm neutral shoe rather than the motion control. I've much preferred neutrals on the trail so thought I'd give them a try. Very limited forefoot protection but still some cushion in the heel, so much lower stack height. I only used them for a short run, 8km, but really liked the feel. My calves felt the impact though so I'll need to work up with them.

Again, four runs:

• 9km easy paced in the Hurricane 16s.
• Cooper test - 12 minutes best effort with a 5 minute warm up and cool down, again in the hurricane 16s
• 8km easy paced in the Road Claws
• 19m easy paced in the older Hurricane 15s with about 350 on the clock

Better weather than anticipated through the week, and it's starting to get light in the evenings, which is nice.

For the 19km run on Sunday I took the opportunity to recce a longer trail anticipating a nicely circular route when I'm getting to the 20 milers.

W1D3 done last night. I'm using the RunDouble 5 to 10K plan (timed) but the increases are huge - from 30 minutes running last week to 40 this week (I'm slow, but it's still going from just over 2 miles to just under 3 miles). The sudden increase is giving me some aches and pains so I may do a couple more week 1 days before moving on to week 2.

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Ran 3 miles Monday outside and 4.25 today on the treadmill due to COLD weather here. Planning to run five miles tomorrow or Friday, and then long run scheduled for outside on Saturday, but I heard we may get snow- YUCK!! Only one month until my ten miler for American Cancer Society, so thinking I will start some cross training tomorrow- either on the stationary bike or elliptical and some weights. Does anyone here have any fundraising ideas? Still well short of my goal.

I easily raise $100 by setting up a bake sale at work with signs saying please donate to...

ETA: I usually make a couple of kinds of cookies and some brownies.

Otherwise I do all my fundraising via Facebook.

Marathon week three. Feeling pretty good about progress at the moment, although life is pretty busy so getting the miles in is going to be the challenge over the next three weeks.

I'm not liking the Hurricane 16s, the forefoot cushioning is far more than the previous version and it seems to be making my gait uncomfortable. I've got a mild concern as my 15s have got 350 miles in them so I'll need to retire them fairly soon.

Four runs, with back to back longs over the weekend:

• 9km easy pace on pavement with the Hurricane 16s
• 10km tempo on pavement with the Hurricane 16s
• 13km easy on trail in my Inov-8 Race Ultra trail shoes
• 19km easy on a mixed pavement and trail route in my Huirricane 15s

Back to backs are pretty hard, going out on tired legs make for a slower pace and a bit of inherent fatigue. Went well and it's the backbone of the plan with all of my longs being back to backs, and midweeks peaking at only 13km.

I did see three roe deer over the weekend, one buck yesterday that looked perhaps two years old, and two doe calves today that were about a year to eighteen months old.

So far my training involved only 2.5-3 mile runs, but starting next week the mileage will begin increasing. I think I am ready!

Friday, the doctor told me to absolutely stay off the bike for at least 2 more weeks. I am currently battling seasonal allergies, so have been spending more time on the couch than anything else. Hoping to get back at it today, since I'm almost breathing.

@MeanderingMammal Love your recaps, great job keeping at it.
@Aine8046 You are doing an awesome job. I love how you are encouraging others in the 5k group!
@taeliesyn Very respectable 10k time, not much slower than I would run one!

3.25 mile trail run/walk yesterday to try out my new trail running shoes. It was very, very slow but still about 8 minutes faster than the last time. Back to the B210K plan tomorrow if the weather cooperates!