| I registered this morning to run the half-marathon in Philadelphia on November 23. Assuming all goes well and I run it, I imagine it's going to be different some than last year. Last year my focus was on achieving it as a first time goal -- it was a lot of work and well worth it.
Now I know it can be done, the challenge is to remain motivated and repeat the persistence.
The squeeze of daylight hours is now meaning for some adjustments to the schedule. As of this week, I can still squeeze in shorter runs before getting ready to go to work, but for more extended workouts I have to start using the afternoons. That's happening today, I've got some hill repeats planned about a mile and a quarter away from where I live -- so that serves as time to warm up and cool down.
Today will be my 5th day of running in a row. Not sure what effect I will feel with that -- I ran long on Saturday, ran short and easy on Sunday, ran the 4-mile race on Monday at around my tempo pace with a few walk breaks interspersed, and ran easy yesterday morning. If today's hill workout goes awful, then I'll take tomorrow and Friday off to give my legs rest before the 12 miler on Saturday.
I'm already planning to make next week very easy and light, run on Wednesday, 5k race on Saturday, mile test on Sunday. | 
