What a Difference a Year Makes

So strange.

This training thing is so very different for me this time around.
Of course I have a new training schedule. It's odd for me to think that I'm fully training for like 14 weeks instead of a full year like last time.
But I'd already done the grunt work. I'd already conditioned my body (so says the sister-coach). Maybe if the hard part only lasts 10-14 weeks, I'd be more inclined to do it again...or maybe not.
We are currently 70 days from 1/2 marathon #2.
This go round I'm preferring evening runs to those early AM runs of last year. I'm also preferring road runs or treadmill runs to my beloved squishy track. My calf's hurt more for some strange reason when I'm running there - and of course, this close to the start of the school year, I'm fighting  for track time with the cheerleaders, color guard, soccer and field hockey players. No doubt I'm a sight to those kiddos. Running (slowly), still huffing and puffing, going round & round the track. Take a good look ya'll - this is what 33 looks like ;). Yep - as of 8/8/12 I am officially a 33 year old. I even ran my neighborhood on the MORNING of my birthday. I can honestly say, a few years ago - I would have never, not even for a second, imagined that was how I would be starting any of my birthdays.

Here's what I've been up to since my last post, now mind you - the RunKeeper app has been generous with distance and average pace lately...I feel like I need a new app, but it's so hard to break up with this one - it's seen me through so much!

July 27th - 3.37 Miles 32:15 Frontier Town Run OCMD - Two vacay runs = gold star :)
July 29th - 3.01 Miles 41:02 Frontier Town Run OCMD (this one seems more accurate)
August 5th - 2.5 Miles 27:31 Neighborhood run, with two pitiful pups for the first .75 miles - they give me this face when I put on my running shoes...they love to run. I mean when they don't even have to run. I run, they trot, they make it look way easy. They probably could have done the whole 2.5 miles, but the heat makes me nervous
August 6th - In an effort to make up for the days off between 7/29 - 8/5 - 1 HR of Zumba + 2 mile run at Golds gym
August 7th - 3.28 Miles 36:46 - Track Run
August 8th 4.82 Miles SO WRONG - Closer to 2.25 Miles I'm sure - neighborhood AM run before work...gettin them hills in
August 9th 2.59 Miles 25:38 - Track run...closer to 2 miles as that's what the schedule called for
August 10th - rest day...AC with ladies
August 11th & 12th ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^see above...over did it in AC with ladies. We stayed beach & boardwalk front, but there was just no dragging myself out of bed for a run before check out. Vacation fail...or is that a vacation win?!
August 13th - 4.67 Miles 45:30 - Making up for lost long run time on the crazy ladies weekend...closer to 4 miles but I feel like I'm improving.

That's all for now...