New Shoes...and Races!

I've been slacking pretty badly on posting on this. My training is coming along. I took a couple weeks off of high impact (running) workouts. Left calf feeling a twinge. Same feeling I had prior to really injuring myself back in April. So I rode my bike a for a good ride and started doing some resistance, circuit training. I really needed to start doing some resistance work anyway, so I plan to keep that up 2-3 days a week.

I got a new pair of shoes and my feet are feeling better than they have in the last 4 months. I'm going back to my old type Mizuno Wave Nirvana. I wish I had never switched from these. They feel so good and give me so much support for those longer runs.

In race prep news. I've signed up for two half-marathons this fall. The first is one that goes along Mission Trail here in San Antonio and will be on October 11th. It'll be a local race, but should be pretty fun. I hope to use it as a good practice for the 2nd race, in which I hope to set a personal best. The next one is in the middle of November and is the Rock N Roll Marathon in San Antonio. There are expected to be over 15,000 runners and possible up to 20,000 for the race. It should be pretty much a party atmosphere as there are expected to be bands playing all along the course and a big headliner band the night of the race.

It's a good feeling to register for the races because it helps psychologically with the training. I'll scheduled to do about 10.5 miles this week. That's not a bad distance, but I'll soon have to do a 15 mi. and a 17 mi. run along with some speed work, which is the harder thing for me, considering I'm such a slow runner.