Half marathon distance is kind of norm these days.. two weeks in a row >13.1 miles..Crossed 3hour mark..

Just two weeks back, I finished the half-marathon (13.1) miles at San Franciscon Marathon event and got a medal for finishing it up. Celebrated and talked about for few days. As usual, saturday came again and it was the long run again. We are advised to run 15 miles at Cambell park. Main difference this time is that there is no special diet, no special prep and no medal & no cheering crowd. It was like business as usual eventhough we ran more than half marathon distance. It took me few moments to get over that feeling and realizing that running >13.1 miles is going be a norm in the upcoming weeks.


Running Stats: 15 miles in 3:02 with best mile being 11:16 and avg is 12:13

Weekday runs also became longer now and we are running 5 miles on mondays, thursdays. I switched back to my shoreline team. Again another Saturday (08/16)..another long run. This time it is at TeamAsha's favorite trail, Sawyer Camp Trail at San mateo. We are supposed to run 16 miles this time. I was bit worried as I couldn't sleep my usual 7-8 hours before the long run days. Got up reluctantly and rushed to Lucky's to carpool with my shoreline running buddies. We had a awesome drive by Tanu in her beemer. She touched 105 at one point. We reached the trail safely just on time. Had our usual warm up run, stretches. This time, ran with Rajesh, Mousumi most of the trail. Atul joined us in between. It was LOT different & easier to run with someone. Finished strong 16 miles and enjoyed the trail as weather was pleasant.

Running Stats: 16 Miles in 3:25 with best mile being 11:14 and avg is 12:82.