long runs

I have been doing my weekly long runs on Sunday. After last week's step back run, this week I moved forward again, adding another mile. So nine miles today. I saw four bunnies and a deer ran across the street right in front of me! At around mile five, a great Dolly Parton song came on my iPod (doesn't everyone have Dolly on their running tracks?) and I felt like my grandmother was with me and telling me I could do this. It felt really nice.

Before I applied for Team Run 2 Remember, I had signed up for the NYC Half Marathon. I was hoping to beat my previous time for the race. I'm on the fence about whether I'll be able to do that at this point. But I have a little over a month before the race and I know I will be more prepared this year than the last time I ran the race a few years ago.