I got through my second mid-week 12 miler this morning, getting my butt out of bed again at 4am and on the road by 4:14 like last week. I did much better this week by pushing the pace a bit, which I haven’t been doing as faithfully. I did the entire 12 miles in just 1:43 instead of 1:48 like last week. The morning was beautiful, even at 4:20am, it was moonlit and quiet. I’m not sure what my music selection was last week, but the combination of Jackie’s Joke Hunt (recorded) and Dave Matthews Band live (recorded) really kept me going. I think I really needed the extra boost towards the end of the fast paced music.

Only issue again here is that I’m dead tired sitting here at work. Its just after 11am EDT ad i’m ready for a nap, I really hope that the day doesn’t end up the way it did last week. I did get bothered last night at like 9:00pm (woke me up), but it was only a minor issue that I resolved in less than a half hour. I hope that doesn’t keep up …

Today is my favorite day of the week because we go for ice cream tonight … I’ve been eating fairly well this week, although tomorrow I plan on having pizza for supper .. I shouldn’t, but I will. Its been awhile since I really had anything ‘big’ as far as cheating is concerned. I’ve worked hard so I think a little cheat won’t kill anything.

I still have intentions of hitting the labor day race (5K i think) … just to get my mind geared up for racing again. Its been almost 2 months since I was in a race, so I have to get the mentality back to race. I probably won’t race anything else prior to Steamtown … if you recall last year I ran a half marathon on labor day weekend in New Hampshire. Nice course, but way too far away for a half marathon (almost 6 hour drive).

Anyway, thats about it, just waiting for 4pm so I can go home …. ugh, another long day.