My Valentine's Day Half-Marathon

FIRST OF ALL, HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!

What a great day it's been.

Not much work to do today. Since we couldn't get our long run in on Sunday because of the weather, I decided to take the morning off and get that run in. Only this time, I was doing it alone since Aimee, my running partner was working all day.

I figured I'd try to get in about 10 miles. Turned out that by the time I got to my turnaround point, the run would be a total of 11 miles by the time I got home. Then the thought started crossing my mind, well, you know, if you can do 11, you can do 13.1. YOU CAN do 2 more miles! Just do it!

I ran 8/1 intervals, stopped once for a potty break, and stopped once at the deli to refill my water bottles, and the decision was made. I was going to run a Valentine's Day Half-Marathon!

AND I did it. It felt awesome. I have always, always run distance with my running partner, not alone. So this was a great accomplishment for me to run an entire half-marathon with nobody with me, just me and my thoughts and my tunes.

AND I finished 18 seconds faster than our Atlantic City Half-Marathon time this past October!

I can't say I wasn't feeling it when I got home. Very stiff. So I did some stretching, got a shower, and then we headed out to do some errands and then wandered around antiquing. Such a nice day.

Dinner is in the oven now, roast beef, roasted veggies, and a special "Valentine's Day" cake. Time to light the fire and relax for the evening.