The Road to Boston Begins Today

Today marks 6 months until the Boston Marathon. Registration begins today for those who qualify. Later this week I will be interviewing for my charity spot. If all goes well I will be running Boston. To kick things off on a positive note, I went out for a 45 minute run.

96th Street is a rolling straight line, and for now it is a challenge I like tackling on my runs. I wanted to run a good pace in the12:30-13:00 pace. I achieved that with a 13:00 pace. I ran 3.44 miles for almost 45 minutes.

I felt good out there. Whatever stiff feelings I had yesterday were gone, as I ventured down the road. The first half I did in 23:06. The out portion of the run is mostly uphill. The return trip was in 21:45. You can tell that is the downhill portion. I don't think that is too bad. I want to be a bit faster coming back without going crazy. I succeeded.

During the run I was trying to imagine what the course might look like. Anyone reading this who has run Boston want to share what I might see. 96th St. is not very attractive, so I wanted to think of a lovely fall day in New England. :-)

I was pretty happy with the run. While I am not in outstanding shape at the moment, I felt very good out there.

Charlie