I picked up my bike from the shop last night, it was tough to get into the car but I got it home and bought a helmet too. I hope to ride it either Sunday or Monday depending on how I feel after my twelve mile run tomorrow. It was a good day for cross training gear as I also got my Timex Ironman watch in the mail. My Mom bought me this for my birthday but it was on back order. I asked for this because when I run the marathon I want to be able to keep track of my splits but the Garmin always loses its signal in certain places downtown. I wore the watch last night and I am wearing it again today I must say that so far I really like it. New shoes are still on hold until Sunday. I wanted to get at least one run in them before my twelve miler tomorrow but that is obviously not going to happen. I may get them tomorrow afternoon but more than likely I will wait until Sunday and start breaking them in next week.

This morning I ran a much needed five miles. I was exhausted yesterday because I had to get up for work at four thirty in the morning and it has been a stressful two weeks anyway. I really needed some rest and a good run to work out some of the tension. Todays run felt awesome. The pacing was comfortable, the splits were negative and the temperature was a cool sixty two degrees, it was perfect. Mile four was a little slower than I would have liked but I had picked up the pace and was afraid that it would be too fast so I slowed down and ended up running one second faster than the mile three pace. I am trying out a new route tomorrow for my twelve mile run, well actually it is an extension of my ten mile route so I hope that it works out. The weather is supposed to be nice again so hopefully everything will go smoothly.

5 miles in 40:45