8?

after an extensive talk with todd today i decided to run 8 miles tonight, 5 tomorrow, 5 on saturday and one more long run next monday. around mile 1 tonight i decided it might not have been a great idea to run 8 tonight since my legs were still a little sore from monday. however, tonight i decided i would do something i did a lot of last year but have done this year, run through my discomfort. so i kept on. then, at mile 2 my gps lost signal. i decided i would just run 5 since i knew where the 2.5 mile marker was, but nothing past that. just as i headed back to the truck my gps got signal again. as i got close to the truck, i decided to turn back around at the 5 mile mark and run 1.5 miles and then back to the truck. i am not sure of the exact distance since the gps lost signal but it was very close to 8 miles, +/-. i finished at a 9.10min/mile pace, didn't seem like i ran that fast but i guess i did. right around 5 my left calf was really tight, all of a sudden i decided i was tensing my legs too much and tried to run more relaxed and my calf never hurt again. there was a strong wind tonight, it was really bad at a couple of points but i managed. at the end of the run i felt really good. maybe i just need to run night long runs and marathons.

thought of the day: when i have time, i run, when i don't, i don't. maybe i will be ready for the marathon, maybe i won't.