I inadvertently forgot to renew my domain name for another year, which meant that the website here was unavailable! ACK! Well, we’re back and better than ever!

I’ve had my second strong week of running in preparation for the NJ Marathon on May 4th. I got in my first 16 miler for the season, and surprisingly, it felt pretty good (except for the weather of course), i followed it up with an 8 miler this morning, and feel that i’m back on track once again. I’m so confident that I did register for the Ocean Drive 10-miler on March 30th .. in addition, I made all my reservations for both races, which is causing me some distress for the marathon since I have to stay 30 miles away from the race site because i waited so long. Oh well, my loss I guess.

Its funny how distance running is like riding a bike. I was concerned all winter about losing the ability to complete the long run, and even for awhile, didn’t really do what I would consider to be a “long” run, but I found that I had nothing to worry about. I think its all in the attitude … what I mean by that is that I treated it like a long training run again by packing up my fuel belt with water and carbs and heading out. The fortunate part is that the outlook for the upcoming month is warmer than average temperatures, but I know I haven’t seen the last of the cold temperatures. Hopefully the frigid, snowy weather is gone for good now …

So with 2 races on the schedule now, I should start thinking about the remainder of the year … hmm, not sure what I want to do. I think Steamtown is always on the list, along with possibly the Marine Corps Marathon, if I can get in, and maybe even Harrisburg or Philly … I did enjoy Harrisburg last year, even though it was a pretty stressful time.

The good part is that the WORST part of the year is over, the holiday and the winter … time to look forward to spring!