waiting for the rain

the forecast predicts rain to arrive late friday afternoon and stay until late day saturday. all i could think about was the horrible time i'd have trying to get in a long run tomorrow. on the bright side, a forced rest day would probably be a good thing for the 15k on sunday. somehow at times like this, a treadmill seems like a very attractive thing.

i ran 8 miles this afternoon. given the above, i should have stretched it out to 10, or more. but, ever the optimist, i'm sure there'll be some opportunities to get in miles tomorrow. as for today, it took 1:oo:41, a 7:35 pace, to run those 8 miles. my 6 mile split of 45:09, a 7:31 pace, was in line with my times for the other 6 daily milers this week. i head into the weekend with only 32 miles, poor prospects for a long run tomorrow, and a 15k on sunday. the race will put me over 40 miles for the week. post race mileage will increase that to the high 40s. but unless i get in 10+ miles tomorrow, a 60 mile week is unlikely.

as for the race, with a 10:15 start, it's actually the third event of the morning. the day starts with a 1.7 mile walk and is followed by a 4 mile race. in addition to those two events, there's also a health expo held in conjunction with the events. it adds up to a very crowded central park on race morning. we also return to daylight savings time on sunday - losing a precious hour of sleep in the process.

last year i drove in with my friend emmy. this year, emmy, rob, don, and i are carpooling into the city. once in the city we're going to meet up with another friend, greg, and his daughter. i picked up the race packets for us on thursday. finally, we're also going to try and meet up with one more friend, staci, on the walk over to the start. thank goodness for cell phones.

here is a link to my 2007 race report.