That's a Road Trip

Distance: 4.5 miles
Start time: 1:30 pm
Run Duration: 45 minutes
Average Pace: 10 minutes/mile
Temperature: again, too freaking hot
Humidity: ?
Location: apartment complex workout room...one more time

I needed to be able to answer my pager, and emails if they should come in. They didn't and I was happy for that. I set the beast (treadmill) for 45 minutes and started running. I finished without dying. Mission accomplished.

As I calculated the miles I've run since starting my training in earnest, I wondered how far I could have gone. Texas is a big state. I knew I couldn't go all the way across Texas. Maybe I could make it to Austin? I could! The distance from my place to downtown Austin is 170 miles. I've put in more than that so far and I'll put in quite a few more before this is finished. I think for a reward - when I complete the Half Marathon - I'll take myself to that fair city for a weekend and treat myself to a nice meal and an evening of music. Decision made. Done deal.

That was easy.