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four weeks into the half marathon training plan, and i'm sort of wishing i was back on the "run whatever pace you want" marathon plan. the combo of running with a garmin telling me my pace and not hitting my pace goals has me sort of bummed out. that 5k was too slow and I have yet to run that miracle 9:00 mile I'm supposed to hold for 5k. my 3 mile workouts are more in the 9:30 range, and my long runs are a full minute slower than my 10:00 goal. hoping i can surprise myself is now getting a little unbelievable. i'm stuck just being happy with anything faster than my marathon pace of 11:27 this spring.

you read every now and then about people who go from couch potato to boston qualifiers, but it usually involves dropping 75lb and a few years of work. i'm starting to wonder whether a BQ is something my body could even do... though I hadn't even entertained the thought until last week. i'm way to impatient for that long-term a goal, but who knows what will happen if i just keep running. but this slow progress... it's frustrating.

the weather this week is FINALLY supposed to be good. Looking forward to cool-ish mornings. Maybe I'll be able to log some good fast times, or at least have fun trying.