THREE RACES

Road races coming up on each of the next 3 Saturdays. I'm excited. Because I think I can post some pretty good times.

Not my best times, of course. It's been 5 years since I've had a personal best. Injuries, illness, aging have all gotten in the way. And, of late, my times have been truly horrendous. Slow, slow, slow and beaten by all sorts of people including those I'd regularly bested in the past.

Early this summer was the absolute worst. I was so exhausted during a couple races that I walked. All I wanted was for it to end. My times weren't even good for training runs. It was awful...totally non competitive.

And then I figured out how to make it better. And I have. Consistent 30 or so miles a week for the past 10 weeks. Plenty of hard runs. No injuries...or at least none that stopped my running...and getting faster! Track workouts at a pace I've not done in 3 or 4 years.

Now it's time to put it to the test. Four mile race in Central Park this weekend. Fifth Avenue Mile the next. Grete's Half Marathon the week after that.

Three races. Very different distances. Sure would be nice to run them all in times I'm happy with.