i think i'm alone now

It is good for me to run by myself sometimes. This summer, despite my lamenting the lack of a running buddy for my long runs, I've really been doing more training with people than without. While I REALLY appreciate their company, I've also realized that I really need to do a couple of runs each week solo. Yesterday, I did about 4 miles near my house, and then FS came over and I did the equivalent of 3 miles on the Arc Trainer. Gracious, its hot in that gym! The really fun part came after that, when we went and jumped in the pool. We swam around for about 20 minutes, I'd guess - not really a workout, but it felt awesome!

Last night was one of my finals. I really felt kind of sad to take it. I know that there is so much that I don't know, and my opportunity to have a structured environment with people more expert than me with whom to learn is over. :( I hope I know enough to get by. The diagnosis class is the one that worries me in terms of application - I know that I'll always have the book to go by, but its a very bad thing to screw that up!

This morning, I ran 3 miles around Chastain Park. Its also a good run. Right about 24 minutes. The San Francisco Marathon is in 4 days! FOUR DAYS! wow. I hadn't really thought about how close it is... These last 2 days that I've run alone have been really great, and doing a good long run on Sunday will be a welcome change from the taper runs that I've been saddled with lately. YAY for long runs! We'll see how it goes... I really want to beat my PR, but, uh, it is San Francisco. Kind of hilly. I've trained well (I think), and I'm going to try to have as good a time as I can. We'll see. :) Luck!