Poor Motivation Week

Since I've started training for this marathon, I've had no motivational problems. Until this week. Really, it was an amazing run: 50-something runs without skipping. Not once was I disinclined to go for a run. Until this week. Not sure what happened, but I just couldn't motivate myself to run my scheduled 5-miler on Wednesday. I planned to make up the miles between Thursday and Friday, but, when Friday came along, I was again unmotivated.

Today started out similarly, with a strong disinclination to run. However, after some coffee and a bowl of Total, I started to feel that old motivation again. I had penciled in an 8 miler, but felt so good while running, that I stretched it out to 11 miles. So, I've made up all but one of my lost miles. Hopefully, I'll be able to make that up tomorrow on my long run.

The temperature has finally dropped a bit. Today was sunny, clear and topped out at about 80 degrees. Beautiful day for a run. The run along the River Walk was pleasant, especially the 1.5 miles or so that meander through Portland Wharf Park, under the canopy of old trees.

Six weeks until the marathon. Three weeks until I start to taper. I feel pretty good and will hopefully clock a much better time than I would have expected when starting this.