The Training is On! Thanks Mother Nature

I'm now officially 3 weeks into my training and less than 100 days away from the marathon. So far, training is going really well and I've been highly lucky in the land of mother nature.
I scored a 30+ degree day for my long run of 10miles this past Sunday - what a treat!

What I am finding is that work and life make squeezing in training (and staying awake afterwards!) quite interesting. Work took me to Dallas last week, where I craftily scored a Westin hotel through Hotwire.

The Westin hotels are fantastic to me because of their partnership with New Balance. They have created an environment conducive to runners staying at their hotels - right down to lending gear and a map with various distances you can run in the area during your stay. I got to squeeze in 2 runs along the river in the Park Central area. No hat or gloves required! And, it made for a much more productive business trip (And a great nap on the plane on the ride home.)

My biggest challenge is going to be breaking the 13.1 mile mark in my long run. This is the longest run(a half-marathon) I've ever done before. A whole different story (mental or other) to run 2 hours+. Luckily, I have a few more weeks till I get to the big time.

Let's hope mother nature cooperates!! And please support my goal to raise $5000 to support Community Cooks.