Colby--sometimes I get that wheeze thing going when I start out to quick without a proper warm-up . . . but you would think that after 12 miles you wouldn't have that problem. Unless you took off a little quick after your bathroom break. Other than that, it sounds like you are doing great. You're going to kick some marathon azz.

I didn't mean to do a long run this weekend. I wanted to do a nice easy 6 mile trail run. My plan was to run out on the trails 30 minutes and then turn around. I must have taken one too many turns because when I came to the clearing after 60 minutes, I was at the opposite end of the state park from my car

At that point, I had three choices. 1) Jog back through the park on the trails I didn't know nearly as well as I thought I did. 2) Go westerly around the park, a shorter route but up a trecherous, long, heart-breaking hill 3) Head east, a 4.5 mile loop back, but flat with some slight downhill. I chose option 3.

I ended up with a nice 10.5 mile run. Thanks to all this marathon training, it was a piece of cake. A year ago I would have cried and maybe called DH to pick me up.