Confidence

Today was a gym + run day. First the gym part:

Squats on bosu. 1 set body weight X 20; 1 set holding 4 lb ball X 20
Push-ups on bar 4 sets X 15 SS Military pull-ups 4 sets X 10 (hate those)
Hops on riser 4 sets X 15 SS Rebounder (4 lb ball)
Deadlifts (5 bl DB) 4 sets X 20 SS Bent over rows (5 bl DB) 4 sets X 20
Stretch

After that, I drove to another gym with better treadmills for my run. (It was raining and I'm a little wimpy).

5 recovery miles on the treadmill. About 50 minutes. Thinking about what my son said (If you want to run 9 minute miles, then you have to run some 9 minute miles) I cranked the treadmill up to 9:01/mm for the last mile. Trust me, this is very difficult after spending an hour at the gym and running 4 miles already. Close to the end, my mantra (spoken outloud) was "Come on!" Who cares what anyone at the gym thinks? I get the prize for sweat.

I'm feeling quite confident right now.

I'm also thinking about possible Fall marathon options. I'm in the New York lottery but I don't think I'll get in. But, if I happen to register on May 9 for the Marine Corps marathon then I'll probably get into New York for sure, because I'll have just paid for Marine Corps. Also, I'd like to run the Philadelphia Marathon, but I may have a conflict with Freddie's school musical. Then again, it might be fun to do a girl trip to San Francisco and run the Nike Marathon. I wonder if they are nice to nonTNT runners there? And, just to confuse the issue, I got a brochure in the mail a couple of days ago for the Detroit Marathon. I could even drive there. . .