Saturday and Sunday 10/29 and 10/30

Saturday:
We are having a 5K at the school I work at on November 19th so I decided to run the course or sort of where I thought it is going to go.  The first part is pretty hard.  It is up a hill for a pretty long way.  The rest was not too bad except running back up the rail trail which is not that steep but it is a steady climb for about 3/4 mile.  I ran it slow but ran the entire course.  I've still not decided if I'm going to run or not in the 5K.  I'm afraid there won't be many runners and I would hate to come in near the end of the pack.  Big races are better.  I know I can't win but I won't be last..ha

Sunday:
I decided that Sunday was going to be my long run.  The longest I've ever run at one time is 60 minutes.  I was aiming at 90 mintues this time.  I had sort of tracked out where I was going to run.  I found a route from my house that was pretty flat, only a few little humps to climb.  I started out in front of my house and ran up and down my road for 30 minutes.  The headed out the Startown road to the middle school.  I would say it is around 1.5 miles or a little more from my house to the school.  When I got to the school I ran around the track 4 times (1 mile). Track running is boring to me.  Then I headed back down the road towards home.  By the time I got to my house I had run for 92 minutes.  I got my phone out of my pouch and the dang GPS had stopped, so I don't know exactly how many miles I ran.  I estimated I ran somewhere between 7.5 and 8 miles.  Soon I'm going to go to the park and run there since the course is marked by how far you have gone.  I was happy that I did this and didn't stop.  Hopefully I can run a long run most every weekend.