Have I said it a hundred times yet - I hate days off!!! But this week had to be an easy week with the little catch thingy in my back. Next week I should be back to my normal pace. I hope to cross the 11 mile mark. Since I moved I am having to recalculate and plan all my routes. I ran one yesterday that is exactly 5.5 miles. It's a big loop. So I figure my long run next week I will run it and then double back so that I do it twice. I am kinda excited about that since I have only a few weeks left until the half marathon! That puts me in safe range I think! Then the next week I'll run 13  - or that's the plan anyway. Sometimes it feels like there is so many things to do just to run a few miles in the morning. You know, I have to eat right or I will run out of steam before I get to the end of the block. That's taken some tricky figuring for me too! Then there's the issue of hydration- a definite gotta do it right! And then I have to do some sort of cross training to...