Not running in place

So I'm having trouble getting the blog to link to the facebook fan page. It would be nice if I could have it automatically post to facebook via internet magic, but I always get the dreaded, "Something went wrong. We're working to fix it" message. Bullocks!

Yesterday was a bit of a milestone...I ran six miles. Yep, I'm around halfway to a half marathon and six miles is the longest distance I have ever run...without stopping. Chris and I ran at a leisurely pace that consisted of discussion topics ranging from vacations in Colombia to that old Mantracker show that came on one of the Discovery channels. Turns out we have great show ideas we will be pitching in the near future. Chris can correct me if I'm wrong, but I think our time for the entire run was 45ish minutes. It seemed like it went faster. I did feel pretty good after the run as well as during the run. I think I may be getting the hang of it, finally.

I have come to the realization that the shoes I am running with need to be replaced with shoes that I should be running with. My right arch felt like it was going to split in two when we finished. I am expecting to stop by the FootRX or Fleet Feet, whichever one I happen to be in the vicinity of when I remember my shoe problem, to get matched to a proper running shoe. I ran track for a bit in my earlier days of high school and wore a pair of Avia's. From what I recall, they were very comfortable shoes, so maybe that is my shoe match? I'll let the experts decide I guess.

It's getting much colder now which means that I will be tempted to do some training indoors on boring treadmills. I enjoy the outdoors, so I may have to suck it up, throw on the micro-fleece and run outside anyway. Really cold weather hurts my chest, but running inside is lame-o.

"Not My..." fans

Yesterday was my first official day of running. My plan was to meet "Ironman" Dillow at Steele Creek to run the Lakeside Trail which is about four miles. I got a text around 3 p.m. that said he wouldn't be making it, so I grabbed the next best running partners...my dogs. They have been staying inside quite a bit lately since the rain has moved in, so I thought it would be nice to get them out for some exercise.

The original plan with the dogs was to go to Sugar Hollow Park which is about five minutes from my house, but when wI pulled into the park, I noticed some John Battle Cross Country meet signs. So running there in the midst of hundreds of high school kids with two unruly dogs was out of the question. So, the dogs and I stuck to my original plan and went to Steele Creek instead.

It had rained earlier which cooled things down quite a bit, so I wore a long sleeve that I shed about halfway through my run. The run, however, was a nice assessment of my physical ability to run a marathon and I realized that I have a long way to go to make it 26.2 miles. Part of my training includes running a half marathon in November. Nate tells me that since I have some experience with endurance mountain bike racing and that I'm in pretty good shape already, that I should be able to train minimally for the half and complete it no problem. Here's to hoping he is right.

I did get to look up a few charities this morning with my breakfast and coffee. I still haven't decided which one to go to just yet, but I have some ideas. My facebook fan page is also getting some fans, which during my run yesterday I decided to dub them the "Not My..." fans. Thought it was catchy so I'm using it. So all of the Not My fans, please share my blog with your friends to help me with this endeavor.