8 weeks until Shamrock'n half marathon!

Ran Five miles on Tuesday and a faster paced two miles on Thursday. 6.5 miles scheduled for Saturday and will increase a mile each Saturday leading up to March 15th. I have found that teaching Spin a few days a week and mat Pilates basically every day, my legs need some down time. Don't get me wrong, Pilates and Spin are great for cross-training but a few days off to rest the muscles are a must. As you can see, I have really scaled back the mileage lately taking a more gradual approach. I have 26.2 miles to do in September and do not want my knees, hamstrings or anything else for that matter giving out. Taking my running shoes in this weekend for the prognosis...new shoes or not? We'll see. I am Leaving this next Tuesday for The Headlands Institute (http://www.yni.org/hi/) with Hannah's entire 7th grade class as a chaperone. FOUR DAYS. YES, FOUR DAYS SEQUESTERED WITH HORMONAL TEENAGERS...ALL OF THE EVIL I DID AS A YOUNG LASS IS COMING BACK AROUND...I CAN NOW FULLY APPRECIATE THE TWITCH THAT MY MOTHER ACQUIRED IN HER LEFT EYE WHEN i TURNED 13. God be with me. If there are no entries on my blog a week from Sunday, it is because there was a mutiny and the seventh graders pushed me off a cliff somewhere...I am sure my body will wash to shore eventually. I will take many pictures and post when or IF I return.