My original plan this spring was to run the Pittsburgh Marathon. But then I tried to actually register for it, and registration was closed. I looked for other marathons nearby on or around that date, but none really seemed feasible, not to mention the fact that honestly I don't feel ready for a marathon. I haven't been doing the volume necessary to run a good marathon. So I'm shifting my focus and I'm going to find some good 5k/10k races this spring, and then build for the Richmond Marathon this fall. Richmond and I have some unfinished business after the DNF in 2007. \
I'm signed up for the Cherry Blossom 10-miler this weekend, and while it was originally intended as marathon tune-up race, now I'm going to use it to gauge my fitness. I've run the race twice before and both times finished around 66 minutes. This year we'll see if I can PR.
