Gonna get my kicks on Route 66

I signed up for the Route 66 half marathon yesterday. It happens on November 21st in Tulsa. Sue and I had talked about running in it together after we did SLC back in April. Unfortunately, Sue just had her surgery a week or two ago and is on doctor's orders not to run right now (she told me she's been running a little bit anyway). So most likely she won't have time to get in shape for a half marathon by the date of the Route 66.

My only hesitation to signing up for it was the late November date. November is mostly pretty mild in Oklahoma as you all know, (the marathon's web site says average low of about 40 and average high near 60...great running weather) but it also can get quite cold and we even get snow  during the month occasionally. So I could picture a scenario of a high in the upper 30's with 25mph North winds--probably a pretty miserable day to run 13 miles. But, I decided to bet on the averages and went ahead and entered.

It's about 7 weeks away and I feel like I'm in pretty good shape for it right now. I ran 9 miles this past Sunday and really felt good. It was a beautiful day...the best running weather we've had here since April probably. I've been trying to do a longer run on the weekend for the past month or so, going 7 or 8 miles usually, in anticipation of entering the Route 66. It was such a nice day Sunday, that I ran the 9 which was more than I had planned. And my time was pretty good too. The running time was 1:23 (last mile was the fastest at 8:29!) and I probably had between 10 and 15 minutes of resting/bathroom/hydrating on top of the running time. That really makes me think I could run the half marathon near 2 hours, even with some walking. There's a goal to shoot for anyway!