Half a Half Marathon

I officially signed up and registered for the Silver Strand Half Marathon in San Diego in November this past weekend.  It's a little too early to train for it, but I've been trying to run more than my usual three miles when I go to the gym.  So after my run on Saturday and my general sedentary lifestyle for the past two weeks, I decided to go the gym last night.  I got there and started my run.  I went with the goal of running three miles and doing some mat exercises and some weights.  Well, I know when I'm in the mood for running and last night was one of those nights.  It's only happened once before and that time I ran for 55 minutes and my Nike Plus app said I ran a little under 6 miles.  So I scratched my plans for weights and ran 6.5 miles in an hour.  Yay, so that's half a half marathon or a quarter marathon.  I was exhausted which was good, but my right knee was aching.  Once I got home and ate dinner and showered, I was pooped.  The tiredness settled in and I could barely move.  My plans are to sign up for a 10K in April.  Now that I've been up for a few hours, I realize the back of my knee if hurting a lot more than I thought.  Maybe it's time to make an appointment with my doctor.

On a separate note, people need to learn some track etiquette:

• Group of 4 high school girls walking on the track, please don't take up all three lanes.  People need to pass you while you gossip away.
• Man doing moving jumping jacks, please don't do it in the middle lane and stretch your arms out as far as possible.  I don't want a black eye.
• People walking in pairs, please also do not take up all the lanes.
• People who walk and pass other walkers, please look before you pass.  I really love it when I have to come to a complete stop because you are walking slightly faster than the people you are passing, but leave no room for ME to pass.
• Walk on the inside track!
• If you choose to walk on the outside lane, don't be surprised when I pass you on the left.