getting started or ready for Boston

I read about blogging in Runners World. Giving it a try, hopefully it helps me stay on track. I've been running for a little over 6 years. Ran my first marathon last year and attempted a second one, but didn't finish. This spring finished my second marathon and qualified for Boston. Very excited about that. Submitted my application on Monday (1st day) and starting to look for accomodations. Friends are going to come too, we hope to hang around Boston an extra day or two, definately be looking into sampling some local brew after the race.

Currently putting in between 20 to 30 miles a week. Today, over lunch ran 45 minutes. I'm pretty lucky, my office backs up to an open space including trails, neighborhoods, a community college campus. Today's run went through all. Prefer to run outside.

Expect to start training for Boston in December. The last couple of years have run a 5k Thanksgiving morning. Debating about training hard for that and maybe a try for a PR. But want to relax and be mentally fresh for the ramp up to Boston too.

A friend passed along a link to a website for calculating distance run. It's at http://www.sueandpaul.com/gmapPedometer/
check it out, I promise you won't be disappointed.