I’ve decided to postpone my real long run to next weekend and have a violin day instead. So hopefully this week, I do eight to ten miles everyday that in not on my one speed work day. Next weekend, I will do my two long runs to prepare for this year’s marathon here in Syracuse.

Once you are a broken in marathon runner, it’s fine to miss a long run, because your body is already adapted to long distances. In the beginning of my career, 26.2 was a deep end distance. Now, I know that I will finish, the uncertainty is finishing fast or hitting a wall 23 miles in. I’m going with the flow.