French Bread Pizza

I finally went running for a substantial distance for the first time since Pittsburgh (so like three weeks). By substantial I mean three miles without stopping. I'm finding motivation to run hard to come by. I guess I just need to find some races to train for and get excited about. That being said, I've got at least two planned for the summer:

June 20: The Jeff Kerns Memorial 5K in Bellefontaine

August 20something: The Pemberville 5 Miler. My favorite race of all time.

I'm looking for more 5 and 10Ks to run, and I think I might do another half in the fall. Training is going to be difficult though because I'm working at a summer camp.

Anyway, last night I ran three miles around town. It felt great. I love running around Pemberville. Say what you want about small, midwest towns, but I haven't ran in many other better places.

Unfortunately, I ran about an hour or so after I ate dinner — french bread pizza and pumpkin soup. Definitely felt that on the run. Still, I pushed hard and I think I ran about high 7s or low 8s. I need a watch.

Mission accomplished... sort of

I did it. Not going to lie, I walked a pretty good amount, but I did it. Thirteen and one-tenth miles in 1 hour, 53 minutes and 27 seconds.

Not bad in my opinion. 

Check out what I wrote about crossing the finish line here: http://media.www.kentnewsnet.com/media/storage/paper867/news/2009/05/04/Sports/The-Runners.High-3735436.shtml

Running this half marathon was a great experience, and I'm really proud of what I did.

But...

I still haven't ran a marathon. I'm still tempted to try.

So here we go again.

My name is Josh Johnston. I'm a sophomore journalism student at Kent State University. This is my blog about my attempts to run a marathon.

The Day Before

I'm writing this from a Days Inn about 20 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh. My bib number is 7079. Tomorrow at 7:30 a.m. I'll start the Pittsburgh half marathon.

I'm ready for this.