Yesterday I did four laps around my golf course route. Then this morning I went back out and did one lap and I couldn't quite run the whole way, but figured since I was only scheduled to run a mile that I would let it go.
Out of curiosity, I double checked how far a lap was and it is actually two miles, not a mile and a quarter like I originally thought.
So what should have been a six mile run turned out to be more like nine miles. The good news is that it felt very good and it really felt like six miles. It took around an hour and a half, but I'm enjoying not obsessing about how long and how far my runs are. It's actually relaxing to just go out for a trot rather than put on the heart rate monitor, worry about how long it will take and how far it is. If it's too far, I'll stop. If it's too short, I'll count my blessings and come back stronger the next run. I figure as long as I go out progressively longer each week, I'll be ready for the marathon.
So being "lazy" about my training plan is really working.
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