February 18th- February 24th

So I got back from my trip to Saleen Valley with my Uncle on Monday. It was a relief to be back and run in normal conditions where I was not being barraged by small sand pellets of death. I got back though, only to find that this whole next week it was going to be pouring rain in San Diego! A great thing for San Diego (because we need to water) a bad thing for running because that meant the “TREADMILL”, and I hate treadmills…. So this week my running goal was 80 miles regardless of weather conditions. So on Tuesday I did an easy out and back twenty throughout Scripps Ranch and into Mira Mesa. Then on wednesday I followed that up with a nice run down at mission bay area with my mom. Lately I had been stuck on running fast. It wasnt my choice, as of late I had been running 7:30 miles everywhere I went and however long I went. It was nice, because left and right I was setting myself new speed-distance records. So the pinnacle of the week was definetly on Friday  though when I ran a marathon in break record time! I started off doing a dreaded 6 miles on the treadmill at the gym at a 7:30 pace. As I said, I got to mile six and then I didnt care how much it was raining, I wanted the hell out off of that treadmill. So then I proceeded from Frogs down Pomerado towards espola (going north) and then did a gigantic poway loop, completing espola to twin peaks, twin peaks to midland, midland to poway, poway to the end of GR, then GR to poway, poway to Sabre Springs Parkway and back through some more streets into my house. I however completed that marathon in 3:17, three hours and seventeen minutes. That was a new record for myself and gave me complete confidence that if I wanted to attempt to break a three hour marathon this year that I fully well had the ability too. Well that was this week, hope you guys are all doing well. See you on the road!

-Nick

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