Today was my rest day for this week. I'm always ambivalent about rest days. I love them the day before the actual rest day. I anticipate with great delight the idea of having the day off and being able to get more things done. And then the rest day comes, and I feel antsy. A lot has happened in the last 24 hours though. I've decided to take the advice of the awesome, experienced runners here and just work on ramping up the mileage and hope that takes me where I want to go in the marathon. I will confess to a slight fear that if I don't practice speed, how will I go fast? But on the flip side, I think I'd be a bit of a moron to ignore these folks who have clearly found the key to running success in a way that I haven't even begun to touch. So tomorrow, 6 miles. And then Sunday's have been my long running days, so I'll do something longer, and then steady as she goes 6's - - and then I'll see how that feels. | 