Long runs yet to kick in but...

I ran 5 km this morning again. I feel much stronger now running in the mornings and I'm finishing 40 minute runs without pushing myself at all. I think I'm already in decent running form to finish a half marathon in reasonable time.

I am yet to begin running the long runs on Sundays...that will be the real test. To run 15 kms and come back and do another 40 kms in the rest of the week. :-) But this is an exhilarating challenge...one like I have never faced before. Because unlike any challenge before this one, this time I am not competing against anything or anyone; I am not benchmarking myself against any criteria except my own expectations. This race is, probably like life, in the end only with myself.