I am now one month away from my next major race. I am planning on running in the AT&T Austin Half-Marathon on Feb. 17. I have been training for the last two months for this and I hope that all of my hard work pays off.

Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.

–M. Kathleen Casey

Now that my GPS obsession is passing in favor of my new toy (more later), I am back to focusing on what matters: running hard. I’ve been following the Ryan Hall training plan and it is definately a good plan. You could probably even extend this out to a marathon plan. I have been struggling to get through all of the speed work like the grueling 5×1200m repeats and the long racing simulations (i.e. 12 miles, 6 easy and 6 at race pace).

I will definately make sure to post any pictures taken. I’m still waiting for proper EXIF support in NextGen and F-Spot.