Half marathon

I'm running the Detroit Free Press Half Marathon in five days. This year especially, I'm looking forward to it.

I have been training all year for this race. I have increased my weekly mileage to over 60 miles and I have lost 80 pounds. If I lose eight more pounds, I will have reached my goal weight. Almost every race I have run this year, I have improved my times. I dropped my 5K time by nine minutes and my 10K time by 11 minutes. I am hoping to drop my half marathon time by 15-30 minutes. I know it is possible. At the half marathon last year, I dropped my time by 13 minutes. I dropped that time when I was overweight. Now that I'm not overweight, I want to see what I can run.

Besides the race, I excited about attending the expo. For the past two years, I have just picked up my bib, bought official merchandise and left. I actually want to look at and purchase some running items. I want to look at compression socks, shirts and shorts. Maybe I'll find something I wasn't even looking for. I'm sure the latter will happen.

I checked the weather for Sunday's race. It looks like it will be nice running weather. The temperature, as of now, will be 63° and mostly sunny. The low will be about 48°. I will take that weather. At the start last year, the temperature was 28°. I will be happy if it is not that cold. I don't need my toes to be frozen for the first mile.

I am ready to run the half marathon. I can't wait to set a new personal record Sunday.