Well, I did 7 miles on Saturday but in split format. That is, I went 3.5 miles to the dog park with Ripley. Took a potty break and a 15 minute breather and swapped out Ripley for Indiana and then went 3.5 miles home. Less than 90 minutes for 7 miles. In theory that means I could, right now, finish a half marathon in less than 3 hours. Yeah, and then my feet would fall off and I would cry. But you know, theoretically!

This weeks schedule (which I wish I could find a better format for posting online):

• Monday - AM - Run 3.5 miles, PM - Pushup, squat and crunch challenges
• Tuesday - AM - Lift with focus on assisted pull ups and core, PM - REST
• Wednesday - AM - Run 3.5 miles, PM - Pushup, squat and crunch challenges
• Thursday - AM - Lift with focus on assisted pull ups and core, PM - REST
• Friday - AM - Run 3.5 miles, PM - Pushup, squat and crunch challenges
• Saturday - AM - Long Run - 7.5 miles, PM - REST
• Sunday - AM - Cross train (row, mostly likely) and lift if feeling good, PM - REST
  

What are the challenges I refer to above? Well, I've done the 100 Pushup Challenge and the 200 Sit-up challenge (or crunches, whatever) but now they have the 200 Squat challenge. Same idea - train yourself to do MORE of certain actions. However, the squats are going to be easier I think. We did the initial test yesterday - I did 100 squats, 14 military style (and GOOD form) pushups and 44 crunches. I'm in pretty darn good shape, if I do say so. I do think I need to start throwing in the occasional timed mile run, though my 5k on October 17th will help keep me on target for speed, I hope!