Long time no post

Sorry for the brief hiatus folks. I haven't had much to say (or really the time to write it) lately. My ankle has still been giving me fits since the marathon. I finally went to the doctor, after taking a weekend off. I figured it was better to rest it than to keep running on it, not sure of what was really going on.
Turns out I have tendinitis, again. But this time in my LEFT ankle instead of the right. He readjusted my orthotics and told me to put heat on it. So I'm going to do that for a while.
I have to go down to Corpus Christi for work, so hopefully running down there will re energize my routine. There's a ten mile out and back route along Ocean Drive that I really like, so I may do that.
There is also a 10-miler on Sunday that I did last year and LOVED. So I'm going to see how I do on that one. After Sunday I'll reevaluate what I'm going to do for Austin. Right now my thinking is that I should only do the half marathon and give my ankle some rest. Especially since I'm doing the half in Houston in January.
But I really want to run the whole marathon in Austin. I really feel like that could be the run for me to hit five hours. And well I really want to hit that five hour mark. So I think two longer runs will really give me a good feel for what my joints can do.
So we'll see. Until then I've been doing some easy five mile runs. It's interesting as to how long of a distance five miles used to be for me. Now it's my regular Monday and Wednesday run! :)