Days FORTY-FOUR through FORTY-EIGHT!

I feel more sick than swine on this lovely Monday, but I must say the college transition is going well despite all odds.

My classes are wonderful, challenging yet manageable and the people in Santa Barbara are mostly lovely.

Something strange has happened here as well! The leaves on the trees have turned strange hues of red and orange, which shocks and disturbs me. Since when do leaves fall off of trees?

Anyway, I have not been slacking on my running in the least, though I took one day off to in order to recoop from feeling like silly putty.

Along with running, I've been riding my bike a few miles back an forth every day to classes. 

After a while this REALLY adds up and leads to serious fatigue.

Overall, I think I've maintained my running, but I want to EXCEL. I want to get better, faster and run for longer. After all, I can't even run six miles and I'm supposed to be able to run 26 in March.

Have any of you ever run a marathon, my imaginary readers?

How did you do it?!

For goodness sake, I'm loosing my mind trying to push into each new mile, and it only gets harder.

In any case, I am off to a very busy day.

Gotta Run,

Brooke