Oops.. 365 Day Challenge Late Update

Day 15 (April 16):  10.73 miles in 1h 45min (I'm going to assume this was a Saturday group run)
Day 16: 6.51 miles in 50:31
Day 17: 2.12 miles in 19:30 (Must have been a run with Kayla :))
Day 18: 3 miles in 18:14 and 2.11 in 16:51
Day 19: 2.20 miles in 15:40
Day 20: 3.88 miles in 25:28
Day 21: 2.24 miles in 15:51
Week 3: 32.97 miles in 4 hours 27 minutes and 05 seconds

Day 22 (April 23):15.05 miles in 1:53
Day 23: 2.10 miles in 15:39
Day 24: 2.13 miles in 15:17
Day 25: 5.01 miles in 37:22
Day 26: 5.83 miles in 42:10
Day 27: 2.13 miles in 15:50
Day 28 (April 29): 5.01 miles in 36:55
Week 4: 37.26 miles in 4 hours 35 minutes and 54 seconds  (mostly all on a gimpy shin after my 15 mile run. I'm not sure if it was a shin splint or what, but a little ice, stretching and no pain no gain got me through the week)

Day 29 (April 30): 10.26 miles in 1:29 (group run)
Day 30: 2.22 miles in 15:19
Day 31: 5.02 miles in 36:17
Day 32: 2.14 miles in 13:19
Day 33: 4.57 miles in 29:56
Day 34: 2.15 miles in 13:09
Day 35 (May 6): 10.03 miles in 1:10 (alone long run)
Week 5: 36.39 miles in 4 hours 27 minutes (Thought I had more mileage this week but overall a pretty solid week as far as times go)

35 day total of the 365 Day Challenge: 187.79 miles in 23 hours 3 minutes and 18 seconds.

Right now, I'm at about 5.4 miles per day in 7 minutes 21 seconds per run. If I wanted to, I'd calculate that over the course of 365 days to see where I would be at if I maintained those averages.. but there are too many variables in all that to figure out.

What did I learn these 3 weeks:
-I'm not very good at blogging about this, and I need to improve
-The week where my shin hurt didn't really turn into that bad of a week; which shocked me.
-I hope I don't get any serious injuries, running through them is going to be the only way to beat them. Mental toughness needs to be there for me.
-I enjoy running with the groups because I can get bored on occasion running on my own.

Next Up: Grandma's Marathon

Well, after sorta, kinda planning to run the Illinois Marathon at the end of this month I decided I wasn't ready.  I have plenty of excuses, all of which seem childish, so I'm not going to go into them.  Instead, I set my sights on Grandma's Marathon in Duluth, Minnesota.  The marathon will be the latest into the summer that I've ever run one, but some debate if northern Minnesota even knows what summer is.

I'm excited for this race; I see they have 3:10 and 3:20 pacers.  I ran ahead of the 3:20 at Green Bay until cramps dominated me, and they blew by with about a mile left.  I'm going to try to hang in between the two again this year, at least, that's the plan right now.  That was the plan until I saw that it's a Boston qualifier; maybe, just maybe, I'll keep up with the 3:10 pacer! 

I've heard a lot of good things about the run, great weather, beautiful scenery, and an awesome crowd.  I'm looking forward to seeing the sites in Duluth, and it sounds like I'll be able to stay with some in-laws right on the race course.  That's a good thing, considering my mom told me a few nights of hotels that weekend are around $500! 

Two questions I have to find answers for:
1.  Is the race Boston qualifying? (IT IS!!)
2.  What's all in this Powerade with Ion4?  (Really?  High Fructose Corn Syrup?  Despite the "corn sugar" commercial; I don't believe all sugar is the same.)

Are you running the Grandma's Marathon or do you have any information about the course, things to do, watch for?  Share them with me!