Back to training... again!

I just realized that my 1/2 marathon is only 2-1/2 months away.  I figure I should pick up my running again and get started with training for it.

So, this morning I got out for a long run.  I ran a total of 5 miles and walked 1.75.  At miles 2,3,4 and 5 I let myself walk a tenth of a mile, then after the last walk, I finished up the 5 miles.  I'm sore now.  My joints are definitely telling me that I need to run more often if I'm going to be ready.
During the run, my heart rate spent a lot of time between 175 and 180bpm.  That is higher than I had expected, but it was getting warm and was pretty humid.  Afterward, I stopped by the coffee house and got my reward-coffee.  I acutally like my own coffee better, but something about treating myself to a purchased coffee is fun.

During the run, I was able to greet several people.  That's one fun thing about a Sunday morning long run. Out of curiosity, I ran two laps of the middle school track on the outside of the track and two on the inside.  My Garmin calculated 0.53 for the outter path and 0.49 miles for the inner path.

So, 11 weeks.  I started training with something like 16 weeks to go before.  This time, my hiatus from running wasn't near as long, so I think I'm ok with 11 weeks.  For now, I'm going to try to get 2 days of intervals and one long run in a week.  I may switch things up as the race draws nigh.