I made the mistake...

...of looking at a typical training plan for the marathon and found that I needed to make 8 miles my long run today. So that is what I did. To make sure I did not try and cut corners, I have my family take me 8 miles down the bike path and drop me off. An hour and a half later I found myself back at home. :-) I had to walk a couple of times to catch my breath a bit and get a drink but I felt pretty good about today. My longest training run last year was 9 miles for the 1/2 marathon - I am happy with running this distance so early in the year.