3 Personal Bests in One Week, Then Rest...

Last week I ran my fastest mile ever (6:47), then I clocked my fastest 26 mile run (4:32), then I ran my longest run ever (32 miles). The 32 mile run included some rest time (about 35-40 minutes total). I came back home at mile 22 which I had clocked at 3:42 (a 10:06 per mile pace). Even if you include the rest time at mile 22, my 26 mile time comes out to 5:12 which beats my best marathon time by over a half hour. The whole run lasted 5:28 which is a 10:15 pace not including the rest. If you include the rest the run lasted 6:08. This was very encouraging. If I can repeat this on race day that will give me roughly another 6 hours to run the left over 18 miles and make my goal of completing the run in 12 hours. After all of this I went down to Rehoboth, DE to spend a few days of rest at the beach with my family. That was nice. I didn't touch my computer or look at a running shoe for 3 days! As far as the fund raising is going, 50 Miles to Congo has officially raised $1315.00 with another $100.00 that I was told would be donated. I will begin focusing a bit more on fund raising in the near future. I've reached out to the Run for Congo Women New York City branch and they gave me the number of a guy who started a men's running group. There is also a 5k in September for the cause. I may run in that. We'll see.