Thankfully the weather has cooled down. I decided even if I am going to walk 13.1 miles, I need to do at least 10 miles on Saturday.

The question was where? I like interesting scenery so my neighborhood is out. There was a regatta going on on the Hudson so there may be no parking at the Corning Bike Trail. So I decided on the Nisky Bike Trail.

This was my first real long run. I did a 3 on a Sat and 5 on a Sun. Last weekend, I did 3 and then 7 later. But 10 continuous miles means water and fuel.

I stopped off at Fleet Feet and bought some caffeine-free gels (I usually use Gu but I wanted to try some others.)

Then I headed for the bike trail. It was cool, breezy and cloudy. I almost wore a jacket but thought better of it.

I ran about 2.5 miles to Lock 7. I walked around and took some pics. When we had a smaller boat, we used to take it there and go waterskiing on the Mohawk.

Then I ran back and stopped at my car to get water and some gel (tried Clif Shot vanilla).

Now I headed in the other direction and the sun actually came out for a while. Another 2.5 miles before turning around.

I didn’t run the whole way. I walked when I got tired. I actually walked less the second half. It took me close to 2 hours and that was my plan.

I didn’t think I had it in me. First double digit run since last March. I may actually be able to do this half marathon.

Boating season goes on until our Marina closes Oct 13. (yes, that’s the day of my half. gulp!) so Sunday we drove up to the lake.

It was not very warm or sunny but nice enough. We decided to go to Commission Point to hike and BBQ and relax.

The guys stayed behind while Chris & I set out for our hike.  We wanted to go as far as Shelving Rock and maybe find the waterfalls.

Our hike was interrupted by an apparent dead end.

It looked to be illegal to go any farther.  So we turned back?  No way.  We crawled under the fence and continued.

I am glad we did.  We saw some interesting things, stone walls, bridges, barns, huge houses (one even had tennis courts)  and it was fun to be walking in the “forbidden zone.”

Eventually we came to the end and would have to crawl through another fence but we saw another sign “Beware of the Dog.”  We decided that we should head back quickly (in case there was a dog.)  Anyway, no dog citing and we returned to our site.

We cooked hamburgers and chatted until our friends had to leave.

My hubby and I stayed a little longer.  I took advantage of the view to finish a book.

Happy Running! How was your weekend?