Grandma's Marathon Prep

Due to the ankle injury I sustained in my attempt to run the Zumbro 50, I was left with a compressed schedule to ramp my mileage back up prior to Grandma's.

Once I got the all-clear from my physical therapist, I began running regularly and started increasing the distance of my long runs:

5/14: 5 miles...first time running this distance since the injury. Felt great!
5/22: 8.2 miles...again, this run felt great. The ankle didn't bother me and didn't swell.
5/29: 13.6 miles. This was a good test and my ankle passed with flying colors.
6/6: 18.0 miles. Another good test. I mixed in some walking with this run. I felt good throughout and probably could have gone farther, but didn't want to overdo it.

At this point, I'm as prepared as I can be for the marathon. My goals are:

1. Finish the race.
2. a. 5 hours
    b. 5.5 hours

I'm treating Grandma's as a nice long training run. I have more races I'd like to run the rest of the summer and need to start getting back on the trails more.

Potential races after Grandma's:
*=would very much like to do
%=registered

*%7/13: Lebanon Hills 7 miler (part of the Endless Summer series) http://www.estrs.com/lebanon-7mi/
8/6: Urban Wildland Half Marathon http://urbanwildland.com/
8/20: St. Paul Trail Marathon http://www.urbantrailseries.org/new-page-1
9/12: Muscle Milk Woodsy 9 miler http://www.musclemilkwoodsy.com/
*9/19: William O'Brian 10 miler http://www.frontrunnerusa.com/event/william-obrien-10-miler
9/24: Surly Trail Loppet Half Marathon - http://www.loppet.org/trailloppet/
*10/1: Birkie Trail Marathon - http://www.birkie.com/run/events/birkie-trail-run/
*10/15: Whistle Stop Marathon - http://www.whistlestopmarathon.com/
*11/5: Icebox 480 - http://icebox480.com/