Today was my last scheduled Loooong, long training run for my 50K.  Well, actually LAST Wednesday was supposed to be my last loooong, long training run for my 50K BUT, if you recall, I got stung by a bee at mile 14 and had to go home for Benadryl.

Today was supposed to be the day. 22-24 miles.  Just slog it out and get it done.  After today, I was going to begin my taper.

Ah…..Taper.  Isn’t that a lovely word?  After training since March for this race, I am more than ready to slow down a little bit!

But it was not mean to be.

I woke up this morning at 2:30.  I was ready to do this run!  MFH (My Favorite Husband) made the pancakes to start out the day.  They were delicious!

About the time we sat down to eat, a thunderstorm rolled through.  I really didn’t give it much thought.  We get a lot of storms roll through our area.  They just zoom right past us and then we get to enjoy the remainder of our day.  I figured that today would be the same.

I ate my breakfast and fiddled around a little bit, waiting for the storm to pass.  It did. The rain stopped and everything, so I headed on out the door.

Only about a quarter of a mile from the house the rain began to fall again.  I was happy about this!  I enjoy running in the rain!  It keeps me cooled off.  I continued on.

At the end of Robinson Road, not quite to the place where I turn around, “KA-Boom!”  There was a bright flash of lightening along with it!!!  It was pretty close, too.

RATS.

I turned around, pulled out my phone (MFH doesn’t like me to run during electrical storms) and called for a ride.  I only got three miles in this morning.

While it was a nice run (I was maintaining an excellent pace) due to the cool temps and rain, it was no-where near the distance of 22-24 miles I was planning on running.  Boo.

Tomorrow.  Tomorrow will be my very last chance to get in this long run.  Keep your fingers crossed.  If I do not get these miles in, I will go to the race feeling, yes, prepared for the race but not as prepared as I would like to be.  And that would suck.

Race Day ~ 17 days away.  Cool Beans, huh?