Today’s Run: \u00a017 miles<\/p>\n
We ran for 3 hours and 44 minutes this morning. \u00a0A Very Long Time!<\/p>\n
I never sleep well on nights before a long run. \u00a0I get all wound up about the run and just do not sleep. \u00a0So, I called it a lost cause this morning around 12:30. \u00a0Woke up husband up around 3:00 a.m.~fed both of us and we were out the door by 4:00 and running by 4:30ish.<\/p>\n
Due to the fact that I am nursing a sore foot, we are avoiding gravel roads. \u00a0Unfortunately, the route our running group was taking this morning had a lot of gravel in it so we had to plan a different route, water stops, etc. \u00a0It was all very do-able and things went off without a hitch (except for that dk pickup truck that aimed at us this morning on S. Montgomery St. \u00a0About pegged each of us separately!~~Jerk!)<\/p>\n
This morning saw us finishing up week 10 and tomorrow begins week 11 of our marathon training. \u00a0I counted up the days today and there are only 56 days until we toe the line in Bar Harbor, Maine! \u00a0Yikes!!!<\/p>\n
Earlier, say around week 7, I was not ready, emotionally, for the race to get here. \u00a0That is starting to change. \u00a0I think I am just about ready, mentally prepared, for this race. \u00a0I know about the hills. \u00a0I know we will be running along the Atlantic Ocean coast the entire race. \u00a0I know all this and now I am almost ready to do it. \u00a0In My Mind.<\/p>\n
My body, however, is not quite there. \u00a0The longest run I have successfully completed to date is 19 miles. \u00a0That 19 miler was not pretty. It was a hot (upper 70’s F.) with 90’s % humidity day. \u00a0Awful running weather. \u00a0I know that when we get to Maine, I will be freezing to death! \u00a0I can hardly wait! \u00a0It will be glorious running weather!<\/p>\n
In the next 7 weeks, we have 18, 15, 20, 18, 23 milers and then the taper begins. \u00a0These next few weeks are going to fly by.<\/p>\n
We purchased our airfare for the race this week. \u00a0Reserved the rental car. (Do you know that it costs more to rent a car than airfare for two adults!?!) \u00a0We have hotel accommodations. \u00a0The dog has reservations at the doggie hotel. \u00a0My son is going to babysit the chickens and the cats…All we have to do is put in the miles!<\/p>\n
No Problem!!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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