I was pretty ready to tackle 19 miles yesterday, because I was riding a high from Friday afternoon. What happened Friday afternoon? The sentencing for the court case I have been involved with since last April. Essentially the defendant will be going to prison, and he won't be getting out. I think experienced the full spectrum of emotions over the 1.5 hours I was there. When he was brought in I experienced fear. As the judge read the charges and the defendant tried to find loop holes for why the trial should not count, I was angry. As I read my Victim Impact Statement I felt both upset and powerful. As the judge delivered the sentence, I felt relief and closure. Now I can officially move on and moving on meant moving up in mileage.
I feel like I'm no longer phased by the building mileage. Either 1. It's just become a reality. I mean, is 19 miles really that different from 17? Or 20 different from 16?, or 2. I'm too tired to even notice. By the later points in the run we all become a little delusional and the legs are on autopilot. I'm sure I could keep going, if I had to.
All in all it was a great run through south city. The weather was lovely and the company was wonderful. I also got to see an old friend/colleague from grad school and her family. That put an extra pep in my step for the next mile or so- thanks Katie! The last 2 miles were uphill. Literally. I heard from Paul "this is the last hill" one too many times. He was lying. Not cool. I don't know that I could have finished this race without the support of our running group. I know I keep saying this, but they are such a fantastic crew! Everyone is so inspirational and brings something to the table. I still have 5 weeks left but I'm already wondering what I will do early on Saturday morning without them :(
My body was broken down after Saturday's 19 mile run. Nothing in particular hurts, so I'm very fortunate, but I do experience general fatigue. This has carried over in to today. Part of that may be related to the somewhat hectic schedule I have at the moment. Running to and from takes away time from napping and icing after these long runs. I made it work yesterday by grabbing a few minutes of ice time before heading to Kristy's bachelorette party and I napped on the party bus ;). By the way, probably one of the best bachelorette party themes ever. We were given the chance to wear a dress again that, in spite of what previous brides may have told us, we would have never worn again. That's right, each of the 20-something girls present for the event wore an old bridesmaid dress. We were a pretty fabulous looking bunch that made quite the statement. I didn't have my camera, so unfortunately I don't have any pictures. If I get a hold of one I will be sure to post it.
Well I want to give a shout out to those who have donated recently, and then I want to have ice cream, actually watch the Emmys, and go to sleep :)
Thank you to all of you for contributing to this fantastic cause!
- Casey
- Andy & Joanne
- Paul
- Jac & Mike
- Alan
- Aunt Terri
- Jene & Chris
- Peggy
- Karen
- Emily
- Pam
- Heather & Phil
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