So I've run a marathon, almost. I clocked 26 miles over the past 3 days. I treated the 10 mile run today like the last 10 miles of the marathon, except I went a heck of a lot slower than what we're projected to run on race day. I think I ended up averaging 11:30 a mile. We had received an inspiring Wednesday e-mail from our coach Paul. So I put it to use. I swear it's like he reads my mind.
I had a quick snack of chocolate milk and the rest of my banana from breakfast, grabbed my fluid and a Hammer gel, and out the door I went. What a beautiful evening for a run. Except for the bugs. I mean these flying ant things were everywhere. They were on my cheek, in my eye, on my shirt.....I hope I didn't mistakenly eat one! Josh had the same experience, so at least it wasn't me. I thought it might have been the obnoxiously bright yellow shirt I was wearing but apparently not.
My legs are super fatigued and sore. I received some great advice to run super slow and foam roll out those muscles. Josh helped me out with my legs last night but it was so painful he had to stop, maybe I'll try again tonight. I made sure to truck along at a nice slow pace. It felt pretty good once my legs got going but I kind of hated having to spend 2 hours running on a week night. I need to get ready for the weekend but I had already set my priority for the day. I went to a time management training session this morning. I guess it was pretty good. I know I try to cram too much in to too little time. But if you don't try, do you ever really know how much you can accomplish? I think I've been pretty good at fitting in all this daily stuff and still saving a little relaxation time but there is always room for improvement.
About 4 miles in my mind just got so tired. I could have really gone to sleep. Instead, I popped open my raspberry Hammer gel and sucked it down. It perked me up by the time I got to mile 6. Miles 5 - 8 gave me time to tour my neighborhood. I decided to weave up and down the side streets I never visit. What beautiful homes! The run really finished off uneventful. Miles 6 -9 felt pretty good but by mile 10 my legs had gotten tired again. I came home to stretch it out and chow down on some leftovers. I've started some more laundry- the sock is on its second load. We'll see how it turns out. Studied a bit for tomorrow's quiz while icing my legs and I just finished a Great Pumpkin from Ted Drewe's. I view this as one of the perks of running so many miles this week :)
Tomorrow I'll be resting up for Friday's run and preparing for a mostly girls weekend. I'll for sure be looking to rest my legs up tomorrow. But the good news is I contributed over 25,000 steps today to my walking team at work.
Let the rest begin.
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