So Sunday night I decided that Monday morning was to be my first 20 mile run in prepartion for the marathon. By the way, this means getting up at 4 am in order to finish, do all of the recovery stuff, and still make it to work, seriously, dont ask me why I do it, suffice to say, I am just crazy.
Well the somewhat more sane part of my brain tookover when my alarm went off at that absurd time, and I decied an hour and half more of sleep was a good idea, and that running 5 miles would suffice for Monday morning. So I got up and ran, did a quick tempo, and felt okay about the day.
Alright, Monday night, I was going to do it, no one was going to stop me. So after putting the kids to bed, Monica at work, I whipped up some brownies for her when she got home, and hit the sack. I wake up the next morning, the sun is shining, birds are singing, no wait, its not like this at 4 AM. Well no one wakes up at 4 am when their alarm is set for 4 pm. Stupidity on my part, so moving right along. So I ran 5 1/2 at lunch. Not my favorite thing to do, you come back sweating all over your desk, well its not pretty, and kind of smelly.
Okay, going to do it Wednesday, going to, going to...nothing like a severe thunderstorm to screw things up. Seriously no rain earlier, and no rain later in the day. From 230 until about 530, the weather just unleashed, again, here in Memphis. Kansas and Oklahoma aint seen nothin'. So once again, I put in another 5 1/2 at lunch, sweat, not enough to eat, feel gross. Things are not looking good. Now I am beginning to worry that I am going to log too many miles this week before I can get the chance for the long haul.
Thursday morning, redemption!!! I headed out the door at 420 AM, and it was hot!! By 6 miles I needed more water, and most people would have sworn I had just jumped out of the pool. Becasue of the later departure, I was only able to log 18 miles, but I was very pleased. I felt strong over the last 3/4 of the run, and found a good rythym, and even worked some surges into the run. 2:20:00 on the nose for 18 miles, on an 80 degree morning will work for me anytime.
A well deserved day off is in store in the morning before trying to get 15 in over the weekend to hit 50 miles for the week, I would be very pleased if those are the results.
The fund raising dollars are beginning to trickle in, and granted, little work has been put in by my part, but that will come.
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