Longest long run: 13.29 Miles
Total miles for week ending 03/02/2007: 25.69
Total miles since official TNT signup: 185.17
Total fundraising collected: unsure, but over $2500. Will update soon.
Wow! What a wierd week for running. I flaked on running until wednesday, but still managed to run the most miles this week of any other week thus far! I also crossed the half marathon milestone with my long run and this coming week I should be crossing the 200 training miles mark. Woohoo!
That being said, today's run left me completely knackered. We didn't get going until after 9 o'clock in the morning and boy was it hot! Somewhere around mile seven I was sure I was going to keel over and die from the heat and dehydration. But then we stopped to drink a ton of water, eat some jelly beans and I was good again - well, in all honesty I was sure I was going to lose my first toenail to marathon training - but I didn't. Unfortunately, Bree thought otherwise, we met a headwind at about mile 10, which I thought felt wonderful after the dry still heat we had felt earlier, but she was done. Once we made it up a big hill she wanted to walk for awhile, and granted, I didn't mind walking for awhile either, but I was getting anxious because I knew the end was near. Anyhow, we started running again soon enough and the rest is history. We planned on running 12 miles, but our internal mapping systems were a little off and we actually ran about 13.
Ok. Now any queasy stomachs should stop reading now because I have a someone disgusting albeit proud moment to share. On Wednesday's run, I ran 7.5 miles by myself. I felt really good, (probably from taking 3 full days off to rest???) and was especially bouncy. So at about mile 3 or 4 I just started running really hard until I couldn't go any longer at that pace, slowed it down until I caught my breath and started over again. I kept that up until about mile 6 or 7. Then I came home, ate, and yes, threw up! Is it wierd to be proud of that? Possibly, but it was totally worth it.
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2 comments:
Running is not an easy "thing", keep up the good work :)
Awesome job. After this week you should be at 200 miles...wooohoo!!! Keep up the hard work and it will pay off.
Just read back and look at the progress you have already made :)
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