Sunday, March 11, 2012
Oh that pride
Remember last week's post about how wonderful my 16 mile run was? Um yeah. 18 miles was not quite as awesome. At all. In fact, it left me somewhat broken. It was 20 degrees warmer than any other run I'd attempted this spring so I ran out of water in the first 12 miles. Thankfully, a wonderfully apathetic gas station employee gave me the bathroom key to fill up my water bottles. (Bless you, gas station employee!) That helped, but there were multiple walk breaks. Michael and I still finished 18 miles but it was slow--I think we averaged 11 minute miles, which is 45 seconds slower per mile than last week. This was a good wake up call to rid me of my delusions of grandeur. (Oh sure, a 4 hour first marathon, no problem, I can do it!) I've become much more realistic in my goals. Just got to finish and the time doesn't matter. Right?
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You can do it! I hate running in the heat. I was slowed down yesterday trying to run. Only got a little over 3 miles in before I crapped out. Hopefully it will be cool when my mini comes and your marathon happens!
ReplyDeleteThe sad thing is that it was still only in the mid-60s and that felt hot to me. Ugh--I'm hoping there's a slight cooldown before my race since it has been hitting 80 here. And that it is cool for you as well! Good luck, it has seemed like your training is going really well, though I completely agree with the heat issue.
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