You think I would have figured that out before committing to the 26.2! HHHAHA
So last weekend, I skipped my recovery run... which resulted in my running 5.35 miles Sunday, 3.15 Monday & 5 on Tuesday...skipped Wed Thurs & Friday... so I knew I HAD to do my long run today... I'm averaging around 11 minutes per mile on the longer runs and 9ish on the 3 miles now.
If you can even believe it - which I didn't... I ran 6.19 miles today ... stopped twice for about a minute each time because of a cramp in my side and caught my breath... and ran an average pace of 10.10. I finished those miles in just over an hour 1.03 to be exact.
So as brutal as it may have seemed, I guess I'm pushing myself without realizing it - or my body is making the natural progression to push itself....
Tomorrow I head out to Montauk. Going to do a little run to the lighthouse from my brothers house in Ditch Plains. That should be fun...
It was an emotionally taxing week, I enjoyed drinking a few nights... and really didn't eat foods that would give me energy, more that would comfort and feed the hunger.... I'm sure that played on my being so incredibly tired. Skipping 3 days in a row from running right now is just not really what I need to be doing. Even if I do short runs, I have to get something in.
After all is said and done, those are my legs I need to rely on for this marathon... and my mind, and my drive.... and all of you hopefully out there somewhere on the route with signs and water and love and hugs to give me....
Thanks again for all the support...time to stretch and get into the lovely bathtub :)
Curly
xoxoxxo
p.s. What honestly helps me is wearing some kinda gear that says marathon on it... got this shirt a week or so after I started training... it makes me proud and pumps me up a little.... everyone tells me that's run they do the same thing... have things that inspire them... make them feel in the "running" :)
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