Tuesday
4 miles. A quick, cool run. It appears that fall is finally setlling in.
Thursday
I wasn’t feeling the 6 miles. I don’t know why, but it was really hard to feel motivated. It may have been partly due to a late night, or so-so fueling.
Saturday
Esther and I planned on meeting up after my run at the Starbuck down the road, so I had motivation to finish my 4 miles as quickly as I could. And boy did I ever! It was the fastest 4 mile run I had had in a long time. My first mile was somewhere in the sub 7:30 range. At the end, I was feeling it. Oops. A caramel latte and time with Esther and Hazel helped cure me.
Sunday
Today was the 14 mile affair. I was really nervous about today’s run, seeing as the Rock n Roll half was the furthest I had run. Going beyond that seems crazy, but clearly necessary to get through the marathon.
I was also worried that the distance out zone me out like during the half marathon, but since I was on roads that I knew, it was not a problem.
The weather was cool and partly cloudy when I set out, but was comfortably sunny and warm by the end of my run.
The run was long, bit completely doable. My feet were tired after, more sore from running on the aggregate. My knees were creaky and throbbing after, but a motrin after my run solved that quickly.
Esther refueled me with some massive pancakes and my tummy was very grateful. I am coming to learn that rice is my pre-run fuel and pancakes are my post-run refuel of choice.