- Training for a marathon is hard. I'm tired.
- It sucks to get sick and then have to travel internationally during training. It totally messed up any semblance of a routine I had.
- 18 miles hurts. A lot. 20 hurts even more. Not sure about anything else but I suppose I'll find out soon.
- It sounds fairly bad ass to casually tell people -- oh, yeah, I ran 20 miles today. I mean, for runners it isn't anything but for the masses, it is something.
- Thank god one of my training runs was in the pouring swirling rain. That may come in handy.
Over all I'm kind of meh with my training. With all the drama of the spring (#stupidstressfracture) and early summer (#stupidback) I really didn't get the solid base that I had when I started down this path last January. I thought I could manage it that is where the being tired came into play. I'm almost positive that is why I got sick in October -- probably a bit exhaustion related. I managed to get the miles in under the plan, but late October I gave up most speed work. Flat out no energy. So here I sit at a cross between 'oh I should have waited' and 'lets get this done so I've got a baseline established and then can work to improve'. HA. Fickle I am.
Anyway, on the positive side -- I did get the miles in. Other than the sick week and then my three days off while I was in Japan, I logged mile after mile after mile. That just HAS to account for something, doesn't it? The other positive thing is that all my long runs were done with rolling hills. I had a friend tell me a route that mimics CIM for part of it so you betcha all my long runs were done there.
In fun running news, I did run a Turkey Trot 10k on Thanksgiving morning It was a nice confidence booster -- yeah, yeah, only a 10k but I did get a PR (50:57) and came in 7/303 in my age group. So I can run. Lets just hope I can run 26.2 miles.
4 comments:
If you've gotten your miles in, I think you will have a happy 1st marathon & finish glad you did it. And that is HUGE!! Miles on rolling hills are a bonus. Best of luck to you!!
Nice job on the turkey trot! PR! I did it as well, but my and my friends just jogged it super slow, after the Eugene 10K the week before I was fine with this lol. I was shocked at how many people there were - nice to see so many people coming out.
Good luck at the marathon! I hope you get clear skies! Sucks that the one major storm we will have this year yet comes in right when CIM hits.
I think our 10K PRs are exactly the same!
Trust me, you'll be glad you did this, even if we all look like drowned rats at the end. Looking forward to meeting you!
Best wishes to a wonderful run on Sunday. It's a great course, especially for a first-timer. Remember not to start too fast and to shift gears from physical to mental when the going gets tough (and it will, when you least expect it).
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