I ran today.
8 miles. Normally, the week before a half marathon, I do at least 10-11.
But I’ll take what I can get. And I’ll remember saying this as I struggle through the course in Lake Geneva.
If I don’t, and start to whine, remind me of this.
At least it was outside. The threat of rain and the last lingering hints of my cold had me accepting the idea of doing it all on the treadmill.
But I’m often wreckless and if I mentally wanted to make it past 5-6 miles, it was going to have be to be outside.
And maybe I haven’t done all that hill training as originally discussed, but let’s pretend the wind going on outside is a comparable alternative.
It was horrifically gloomy, but weirdly peaceful. Way better than having to dodge bikers and runners at every turn during the summer.
Anyway… the entire 8 miles let me know that next week won’t be easy, but should be manageable.
It even helped a little that I ran into Meghan- another ZOOMA ambassador!
It must have been a sign.
8 miles. Done.
It’ll have to do.
To wrap up this post, I feel it’s time to say something about my Cardinals.
We just don’t give up, do we?
I will be the first to admit, what is going on right now is a total surprise to me. We’ve done decent all season, but always in the background. I wasn’t planning to watch a playoffs run. Guess I’ll have to rearrange my schedule, eh?
Happy Flight!
Filed under: Running Randomness Tagged: | cold season, running, St. Louis Cardinals
As Phillies fan, I’m thrilled with this Cardinals run. And your run. You inspire me, boo.
Most of us doing ZOOMA plan to take it nice and easy… so maybe you can join the slow group? Ha ha. We are probably too slow for you
So fun that you ran in to Meghan!!!
It was so great to see you! I hope the rest of your run was a success – and I definitely agree with you about the weather! It’s SO much better than the summertime chaos!
See you later this week!
I don’t want to talk about your cardinals, but I will talk about your running. You are awesome! Good on you for getting 8 miles in while I was still sleeping off and hangover
8 miles is great!! And plus…you have this secret running ability where you are able to run speedy races without much training so I wouldn’t worry too much about ZOOMA and just enjoy it all.
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I know nothing about sports so I won’t even try. But I will say that 8 miles? Impressive. Super impressive.
PS: Love gloomy weather!