It's hard to believe that race day is less than 30 days away. Eek! As it gets closer, I am a mixture of emotions. I am definitely going to have to start focusing on the mental aspect of training. I think my legs are ready just not sure about my mind. Here's to getting mentally tough in the next few weeks.
Monday was a solo five mile run! There's just something relaxing about losing yourself in the music with the beautiful Fall colors. This is truly my favorite time of the year to run! The temperature is just about right, and the leaves are gorgeous!
Tuesday was a rest day, but I did walk the 1.5 miles home after dropping the car off to Jadynn. Usually it's not a big deal for that walk, but I was still rocking my dress and dress boots. I'm sure people were wondering what was going on with me. Yeah, I am that girl!
Wednesday my girls, Monica and Kristin, joined me for a five mile jaunt. I truly appreciate all of the miles that I've shared with these two. There's just something about girl time while getting in some miles that makes my heart full.
I really wasn't feeling my five mile run on Thursday because I was tired, and it was raining. I absolutely loathe running in the rain. I was complaining to my sil, Abby, about it, and she made me realize that running is a blessing. I was getting to the point where I was thinking of it as a curse. I decided that I was going to run five miles in the rain for those who cannot run. Talk about a change in perspective.
Friday was a rest day before my long run on Saturday. 19 miles was on the agenda. Kristin agreed to do 10 miles with me, so I decided to run the nine miles from my house to hers. I foucsed on maintaining a pace between 10:30-11:00 because I'm thinking that will be an ideal pace come race day. Once I met up with Kristin, her fresh legs started pushing the pace. I was ok with going a little faster but knew I'd have to slow down to be able to finish. I knew there would be a few small hills at the end. We were able to finish with negative splits, so I will call that a victory. Somehow I managed to trip and fall when I was paying attention to the traffic instead of the sidewalk! Oops!
For cross training this week, Kevin and I ran the Buckeye 4 miler. I wasn't sure how the race was going to go after 19 miles on Saturday! My hips were a little sore and my body felt exhausted. He told me that he was going to stay with me for the whole race. This is something that doesn't happen very often. I told him that I was going to run how my body felt. Our first mile was at a 9:30 pace, and I felt good. The second mile was 8:59, so I knew that I needed to slow down a little bit. I have five miles penciled in for tomorrow. We ended up finishing at a 9:18! Not bad for tired legs. Just hoping my body doesn't hate me tomorrow. At this point, I'm not sore. Guess I'm in better shape than I realize.
One more long run and two weeks of tapering stands between me and race day! I think I'm ready. My goal is just to finish and take in the whole experience. I've been following my plan, so it should get me through. Right?!? I got this! I need to post that everywhere, so I really start believing it!
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