When it’s all said and done, will you have said more than you’ve done?
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson
I'm just a knuckleheaded newbie...so my advice is for you to listen to all of these experienced folks!
Ok so I think I've got this week figured out. I'll do 6 on Wed night, 10 Friday night, 7 Saturday and 15miles on Sunda (or visa versa). Now this coming Sunday is exactly 2 weeks before LRM. Looks like dh will be home come next week so it will be much easier to get my runs in , so 50-55 shouldn't be a problem. Here is a schedule of my long runs up to Philadelphia marathon 8/26/2007 15 9/2/2007 12 9/9/2007 26.2 (Lehigh Valley Marathon) 9/16/2007 12-13 9/23/2007 17 9/30/2007 10 10/7/2007 26.2 Steamtown Marathon 10/14/2007 10 10/21/2007 18 10/28/2007 20 11/4/2007 15 11/11/2007 10 11/18/2007 26.2 Philadelphia Marathon BTW Bob, your thoughts are right along with mine!
Running the 2016 Boston Marathon for Children's Hospital
No run report for today Pam? I hope it was a good one! Funny, it just dawned on me now that you are running Philly. If Steamtown didn't pan out for me, Philly was to be my backup plan. I have a hotel room booked there, so I was thinking I'd go there anyway and run the half.
Oooops totally forgot. Guess that's what happens when you wake up at 5:15 run come home and go back to bed lol. Well as you just read I got up at the crack of dawn, got dressed to go running and since it was dark still went and found dh's reflective vest. I am SOOO not a early morning runner, though I was when I first started running. First mile, legs felt super stiff and I think my pace was around 9:40 . Legs finally woke up around mile 3 and I finished 7.3 miles at an average pace of 8:53. Other than the stiffness, the run felt great! After stretching and showering I went back to bed and the kids let me sleep until close to 10:30 Today is a cold and rainy day (perfect for running). Guess we'll do some shopping and go to the library. Instead of going out for my run, I'll start reading my 2nd book that I got last week.
Now that's living! Get up, run, go back to bed till 10:30! Was breakfast waiting for you when you got up too? That's great, Pam! Glad you had a good run! I am with you as far as the morning creakiness goes. Oh man, it takes a while for the legs to wake up! Yep, cold and rainy here today too. Thank goodness for the libraries on days like today! Enjoy the downtime (from running anyway), you've earned it.
Fortunatly for me it wasn't since it consisted of Shredded wheat/milk (don't like it soggy lol) Guess we're getting old huh Bob! Thanks for stopping by
Enjoy that run! Just remember.... it's a stepback week! I would pretty much say you are a running addict, Pam! Have a safe drive too!
Thanks & I DID! Ooops legs forgot it was a step back. Did a really nice feeling progression run. As for me being an addict. My dh says that running is my crack Made it home ok. I HATE driving! Here is my run from tonight http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/3738631 Ended up passing my turn and found myself not too far from the on ramp to 95 Needless to say it freaked me out and so I completely stopped running.
That was a pretty speedy run there Pam! You must've been in the zone to pass your turn like that. Nice job! Glad you got your "fix" for the day and made it back safely.