Training is going well for the Baltimore Marathon Relay. This past Saturday I ran 6 miles. Which is impressive considering it was my birthday. My cousin asked why I ran so far on my birthday and honestly, I thought the same thing myself. LOL! But, I went to the park I used to run at and ran 6 miles. I was impressed with myself. I will say though that the park was so much easier to run around when I only did 1-2 miles. After about 3 miles, it gets kinda boring. I tried breaking it up by running in areas I hadn't before, which did help. I found it amusing at the end when I ran my 6 miles in 1:25:24 when the Thursday before I ran 5.5 miles in 1:24:30. Apparently, the neighborhood I run in has WAY more hills than the park.
Today, I went out for the last run before the Baltimore Marathon Relay. My running guru told me to run 5-6 miles today. I opted for 5 miles. It went well and I was impressed with myself. I got up today and had no desire to run at all. I kept thinking I would stop at 4 miles. But, I got to mile 4 and decided one more mile would be ok. And it was. I made it to 5 miles. I was impressed that having NO desire to run at all today that I got my 5 miles in.
Come Saturday, I have to run 7 miles. This will be the first time I will run a race without having run the distance before. But, for the first time since I started running, I feel like I can do that last mile. I can run 7 miles without having done it before. At least I'm hoping I can! I want to run the whole distance and truly EARN that medal! Just a few more days...
Your super cool friend who you only see once a year is waiting for you in Hershey - WITH A BIRTHDAY GIFT! Run....FAST.....so you can see her, her husband & adorable kids - have a great meal and then eat all the Hershey chocolate you can stuff in your face - because after all of that - you are TOTALLY going to deserve it! Is that enough motivation for you?????? ;o)
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