The last time I ran 18 miles it was the 30K Crossroads of America in late summer 2009. I finished that race last and I was glad to have finished. Today I was happy to finish my training run.
There is a long way between 18 and 26.2 though and while I think I can finish, it will likely be a very slow marathon. My training runs are within the window for long run pace for my goal time, but I just don't know that I will be going any faster on race day. But maybe...just maybe.
Today's weather was good in the sense that it wasn't actively raining most of the time so I did get to run outside instead of doing 144 laps of the indoor track at the Monon Center. But it was a tad chilly when the wind blew (probably could have used a long sleeve shirt and gloves) and not great for the 10 minutes it did rain. But I got to run outside.
Along the way I saw several Indy Runners people out for their Saturday morning run, said "hi" to Monon Bob twice, talked to Erika Wells and met her dog, ran a little bit with Katie Clark, and talked to Aaron Moody for a while near the end. Aaron also hooked me up with a bottle of Powerade.
The great thing about this time of year is that a lot of the training programs have water stops (and are pretty willing to share) and the drinking fountains are back on, so you don't have to carry water. I stayed well hydrated just using what was available. I did try LARABARs as something I could eat during the run to keep from getting low blood sugar and I was able to eat and digest them well (better than Gu) so they may be the answer for marathon nutrition.
And this afternoon I bought a pair of compression socks which I am happily wearing now. The person helping me at Blue Mile also told me how to "ice bath" without actually doing an ice bath since I am too much of a wuss for that.
Good run overall. Exactly the time I thought I would finish. Still wish I could run more of it, but my lungs are getting better and that will help. I still used the inhaler around mile 11...but the doc said it would be months before I could run/walk without the inhaler, so I guess that's ok.
Also, bought my plane ticket to San Diego for the marathon yesterday. I am really doing this. And this time I really need to finish.
There is a long way between 18 and 26.2 though and while I think I can finish, it will likely be a very slow marathon. My training runs are within the window for long run pace for my goal time, but I just don't know that I will be going any faster on race day. But maybe...just maybe.
Today's weather was good in the sense that it wasn't actively raining most of the time so I did get to run outside instead of doing 144 laps of the indoor track at the Monon Center. But it was a tad chilly when the wind blew (probably could have used a long sleeve shirt and gloves) and not great for the 10 minutes it did rain. But I got to run outside.
Along the way I saw several Indy Runners people out for their Saturday morning run, said "hi" to Monon Bob twice, talked to Erika Wells and met her dog, ran a little bit with Katie Clark, and talked to Aaron Moody for a while near the end. Aaron also hooked me up with a bottle of Powerade.
The great thing about this time of year is that a lot of the training programs have water stops (and are pretty willing to share) and the drinking fountains are back on, so you don't have to carry water. I stayed well hydrated just using what was available. I did try LARABARs as something I could eat during the run to keep from getting low blood sugar and I was able to eat and digest them well (better than Gu) so they may be the answer for marathon nutrition.
And this afternoon I bought a pair of compression socks which I am happily wearing now. The person helping me at Blue Mile also told me how to "ice bath" without actually doing an ice bath since I am too much of a wuss for that.
Good run overall. Exactly the time I thought I would finish. Still wish I could run more of it, but my lungs are getting better and that will help. I still used the inhaler around mile 11...but the doc said it would be months before I could run/walk without the inhaler, so I guess that's ok.
Also, bought my plane ticket to San Diego for the marathon yesterday. I am really doing this. And this time I really need to finish.
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