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Between PR is PR and #$%^ that was a LONG way from Goal

Two weeks before the Detroit Free Press Marathon I was feeling GREAT about my race.  I had decided that a small PR (anything under 5:46) was a C- day, that a B day would be keeping my average pace under 13:00, and that my A goal of 5:30 was reachable...there may have even been an unspoken A+ goal.  I was in good shape and ready to go racing. Taper Week 1 Monday - I left work and was headed to my last pre-race training session with my personal trainer.  I was on I-65 between downtown and Zionsville when a small truck in the lane next to me lost control of his vehicle due to mechanical failure and hit my car, pushing it into another car.  Fortunately I was ok, but the stress of dealing with the car being totaled and the insurance company took it's toll. Wednesday - Friday - I was the co-chair for the OKI regional planning conference in Indianapolis.  Good days, but long days.  Also, I couldn't find the title to my car to send to the insurance company so I won a bonus trip to