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After the first Wednesday track training, the Thursday mornings look pretty grim for a run. My shoulders and upper body felt pretty tight, but had planned on this, and designed the day so I could run at 5, after work. Much better. Since it was bordering on dark, I relinquished to running some laps around Chaparral Lake and the north ball fields, a 1.5 mile loop.
The pace felt good and the complaints felt mild to weak. I perhaps, maybe, maybe, maybe, was sipping a few endorphins as I felt almost “good”. Of course, plenty of trim, happy runners zoomed past me like I was still, but I’m not in a race against anyone but myself.
Looming ahead is the 18 miler on Saturday, which will be the real test if I can crank up for the full monty/marathon. While its feeling good now, I dont have much long distance under the training belt.
Let’s cross that river when it… on Saturday.
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November 30th, 2007 at 2:50 pm
Hey, Alan,
You’ve had some runs lately where you’ve felt good. Running 18 miles is going to be hard. Don’t be discouraged by the fact that it’s hard. It’s hard for everyone.
These long runs make the race easier. Remember how you felt on the good days, and that the work you’ll do on Saturday is going to help you feel that way on the day of the race.
You had a good attitude about the people passing you on Thursday. You’re not racing them. You’re not even competing against yourself on training runs. Race day is 1/13/08. Until then, it doesn’t count.
Hope to see you Saturday, but if I don’t, good luck on the long run. You’re doing great.