I was so excited to "only" have to run 10 miles this morning. It was going to be a piece of cake compared to the last several weeks of training. The reality of it was, it felt like I ran 15 - 20 miles. What happened to an easy run?? Part of it was I got a side ache about 2 miles in and it never really went away. The other part, which probably relates to the side ache, was a POOR diet this week (aka, girl scout cookies. . .). Yeah, they are evil. I am determined to have a much better diet this week in order to not feel like crap on Saturday. That would be a very miserable and long 26 miles. Overall, the run was right on par with time, but I definitely don't want to have to feel like that next weekend. I'm excited to get this race behind me, I'm feeling the burnout of training. This week will be easy, 2-3 days of easy runs. That should help the burnout, too :) | 