Bring on the challenge!

Did not get to run Saturday because of the rain.  Luckily we were able to get out this morning and do a long run.  

Went out for the tempo run this morning and another member of our group wanted to scale it down since the marathon is only a week away.  We did less mileage and no tempos today, just an easy jog.  Was nice to do, but I could have slept in an extra half hour had I known!! :) 

Haven't recorded my workouts for over a week.  I just went back and hurried and filled in the numbers.  This has been a busy month.  We had guests in town last weekend, and the weather has been crazy lately, too.  Glad we got our 20 miler in a couple of weeks ago, I don't feel as stressed because we were able to complete that.  Still, looking ahead to the marathon next week and hoping that everything goes well! 

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 :)