Super Bowl Suffering and Exciting News!
People ask me a lot "do you ever have 'bad' runs"? The answer is yes, absolutely. If you only ever have easy runs, you're not doing it right. My long run yesterday, was anything but fun or easy. It was a 20-miler, so I knew going in that it wasn't going to be a piece of cake. But I also knew I'd pull through. However, what I wasn't anticipating was the fact I was still getting over my cold and I was zapped of all energy. My pace was super slow but I was determined to finish my goal. By mile 17, I thought my knees would buckle. By mile 18, everything ached and was seizing. By mile 19, I was near tears. But by golly I made it to 20! The pic snapped of me a few weeks ago is only partially what I must of looked like chugging along on the canal! Luckily, I had a friend running with me for the last really tough part (15 miles worth in fact). Had it not been for him I might still be out there trying to finish. ...