I am sitting here trying to figure out how to survive this week. I can't wait to reach Sunday. Last weekend, I was scheduled to do a 13 miler and got the stupid idea to run a half marathon and get a medal instead of just running and getting nothing. The idea wasn't a bad one...but the race I chose was. I hobbled through and finished the xterra bony mountain 1/2. Put it this way, between mile 6 and 10.5, we climbed 1800 feet. It was grueling. I felt at the finish like I do after a full, I was just so exhausted. I am still feeling it today. Achey calves, minor sprained ankle, tight quads.
But the daunting part is in front of me. Yep, this Friday I am supposed to run a 1/2 marathon with Dean Karnazes the guy who is running 50 marathons in 50 states in 50 days. The good news is that I can run less, much less should I choose to and I believe I will choose to. Why am I wimping out? Well, another friend of mine is scheduled to run St George and has experienced some real big life challenges but is sick about not having the proper training in to do St George, so she called and asked if I would be willing to walk it with her. Hmmmm. I said yes. I have had lapses in my sanity and judgement twice in less than a week. NOT GOOD!
Anyway, so I will be doing some running on Friday and not sure if we are truly walking the entire thing or if we are going to walk/run it, but I am doing a full marathon on Saturday. Then I fly back to Lewis to massage me and nurse me back to health. hehe
What is your week looking like?
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I signed up for St George last April. I dropped out of St George about 2 months ago focusing on weight loss. I don't do well dieting while training for a marathon. I was then given the opportunity to run with Dean on Friday and since I had dropped out of St George figured it would be a wonderful opportunity. Since then, my dear friend (who is also the one who asked if I wanted to run with Dean asked me to run with her for St George. I am not running "legally". I am running under someone else's number. Not that I am going to be setting any records or anything. But I am doing it for a friend. I am going to be at the finish line with Dean, but don't think I will be running with having to do a full on Saturday.
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