My running buddy and I like to pre-run the marathon distance before we get up to any actual marathon runs we have scheduled. This is mostly for our peace of mind and comfort level than anything else, but it’s also good information to know.
We have a marathon coming up in a month. It’s in the very hilly park across from our neighborhood and includes close to seven miles of single track trails, meaning pine needles, trees, roots, rocks and water hazards. We haven’t done much running since the marathons in November, so it was time to get out, dust off the cardiovascular muscles and see what we could do.
We did a sixteen-mile run, then a twenty-mile run and then today we did a full marathon run with three of the five single track trails included. We didn’t have the hydration and food support the real race offers, but we were able to do the run and tonight I’m doing fine.
Today is my birthday and doing the run was a nice way to celebrate. Thanks to my husband for watching the children for half the day.
The Big Boy Update: My son looked at the large slice of cake Mimi had given him for dessert for my birthday celebration. He had eaten a good bit but he’d hit his limit. He looked up and said, “I can’t seem to eat this.”
The Tiny Girl Chronicles: My daughter has a sound book from school. Each little page is a letter and she’s learning the sound that goes with each letter. The letters are written in sharpie for her so it’s easier to see them. When she reads the sound book now she reads the sound, flips the page, looks at the left page and reads the same sound saying the letter is now backwards (because she’s seeing the sharpie bleed through the front of the paper. Then she goes to the new letter on the right page.
Fitness Update: 26.8 mile run in preparation for an upcoming marathon. Nice crisp day to run in the park.
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