Okay I lied..

Not that anyone is reading this..

I did a 5k yesterday and was very happy with my results. The first 5k was run after having done 10 miles the day before and working 7pm to 5am the night before. I was tired and sore and out of energy. I finished in 41:54, which was still okay for me as it was under a 14 minute mile and considering the circumstances I felt lucky.

However, yesterday I ran another one and finished in 39:07, so almost 3 minutes faster! :) I ran most of it, slow as could be but it was still running! If I can manage that pace or something close to it for the marathon I'll finish in under 6 hours, but I'll be happy even if I finish in 7.

I'm signed up now for the Disney Half Marathon in January (the souvenir ChampionChip is pretty cool), and a local half mary at the end of September. I figure if I take a few weeks off after the marathon and start training again right towards the end of June, I should be able to do pretty well in the September half-mary and then train some more to kick some butt (maybe just my own..but still) at Disney. By then I should also be down to my goal weight which I'm sure will help my speed and endurance considerably.

Anyway, 13 days or something like that until the marathon. I'm nervous but excited. I'm happy, I'm ready, and I'll finish even if I'm crawling over the finish line!

Probably the last post for a while...

Completed 20 miles. I should say, completed 10, crawled through 10. My foot was doing fine for a while, and then all of a sudden during the 20 miler, after having run/walked the first 10 miles in just over 2 hrs, my hips tightened up and my foot started aching. I stopped to use the facilities at the park we started at after the 10, and we had to do the same loop all over again. I stretched for a second, went back out, ran through 3 run/walk intervals, and then decided I just couldn't run anymore. I tried, but the pain was too much. So, the last 10 miles were all walking, and the last 5 of the 10 were probably less than a brisk walk pace, but I made it through all 20. I even have a purple TNT ribbon to say so! ;)

Today I can walk, but it hurts. I will probably try and do my 4 miles..see how it feels. I don't want to kill myself though, so if I have to take today as a rest day I will. I've decided I don't want to do another marathon anytime soon. I was waffling between Disney and Las Vegas half marathons, but since the rest of the clan wants to go to Disney, I decided on that one. So I'm registered for the half marathon and I figure I can take about a month off, and start training mid-July to actually run the whole thing. When I can run a good distance at a decent pace then I'll look into doing a marathon again..probably in a couple years. Until then, I really like the feel of a half.

Will post again after I get back from SD. Less than 20 days!