Today was my longest run leading up to the marathon (October 30). I was really pooped after about the sixth mile, looking at the elevation chart you can see why.
I was aiming to stick to the trail and cross Alabama Street using the bridge, but got a bit turned around and missed the bridge and had to run on the sidewalks and up part of Alabama Hill.
On this particular run, I missed the bridge. At Marine Corps Marathon there is a bridge at mile 20 and a 14 minute/mile must be maintained until then in order to “finish” the marathon. My time today would not have been fast enough to make the bridge which has me a bit nervous for the actual marathon. I ran 16 miles in four hours.
When I was near home I saw Mike walk out toward me. He helped me up the front stairs and into the bath. He had kindly ran to the store and picked up a couple bags of ice and had the ice water bath ready for me.
Two nevers happened today. I never thought I’d spend my day off run/walking 16 miles. I also never thought a tub of ice water would feel good. And it felt SO GOOD! I ended up putting additional ice packs on my knees, though I'm pretty sure I'll be walking a little funny tomorrow.
I love the descriptions of the passing MCM miles written here.
1 comments:
OH! That ice bath looks like torture! So glad that you liked it, though, and that your loving husband took such good care of you.
You can do it, one step at a time! (If you need extra inspiration, maybe one of Lance Armstrong's recorded books will help - the Tour de France is definitely and endurance event.)
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