I think I CAN!

Morning run: 3.16 miles.  Warm and humid.  Average pace 11:42.  I'm hoping to make it out for another 4 miles tonight.

I learned something this weekend.  Normally, my long runs are done with my running group where we run using Galloways run/walk/run method.  Feeling a bit full of myself I did my 11 miles last weekend non-stop....except for dog meetings. 

What I noticed:

1. my time was a bit slower

2. I felt sore/tight the next day (I never feel sore/tight)

3. My run today was sluggish becuase 2 days later my legs still have some residule cement left in them.

Well, this is only a test case of one person but I think I'm going to go back to good ole' Jeff''s training and put those walk breaks back in.  BTW, I had to do that in this morning run becuase my legs are sore.  Oddly enough, my finish time today is the same as the previous weeks finish time without the walking break.

Hopefully, y'all will be reading more tonight.

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Night run....

I'm watching the lightning light up the sky and rain pour down in buckets.  I'm thinking I'm not going to get a run in tonight.  Dang.  I'm dressed, have garmin and waiting another 30 minutes hoping this will pass.

Don't think I mentioned that I had surgery yesterday.  Nothing big...just had a walnut size cyst taken off my noggin.  It was both gross and really interesting all at the same time.  Of course I asked the doc to see it once it was out.  Neat stuff.

So I thougth I'd run a couple of miles yesterday until the numbing med wore off.  Lets just say the only place I ran was to bed.  It felt like a 10 lb hot branding iron was placed on my head.  Today it is much better.  Still feels like there is a 5 lb weight on that spot but at least it's no longer burning hot.

Did an easy 5.33 miles this evening.  I think the humidity is hear to stay.  On the plus side, my skin doesn't seem to dry out when it is humid all the time.  Yep, that's it.  The only positive I can think of when it comes to humidity. :)

Hope y'all are having a nice week.  Time for this stank person to hit the shower.

Thanks for the other comment prompting a post, Carolyn. I've been postponing this entry.

I participated in the sweetH20 50K. I went in excited but came out with a big fat DNF after 18ish miles. I'm used to walk in the park 50Ks and this one was NOT. That said, I've never had so much fun doing a race than this one. You'll have to check out nevels.fastrunningblog.com for a complete race report...I didn't make it the whole way. :)  What I did do wasn't a race at all but an adventure. I don't know when I've had so much fun during a race.

The plus side to the DNF is the face I got to meet/see folks that are LONG gone by the time I normally finish a race. I even got to hear about Nevels research topic for his thesis....very interesting stuff.

That said, I still went home with my head down for not trying to push just a bit further and go just a bit longer. I sent such an email to my mentor in Memphis, TN. She sent me this quote from Theodore Roosevelt:

”The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls WHO NEITHER KNOW VICTORY NOR DEFEAT."

I feel much better. Thanks hoochie mama, you are the best!

Most importantly, check out what some very caring (and crazy) folks are  doing to raise $ for resarching a terminal childhood disease: http://runacrossalabama.blogspot.com/