Marathon Week: Tuesday
Race week. I know I wrote that it was that just yesterday, but its getting more and more real every single time I think about it. And more and more EXCITING every single time I think about it!
This just happened in g-chat:
me: JASON. i am running a marathon in 5 DAYS!!!!
His response: Yay.
Yep. That's it. No caps, no exclaiming. I am pretty sure it is just a "yay. then maybe you'll stop waking up at 4:30 in the morning." Not likely!
Yeah. That's how I have been feeling lately. It's all I can think about. I suppose that is normal. It is one of the ONLY things that I think about right now, because I just cannot wait to be running. Yes, I realize I am going to be running for hours and hours, but I am still unbelievably excited about it. I am struggling with the fact that I have run more than 20 miles 2 times, and I haven't had a long run in under double digits since early February!
I plan to go home and test out my planned marathon apparel for one 3 mile run. I am still deciding if this will be a treadmill run or an outdoors run. If it is treadmill, it will be a 4x400 workout with a half mile warm up and a half mile cool down. If it ends up outside, then it will just be a regular easy run. Easy since intervals and speedwork might not be my current best decision.
In other news, my diet has been sucking and this happened:
No, I did not eat all of those today, just most of them. Sigh. I feel guilty trying to skip carbs right now because of the long one, and I would be FINE if I was eating nice whole grains, but instead I am eating straight up sugar!
Sigh. I'll let you know where I end up on the run!
This just happened in g-chat:
me: JASON. i am running a marathon in 5 DAYS!!!!
His response: Yay.
Yep. That's it. No caps, no exclaiming. I am pretty sure it is just a "yay. then maybe you'll stop waking up at 4:30 in the morning." Not likely!
Yeah. That's how I have been feeling lately. It's all I can think about. I suppose that is normal. It is one of the ONLY things that I think about right now, because I just cannot wait to be running. Yes, I realize I am going to be running for hours and hours, but I am still unbelievably excited about it. I am struggling with the fact that I have run more than 20 miles 2 times, and I haven't had a long run in under double digits since early February!
I plan to go home and test out my planned marathon apparel for one 3 mile run. I am still deciding if this will be a treadmill run or an outdoors run. If it is treadmill, it will be a 4x400 workout with a half mile warm up and a half mile cool down. If it ends up outside, then it will just be a regular easy run. Easy since intervals and speedwork might not be my current best decision.
In other news, my diet has been sucking and this happened:
Sigh. I'll let you know where I end up on the run!
5 days! That's awesome, good luck to you. I'm excited to read about it when you are done too!
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