Well this was my LONGEST DISTANCE TO DATE!!!!!!!!!!! I felt GREAT!!! My training isn't going as well as I was hoping. My schedule just doesn't allow for intense training and I just have to be okay with that.
I've lowered my expectations of what I'm going to achieve with this marathon. It's my first and it's very doubtful I'll get close to a 4:30. I'm just hoping to finish it, that's all. I love the way I feel AFTER a run, and that keeps me going, well that and I paid $125 for Austin Marathon...I have to finish! LOL
Seriously though, I LOATHE the shorter distances. There is so much planning and thought that goes into the big miles that it just seems more "worth it"...not only that but I feel strangely GOOD when I'm on these long runs. Maybe it's having a group around me, maybe it's getting past the first hell 3 miles and moving up. I don't know. I just like it.
I was very doubtful about this run.
I woke up, it was COLD and RAINING but we did it and DID IT WELL!!! I was thrilled. I conquered those hills like nothing, one at a time. How did I do this? I am not even doing 100% of what I'm supposed to be doing???!!!! Sheer will. Determination. Heart.
I have no other explanation. But it did build up my confidence for the marathon for sure!!!
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