Week 10 Update

10 weeks down, 8 to go...

Quick Stats:

Miles Run - 42.1 (295.1 total)
Miles not run - 3.9 (in my defense, I had just run a half marathon and didn't have anything left to get finish the 17 miles I was supposed to run on Saturday)
New pairs of running gloves - 1 (thanks for the gift, good people at the Get in Gear races)

One more week in the bag. The next few weeks will be the toughest. If I can make it through those, I will be ok (or so I keep telling myself). I had a great 8 mile pace run on Thursday. Of course, this meant that my legs weren't exactly in the best shape to be running a half marathon on Saturday, but workouts like those are a great confidence booster. I average around 8:10-8:15 for the whole 8 miles. Yeah, it kicked my butt, but in a good way. I even dragged my old body out of bed early Sunday so I could get in an easy 4 miles before work. It was cold, it started to rain, but it was either that or not be able to walk the next 3 days. Getting old is tough.

Speaking of which, coming up this week, I will get one year closer to 30. I think I'm in the middle of a 1/3 life crisis. Maybe this whole marathon thing is part of a pending breakdown. We shall see.

I also got some kind words of encouragement from a stranger this weekend. Yesterday while at work, one of the organizers and I somehow got on the subject of running. He told me that he has run 52 marathons so far. He's ran a 2:41, he's been to Boston, New York, you name it, he's done it. And he's still running with no plans to stop anytime soon. I brought up that I was planning on doing Grandma's this year and thinking about Twin Cities this fall. We chatted about my training program, how many miles I'm up to, how many miles I plan to do, how my half marathon had gone, etc.. And his expert opinion, I'm going to be just fine. No worries that I'm not going to finish. After my disaster on Saturday, that's just what I needed to hear.