I’m proud to say that in roughly a month and a half I’ve gone from complete couch potato to mini-marathoner. It’s hard to believe that’s possible, but obviously it is.
This run, however, was a slap in the face. All the hill training I’ve done lately would have seemed to be to my advantage today, but that wasn’t the case. There’s no amount of training that could have helped me today. My worst running nightmares came true today and made me contemplate many times about giving up and walking. I won’t go into any embarrassing details, except to say the pain was not in my legs.
With that said, I’ve got to give much thanks to Mr. Chuck for sticking with me as I struggled through a very painful run. We traded places back and forth for a while on the return route, and just knowing I had someone by my side helped me push through the pain. It’s obvious, as a team it doesn’t make much sense for everyone to try to stay at the same pace, but it’s nice to know that no man will ever be left behind. Thanks Chuck.
As for the run, it was a roller-coaster throughout. I’ve got to think that all this hill training will be to our advantage come marathon day. As for the view of beautiful horse farms…I didn’t notice. For the most part, for me, it was an effort in itself to keep one foot infront of the other without doubling over in pain.
Here’s hoping for a more regular week with a big rebound next weekend.
Oh, I almost forgot. I think everyone is doing great and I’m proud to be a part of this team full of iron wills. Every member of the marathon team that was there on the first day of training is still with us, and that says a lot about this special group. The percentage of people that have ever run a marathon is very small, and to think that 100% of our group is still here 6 weeks and 117 miles in is extraordinary.
Cheers!
-Papacrouse
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