the week’s end: 14 weeks to go
100 day until the Boston Marathon!
I should be in bed. But since it’s been three weeks since I last posted my training stats, I knew I HAD to get this done.
This Week:
Sunday: Insanity
Monday: 13 miles
Tuesday: Jazzercise & Insanity
Wednesday: 6 miles; 4×800′s
Thursday: Jazzercise
Friday: 7 miles; 5@ 8:14
Total Mileage: 26
Hmmph. Not sure what to do with that low number. I’m going to have to “trust the system” and believe that this training plan will do good things for me just like the ones with higher weekly mileage.
Today’s run almost didn’t happen. I was at work WAY later than I wanted to be. Then there was so much that I wanted to do around the house before the weekend. As I was driving home I had this text exchange with Mr. Dawn:
D- “I’m screwed.”
Mr. D- “?”
D- “I’m just now leaving work. Supposed to run, but there isn’t going to be enough time.”
Mr. D- “Run, don’t worry about the house.”
D- “I could run tomorrow night.”
Mr. D- “I’ll get food. You run.”
He ended up picking up groceries, fixing dinner, cleaning the kitchen and making my life 100% better.
I may have been looking for a way out of this run. I get scared whenever I have a tempo run on the agenda. I’m not fast. I’m not good at running fast. Especially on a treadmill. I feel clumsy and overheated. But with all of my excuses swept away I had no choice but to face the beast. Turns out that I had a great run. The first mile was a little awkward as I warmed up and found my rhythm. Somewhere around 3/4 of a mile I knew that it was going to be a good run. I cranked up the belt and didn’t look back. All of a sudden the five miles were done and I was cooling down.
100days? The countdown is here!!!
So glad you got to do the run.
Mr D is RAD! Please tell him so for me! I came home to a clean kitchen this morning too. I sure love it when the husbands are supportive like that.
Trust your system. I think this is a 90% mental game.
Woohoo! 100 days is a pretty awesome milestone.
And Mr Dawn is a pretty awesome husband! Way to go, Team Dawn!
Way to get the run in!! Isn’t it great when our husbands step up like that and help out??
Don’t worry about the mileage…just trust the training plan and you will do great. 100 days!! Woo!!
I so need one of these clean kitchen guys! Mine was away on business all week. : (
Great job on the tempo. Don’t question the mileage, it’s all quality and you’ll be more than fine.
Awwe. Mr. D is so sweet.
For the record, I’m still jaw-to-the-floor about your 13 miles on a treadmill on Monday. I can’t even wrap my brain around that determination. I whine endlessly about 5 miles on a treadmill…haha. Even though your numbers are lower than you’d like, I’m sure you’ll be amazing. Keep it up, homegirl!
you are amazing. and you make me laugh with your “i’m not fast comment”. yes you are! you qualified for boston– that’s fast!
and mr d. is precious. we distance runners owe a lot to our partners…
you are AWESOME!!!!
LADY! Obviously you’re fast if you qualified for BOSTON!
Thanks for the book recommendation!! I will definitely have to check it out!!
It’s nice to hear that you have a supportive spouse. I know from reading about other peoples’ experiences that they are few and far between. We are lucky ladies!
Kudos to you and to Mr.Dawn for making sure you got your run done! what a good hubby! We need a run date… STAT!