Less than Two Weeks to Go!

By this time in two weeks I will already have finished my marathon! This time my training has absolutely flown by. I don’t know if it is because I have already gone through this before, or if it was because my training period was shorter, or if it was just because I have been having a lot more fun with it. Anyway, I am so pumped and ready.

The only thing that I do worry about is the flat course. Flat courses seem 10x as long to me. My 5k in Mason a few weeks ago seemed like eternity. Imagine that for 26.2 miles!

However, Coach Joe F has been really good about having us train on the flat parts of Cincinnati (yes, there are flat parts). Even if it means running on Eastern every Saturday, I guess this is a good thing. I am definitely more used to running flat than I was in May.

This Saturday we did 12 miles. It wasn’t too bad except for feeling a little weird about running on the highway. It was only a little bit on 50 (a quarter of a mile?) and the shoulder was superwide, and there was hardly any traffic, but even so…

It didn’t seem like the run was that long. I think it’s actually because we were running a lot of the same territory we ran the week before with our 20, but almost half. It was nice mentally to start at CrossRoads and cover that same beginning territory (the week before we had started at the Running Spot…about 3 miles from where we were at CrossRoads). So already, I felt like I didn’t have as far to go. Plus, there was no Eden Park.

Don’t get me wrong, there WERE hills. Hills, like all the way from the bottom of Linwood to the top. (Why are these hills always at the END of our mileage)?

I also got a chance to try out my new Triks skirt. It is EXTREMELY lightweight. It almost made me feel like I wasn’t wearing anything. (This could also be because it has spankies instead of the little shorts underneath that I am accustomed to.) It took awhile to get used to, but I think I ended up liking it better than my Pearl Izumi skirt. I will definitely be taking this one to Chicago!

I am bummed because I am missing my group runs this week, so I will have to be super vigilant about running on my own. (I stink at this).

Today is also the day I start eating like a runner should. Which is too bad, since I’m having lunch for work at Palomino’s. ☹

RANTERGRRRL

GRRRRR! GRRRRR! GRRRRR!

I had always promised myself that I would not be one to let work interfere with my life, but I guess I was wrong. That is why I am writing this post right now instead of doing hill repeats with the rest of my group.

This is ridiculous!
I put in 15 hours yesterday at work and it looks like I am going to do that again tonight. I would MUCH rather be running. ESPECIALLY since running gets all of that cortisol out of your system, which I am very sure I have a lot of right now. Luckily I got a laptop from the tech department so that I can do the work at home.

Anyway. Enough of that.

I went to the orthopaedic guy today to check out my knee (I had booked the appointment a long time ago, and decided to keep it). They did an x-ray of my knee and then the doctor pointed out something I never noticed. My left leg is much more muscular than my right. Which of course is why I have knee problems on my right. He said it is a vicious cycle, and until I develop my right leg to be as muscular as my left, I will continue to have problems. He put me into physical therapy twice a week for 4 weeks and then wants to see me again.

The good news is that I can do my 20 this weekend.

The bad news is that it is at Lunken which means 4 laps of flat flat course. BORING!!!!

OK. Well, back to work. Lucky me.