Playing Catch Up on This Here Blog

Well, since I last posted on this blog, I've logged 51 miles.  Yikes!  It has only been 2 weeks, but that shows you how much I've been running!

The 10 miles/20 miles weekend was a tough one.  Saturday morning, we ended up running in rain/snow.  We logged 10 miles on the BWI Trail Loop around the airport.  The weather started out as rain, and gradually changed over to snow as it got colder.  My rain jacket doesn't work so well anymore; thus, I was soaked through by the end of the run.  We went to lunch afterwards, and it took me about 3 hours post-shower to warm up!

Our 20 miler was a test of will.  We woke up to clear skies, but the snow from the day before had frozen over, so the B&A Trail was rather icy.  3 miles into the run, I wasn't at all sure if I could continue.  At about Mile 6, I started to feel better, and by 8 I was ready to finish the whole thing.  My only issue was a very tight hamstring for the last 2 miles.  I suffered through, though.

Last weekend was an easy 6 miles on Saturday, and 12 miles on Sunday.  To get the miles in, we actually ran the Anniversary Race through Quiet Waters Park.  The race is only 9.3 miles, so we ran 2.7 beforehand.  It was, of course, raining.  I was soaked again, and chilled again.  This run wasn't the greatest...I was tired and didn't want to do it at all.  I perservered again, though.  Perserverance seems to be becoming my running theme...

This weekend is going to be rough.  It's our last long run weekend with 11 on Friday morning and 22 on Saturday.  The issue (besides the distance)?  The forecasters are calling for a Winter Storm.  Of course!  That's just what we need for our 22 mile run...snow and wind all day.  Lovely.  I am planning on heading out to by a new rain jacket...but if it's too bad, I'm going to bag the 22 and just do as many as I can.  It's not worth getting sick over...at this point, we've logged 2 20ish mile runs, with back to backs, as well.  If we dont' get 22 in, then we'll just have a month long taper.  You do what you can...