I started training for the 114th Boston Marathon on November 1st. Tomorrow will be the halfway point of my training. I can’t believe I’m only halfway there! It feels like I’ve been exercising/running/dieting forever! My knee hurts, my feet have blisters, my face is a mess, my back is constantly sore, I’m always tired and I haven’t been out on a Friday night in 3 months. I can’t wait for another 84 days of this!
Speaking of Friday nights……I am currently watching Up. Yes, the animated movie Up. When you have to go to bed before 10, your options become extremely limited. My runs on Saturday mornings are becoming longer and longer. I can not afford to screw around on Friday nights. I need to carb load, ice, hydrate and rest. Waking up at 6 a.m. is bad enough, but multiply that misery by 10 when you throw in a hangover. I never thought I would be sitting at home on a Friday night, watching Up with an ice-pack on my knee, vaseline on my feet, a pug on my lap, sipping on a water bottle and adding a new post to my marathon blog.
Tomorrow will be the hardest physical activity that I have ever done in my life. Tomorrow I will run 15 miles, the longest I have ever run, in 25 degree weather, along the toughest stretch of the Boston Marathon course including Heartbreak Hill. You think my Friday nights are exciting? Saturday nights are even better! Picture Friday nights, but with bigger ice-packs and extra vaseline. At least I can stay awake to watch movies on Friday. Saturday nights I am out cold (having nightmares of Heartbreak Hill of course).
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