Two Weeks and One More Long Run

What a busy weekend! Monday snuck up on me quickly, which means Boston is getting closer too! Looking back on training I can’t believe how fast it has been flying by. I’m on an even steeper downward slope to the start line now. Last Saturday I had the first of my tapered long runs – 14 miles. The first half of the run went very well but I committed one of the biggest long distance running mistakes. I started too fast. Even though I felt great, averaging 7:45 minute miles hurt me in the long run. No pun intended. The last four miles were difficult and were mostly overcome with a lot of talking to myself, trying to motivating myself and digging up some mental toughness from who knows where. Sometimes, that’s what it has to come down to. I finished with an overall pace of 8:12. My legs got some rest on Sunday but my stomach certainly didn’t. What can I say – my family likes to eat and we had my sister, brother-in-law and two nieces over for Easter. We went to town on the food and candy and, needless to say, I felt a little sluggish today.

This week is pretty calm. Tonight I did a hard 45 minutes on the elliptical, a typical Monday night workout. I round out the week with my last long run of Boston Marathon training – an eight miler on Saturday. Wow.

I should have received my Boston race packet in the mail already but I think with my move a few months ago things may have gotten mixed up since I registered under my old address. I'll try calling tomorrow to see what's up. It is a big disappointment though because I eagerly checked the mail every day last week and got nothing! Bummer!

Two weeks and counting ... BOSTON BOUND!