The Boston Marathon! No, not what I am writing about. But it is the Grand Father of modern marathons and it is tomorrow. But what I am writing about it is my quest for a half marathon. I ran 11.83 miles today, the longest I have ever run. I am posting the map on my maps section. That was not my only run this weekend. It was a back to back in training, shorter and faster on Saturday, slower and longer on Sunday.
Saturday started with a 3 year old up at 3:30 again.....but this time my with got up with him. I slept until almost 5 am. I started with Oatmeal toast with Peanut butter and Jelly and my traditional cup of black coffee. I hit the road at about 6 am listening to playlist 2. I went 90+% for 6.5 miles, and it felt really good. That was until I get back and turned to pull a muscle in my back again. It didn't stop me from doing anything, but it put me into buying a heating pad to help stretch it out better. My legs felt great and my pace was really good as well, really pushing the end of the run.
So today, Sunday started out with me getting up at 3:30 with the 3 year old to play Minecraft with him. Yes, my three year old likes Minecraft. Knowing I was really pushing miles today and knowing that I went fast yesterday, I decided to have a breakfast of 2 toaster waffles with peanut butter and a banana. I don't have any banana muffins left, and I don't want to make more only to have some left over while we go on our family vacation. So I am going to be finding other things to eat for my running this week. My energy felt really good with that breakfast, my legs were a little tired from the run the day before (and building a new fire pit), but it didn't feel sore. My back was a little sore, so I stretched really well before heading out. I went about 80%, just trying to keep good form and good strides. I did have some strange issues with my left toes, that caused a small blister, it almost felt like my toes were giving out.
Getting to almost 12 miles was hard, harder than I thought. But it wasn't so bad that I was out of energy for the rest of the day. I think my plan and progression has been working well. Getting through that run and still going and doing things (granted, not a lot) for the rest of the day was something I though I would never do. It actually gets easier planning it out right when I make sure to get proper stretching, rest, and nutrition. Interestingly, my wife made a point about running and how doing other things get easier, even if you get winded you recover much faster. I realized that today when got back pretty winded, but was better with in 10 minutes.
I am going to run on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week, going 8 - 4 - 8 or something like that. I am going to put another post tomorrow about my lower body form, including my foot strike and some other myths. I will then post on Thursday with how I did with the three in a row. Finally, I plan on going for hopefully over 13 miles early Saturday morning. So if my wife's family sees me a little tired on Saturday on the plane, you know why!
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