Right, so, towards the end of this week I emailed a list of the remaining Sunday "long run" mileages to my running partner, and in staring at that list I realized that between now and May 1st there really aren't all that many weeks left. On the one hand, I do feel like I've increased my endurance tremendously -- I'm actually a bit proud of how much more in shape I feel compared to a few months ago. But then I consider that the 17-miler today just about wiped me out, and I still have to increase that distance by over 50%?! In just 8 weeks (two of which are just the taper weeks leading up to the race)? Kind of a terrifying thought.
In other news, this week I once again let down the Coach, although not quite as badly as over the last few weeks. Thursday I came down with a cold. On its own that wouldn't have been that bad, but between that and an especially busy time at work for me lately I haven't been getting nearly enough sleep lately. So, on Saturday (the first really beautiful day we've had in a while - sunny and over 50!) I started out planning to run 8 miles, but after just 3-3.5 miles I felt terrible, turned around, and just headed home. Not so proud of that one, but objectively I think it was the right choice.
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Monday: 30 minute on the stationary bike, followed by 20 minute son the elliptical. Kind of boring.
Tuesday: 5 x 1000 meters. Compared to Monday, quite fun.
Wednesday: 8 miles.
Thursday: 4 quick miles, bracketed by a mile to warm up and a mile to cool down
And a restful (albeit work-filled) Friday
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So, you know what I had forgotten how much I dislike doing? Making PowerPoint presentations. I mean, it takes all of ten seconds to sketch out on a piece of paper what you want to put on a given slide, but then between formatting everything, inputting the equations, fussing with converting graphics between one program and another, getting all of the plots and figures in order, etc. suddenly it's an hour and a half later and the slide still isn't finished. Definitely a major contributor to the general lack of fun in my life this week.
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Saturday: Just 4 miles, which I felt a bit bad about...but at least the weather was nice enough to run outside
Sunday: 17 miles, partly in the rain. I felt kind of hard-core.
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Current estimate of my odds of completing a marathon on May 1st: Another off day in the mix, but overall improvement, so.... 87%
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