Saturday, November 3, 2007

It's official

I have made my final decision... The money is paid and it's official... I will be running the Wellstone's Dallas White Rock Marathon December 9th. 5 weeks until take 2.

Today was my long run of 15 miles. Got it done in just under 2 1/2 hours. These long runs are wearing me down mentally. It takes every last thing I've got to get out of the bed early and do the run. I guess it doesn't help that is now so cold in the mornings. Today's run was a wavering feeling between being happy to be out there to wondering why the heck am I continuing this training. The weather was nice running weather since I went out a bit later than usual (had to watch the finish of the U.S Men's Olympic Trials) it was cool but sunny. My left quad and hip are still giving me problems. Minor aches that turn to full blown stiffness and pain by mile 12. Otherwise an uneventful run and uneventful running is good!

In other news, had a nice date night Friday. Tried a new Italian restaurant by the movie theatre. The restaurant really wasn't that good which is really disappointing because the online reviews gave me such high hopes. Which reminds me I know need to go put my 2 cents in on that website :) We then caught American Gangster. Definitely a must see. Graphic violence so not for the little ones. But of course there was some parents there at a 9:40 movie with a 3 year old in tow. I will never understand...

Best of luck to all the NYC runners on Sunday!!!

6 comments:

RunToTheFinish said...

Glad someone else dislikes this new cold morning running!

Nat said...

It was in fact a chilly run this morn... by spring we'll be marveling at how warm it is. (At least I tell myself that.)

Congrats on signing up!

Marcy said...

Ohhhh I totally take my kids to R movies. It gets them ready for the real world, ya know.












KIDDING!!!!! LMAO!

Anonymous said...

that's awesome. good luck.

Bill Carter said...

Great choice on a marathon. That is supposed to be a really nice race... great course, excellent crowd support and hopefully some good weather. I can't believe the people who bring small children to movies like that. Sign of the coming apocalypse I say. (jokingly)

Andria said...

I'm so glad you are doing take 2! You'll do great. You've had the bad marathon experience, now it's time for a good one. Way to stick it out!