Obviously, I have not posted in awhile. Part of the reason is that our computer caught a virus that locked it up for about a week. I have also been through some ups and downs with health. By God's grace, I have been able to pretty much train as planned, but I have struggled with heel pain (getting better....Praise God!) and upper left back pain (getting better....Praise God!) The mileage has stayed pretty close to planned, but probably a little slower overall than planned....of course, maybe God has something else planned.....and I know His plans are better than mine....His ways are above my ways.....His thoughts are above my thoughts. Overall, I have not had the best attitude over the last couple of weeks as I have complained and questioned the physical pain I have gone through. However, God is sooooooooooooo faithful......when I deserve to have the rug pulled out from under me, God catches me as I am falling.....there is no one like Him. So faithful; so loving; so merciful. I have comtemplated taking time off, backing off, and even not racing Boston. However, there is something inside me that says....."keep going....do not give up." In fact, this past Tuesday, March 12, my back was hurting so bad during my run that I said to myself....."Ok!! I give up! I will stop running! I will take time off!!" Later on during the run, my back felt somewhat better though not much. I said in my mind that if I complete the run in under 70 minutes, then I will continue training...but if I totally fade and finish over 70 minutes, then I'm done training for awhile. I finished in 69:47. My back has gradually gotten better over the past few days, and I have not missed a training run.......God is good!!!.....God is faithful!!! What is going to follow is what I have done over the last 17 days. I will little to NO commentary.....just what I did for the day.
March 16, 2013....30 and Counting..... 8-mile recovery (treadmill) - 64:30. Easy run....plan to run the Grafton 5-miler tomorrow.
March 15, 2013.....31 and Counting.....10 miles (69:42) - Shinnston Rail-Trail: 10 x 150 meter strides - 11 total miles
March 14, 2013......32 and Counting.....10 miles (63:40) - Lincoln High School to Clarksburg through Lumberport - extremely hilly.....very pleased with run
March 13, 2013......33 and Counting.....18 miles (1:51:00) - Shinnston Rail Trail....Legs felt good!....last 10 miles in around 59:00.
March 12, 2013.....34 and Counting....10 miles (69:47) - Oral Lake Loop....Possibly the turning point (see above commentary)
March 11, 2013......35 and Counting.....Day Off!
March 10, 2013......36 and Counting.....22 miles (2:22:34).....Prickett's Fort - Rail Trail - 72 degrees and sunny.....dehydrated toward's end.....very hot when my body is used to 20-40 degrees. Happy overall that I even finished.
March 9, 2013......37 and Counting....8-miles (no watch) - out/back - Middleville Rd.
March 8, 2013......38 and Counting.....13 miles (4 miles up; 7-mile tempo (39:45); 2-miles down); Ouch...this one hurt....legs felt great.....back was killing me....went much slower than planned/expected.
March 7, 2013.....39 and Counting.....11-miles (79:30) - out/back - Hinkle deagan Lake/Maple Lake - 4:30 am.
March 6, 2013.....40 and Counting....10-miles (72:55) - out/back - Middleville Rd.
March 5, 2013.....41 and Counting....16 miles (96:30) - Shinnston Rail-Trail; Legs felt awesome; ran sub 59 for the last 10 miles.
March 4, 2013.....42 and Counting....Day Off!
March 3, 2013.....43 and Counting.......(19 miles (2-mile warm-up; Mill Creek Distance Classic Half-Marathon Youngstown, OH - 1:13:56 - 2nd place (23 degrees; wind chill: 13 degrees) Course was very hilly. I ended up giving more than the planned marathon-paced effort, but the pace ended up being marathon pace anyway. 4-mile cool-down---mission accomplished......God is good!!
March 2, 2013.....44 and Counting.....8-miles - treadmill - recovery---no time recorded.
March 1, 2013......45 and Counting.....10 miles (63:40) - out/back - Wyatt/Peoria - felt pretty good.
February 28, 2013......46 and Counting.....16 miles (1:40:50) - Ran to work today.....originally planned to run home from work, but then learned we had parent/teacher conference and work was from 10:00 am to 6:00 pm.....better to run to work in the daylight instead of running home in the dark. :-P Didn't feel great when I first started, but felt better as the run progressed.
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