February 14, 2015.....Happy Valentine's Day Everyone. :-) I have had the same wonderful Valentine for the past 13 years....4 years as my beautiful girlfriend/fiancee, and the past 9 years as my beautiful bride. :-)
It also marks 5 years since my marathon PR (2:29:30) in Birmingham, AL.
With 2 weeks to go until Phoenix, I believe the potential is there for a new PR. How much of one? I'm not sure. If it's a hot morning, or if there is a stiff head-wind, the chances could be slim. If it's a cool morning with relatively light winds.....we will see. I want to believe God for the best race possible. With Him, ALL things are possible. I just want to surrender these last couple of weeks all to Him. I want Him to be the focus, and I want to leave results to Him. Above all, I want Him to accomplish His purpose and plan.
Today was my last "Long" run before the marathon. Originally, I had planned to run a race today in Pittsburgh, but the weather nixed those plans. Instead, I ran harder than planned yesterday, then came back with my last long run today. My legs are pretty tired. I think it is combination of a speed workout Tuesday, a pretty hard 12-miler on Wednesday, and a pretty brisk 8-miler yesterday. I was pretty happy with today's results considering this past week.
Now it's time to put more emphasis on recovery than on miles and speed. Not that I will be running 'easy' from here on out. There will be days when I try to run a little harder, but my mileage will be decreasing relatively significantly leading into the marathon, and 'recovery' days will be happening a little more than usual.
I am going to post a song by Matt Maher that has really resonated with me lately. I hope you listen to it, and are blessed. We live, because He lives. :-)
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