Moose Pass Alaska
Monday, June 23, 2008
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Saturday, June 21, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
On our way to Alaska!
Well, the day is finally here... I'm in the car on the way to the
airport with Tom & Jim. Only 16 hours to go till we're there (ha ha).
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Marathon Training - Weeks 15, 16 & 17
Ok - it's coming down to the wire!
Week 15 - May 24th... I'm in Ohio, on my own, and I ran 12 miles! It was really a good run in Highbanks Metropark. The weather was nice and I felt totally fine afterwards.
Week 16 - May 31st... Another 20 miler! Yes, I ran from Prospect Park through Brooklyn, across the Brooklyn Bridge, up the Westside highway to the 79th St. boat basin - and back! Wow - that westside highway felt like forever!!! It was a tough run, but I was glad I did it and I learned an important lesson - don't put sun screen on your forehead unless you really like the burn that you get when it mixes with sweat and drips in your eyes!
Week 17 - June 7th... It's officially "taper-down" time! 14 miles this week... a mile to the park and then 4 laps around. It was bo-ring, but I was actually glad to do it because it forced me to focus more on the actual running than on the "from here to there" motivation. By lap 3, I was thinking about stopping and figuring out ways to justify it for every reason, but I honestly kept forcing myself to think about everyone who is supporting me, and that was all it took to get me started on lap 4 (so thanks everyone!) Midway around the last lap, one of my coaches ran with me to the end and that really made it easy to finish.
I leave for Alaska in ONE WEEK - I can't believe it!
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