42 Days Til Vegas!

There's less than 6 weeks until the Vegas Marathon. That's amazing. I don't know if I'm quite ready, yet, but I'm confident I will be soon.

This weekend, we were scheduled to run 20 miles. Lindsey knocked hers out on Saturday due to multiple other commitments on Sunday. I ran with the 11:30 group again on Sunday. The weather was perfect. It wasn't too cold, and when the sun came up, it was cloudy, so it didn't get in your eyes too much.

I sometimes have trouble sleeping before our long runs. You know when you look at the clock to try to will yourself to sleep. Well that happened to me this weekend. At 3 am, I was despairing, knowing I had to get up and be running in 3 hours. During the run, therefore, I was TIRED. By mile 16, I felt like I was going to fall over.

I said before, running is mental. I had to give myself a pep-talk to not think about the pain in my feet, and the exhaustion sweeping over me. By mile 16.75, I was done. So I took the SAG wagon home (again). I was disappointed in myself, but after getting some sleep, I got up and finished my 20-mile run! I took my buddy Kelly out and ran the remaining 3.25 miles to make my 20-mile goal. And it felt great. Moral of the story - you can give up, but you can always go back to finish. And having that 20-mile run finished (with no pain in those last 3 miles), makes me confident that I can do it again all at once.