Week Runs

Hurrah!!! I made it through the last, hardest week of training, even through a 2 foot snow storm (You can't thwart me, weather gods!). Here's how it went down:

Sunday - 3 easy

Monday - 8x800, after class, almost in the dark. Felt harder than last week, but I was going a little faster. Definitely at that threshold where altitude starts to make running fast really hard. 9 total.

Tuesday - 8, it was 60 degrees when I finished at 5:40 p.m. Long Ruby Hill loop from school. I left school at 9:30 p.m. and it was 35 and snowing. CRAZY!

Wednesday - uh, hello, 8 inches of snow when I wake up. I buckled down and got in my "tempo" run anyway. Straight out on the Cherry Creek path, because that was being plowed continuously. So THERE, Mr. Snow Storm! 12.

Thursday - uh, HELLOOO, 2 feet of snow, and still snowing. Snow day! I went mid-day, it was miserable. Loops around the plowed/paved part of Wash Park in the wind/snow, blech. 8.

Friday - 5 shake out in preparation ...

Saturday - 22.5!!! I felt good, people, GOOD! I just chilled out for a looong time, then my watch said 1:50, had a goo then. Kept going. Then my watch said 2:15. Passed some bikers and some sketchy group of guys. Then I didn't look again until I was almost home and my watch said 2:57. Sweet. MapMyRun.com said it was 23, but I think it was a little less. Seriously, no wall, a little ab cramping around mile 21, but I was picking up the pace and cruising past people. No water, just 1 goo. Got in Ruby Hill for some ups and downs. Stayed on the boring old Cherry Creek up to REI, then down Platte, Ruby Hill, then back up Platte and down CC. Nothing fancy just got out there it did what needed to be done.

I am officially tapering. And, as of now, I've gotten further in my marathon training then my last 2 attempts, when I got injured. My number 1 goal was to get to the marathon healthy. Number 2, have fun. Number 3, PR. Exact numbers? We shall see... I may post on that, but I don't want to put the pressure on. I especially have no idea because of the whole altitude thing. Anyway, I'm PSYCHED and - ahem, this is MY bloggie, so I can say this - I'm proud of myself!

What did I do after this epic run? I called M&D to tell them I did it, while having a Luna Recovery Smoothie and wobbling around my apartment. I'm not really hungry, but yes thirsty. I'm pretty sure my metabolism jumped up a gear and I'll be starving every couple hours for the next day or so.

Total: 68.