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I haven't written in almost a week so I felt the need to update before I go to bed...
I haven't run since my long run on Monday. I know that's absolutely terrible, but this week was HELL WEEK and I didn't have one spare moment to run. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were GO GO GO from sun-up to sun-down with school stuff. Friday I slept in and, well, I guess I COULD have run before work but I didn't. I worked Friday night, last night, and a 14-hour day today. I made a lot of money but didn't get to do much else. I got to spend yesterday with Dave before work and we had fun, like always, but it sure wasn't enough. This is the first time in my life where I actually have more money than time! Christi got home safely from London on Friday night and I talked to her for a while yesterday. I'm really excited to spend the whole upcoming weekend with her in Chicago!
So... the marathon. A week from right now, it will be all over. It's so crazy. This morning was the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon and I could see the runners from the Bistro windows. By the time they were by us, they were on mile 24. The first people (the winners, I assume) went by around 10:30 (they probably started at 8:00) and there were still some going by around 12:30 and 1:00. It was so inspiring, and I was watching them in awe and excitement, silently willing them to KEEP GOING! thinking, that'll be me in a week! Augh! I'm really psyched.
I met a girl, Jessica, on Friday night who is a friend of a girl I work with, and she's running the marathon, her first one, on Sunday, too. She's running all on her own, and she runs at the pace I do, so we exchanged email addresses and phone numbers and might meet up and run together, at least part of the way. Christi is starting with me and I'm not sure how long we'll run together... maybe 6 miles, maybe the whole darn thing! Whoever I run with or don't run with, though, it's me and me alone who will get me through this thing. I hope I'm mentally up to it! It'll be really cool to know that my mom and my dad and my little bros and Dave will all be there waiting for me when I'm done!
This week I have to really focus on preparing myself. I'm going to run probably three short runs, starting tomorrow morning. I'm going to eat healthfully and drink a lot of fluids and stretch every day. Tomorrow night, if I get cut (I'm scheduled to work but it's supposed to be slow...), Dave and I are going to go to the Bistro for dinner because tomorrow is our three-year anniversary. We were going to perhaps go tonight because I was only on-call tonight, but of course I ended up working a double. So anyway, if we go tomorrow night, that will be my last unhealthy meal for the week, I swear!
I'm going to run a marathon in six days! Holy crap!!!!
I'm exhausted, so I'm going to bed now. Good night.
I haven't run since my long run on Monday. I know that's absolutely terrible, but this week was HELL WEEK and I didn't have one spare moment to run. Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday were GO GO GO from sun-up to sun-down with school stuff. Friday I slept in and, well, I guess I COULD have run before work but I didn't. I worked Friday night, last night, and a 14-hour day today. I made a lot of money but didn't get to do much else. I got to spend yesterday with Dave before work and we had fun, like always, but it sure wasn't enough. This is the first time in my life where I actually have more money than time! Christi got home safely from London on Friday night and I talked to her for a while yesterday. I'm really excited to spend the whole upcoming weekend with her in Chicago!
So... the marathon. A week from right now, it will be all over. It's so crazy. This morning was the Milwaukee Lakefront Marathon and I could see the runners from the Bistro windows. By the time they were by us, they were on mile 24. The first people (the winners, I assume) went by around 10:30 (they probably started at 8:00) and there were still some going by around 12:30 and 1:00. It was so inspiring, and I was watching them in awe and excitement, silently willing them to KEEP GOING! thinking, that'll be me in a week! Augh! I'm really psyched.
I met a girl, Jessica, on Friday night who is a friend of a girl I work with, and she's running the marathon, her first one, on Sunday, too. She's running all on her own, and she runs at the pace I do, so we exchanged email addresses and phone numbers and might meet up and run together, at least part of the way. Christi is starting with me and I'm not sure how long we'll run together... maybe 6 miles, maybe the whole darn thing! Whoever I run with or don't run with, though, it's me and me alone who will get me through this thing. I hope I'm mentally up to it! It'll be really cool to know that my mom and my dad and my little bros and Dave will all be there waiting for me when I'm done!
This week I have to really focus on preparing myself. I'm going to run probably three short runs, starting tomorrow morning. I'm going to eat healthfully and drink a lot of fluids and stretch every day. Tomorrow night, if I get cut (I'm scheduled to work but it's supposed to be slow...), Dave and I are going to go to the Bistro for dinner because tomorrow is our three-year anniversary. We were going to perhaps go tonight because I was only on-call tonight, but of course I ended up working a double. So anyway, if we go tomorrow night, that will be my last unhealthy meal for the week, I swear!
I'm going to run a marathon in six days! Holy crap!!!!
I'm exhausted, so I'm going to bed now. Good night.