12 weeks down!! 6 to go!!

I can't believe it! If this were a pregnancy I would be starting the last week of my first trimester! The time goes by so fast!

Yesterday Meredith and I ran 18 miles... our longest training run in our preparation for running Big Sur on May first. (We were supposed to do this last weekend but we had to tweak our training plan because I was away last weekend and felt it would work better for me to miss a 13 mile training run instead of the 18.)

My quads are so sore and it is pretty hilarious watching me try to go down the stairs. This past week I started incorporating hill work because Big Sur has BIG hills I'm told. This meant that my legs were still sore going into the run. By mile 15 I was like,"Three more miles?? Are you kidding me??" My legs were killing me! I dug deep and slowed down considerably but refused to stop till I reached the 18 mile mark.

Afterwards Meredith and I were comparing how we felt and she said that she was trying to assess how, if this had been the marathon, how much she would have had left. I told her that at mile 15 I truly felt like I had nothing left and really had to dig deep to get to the 18. So if this had been the marathon already I doubted I could have finished.

However, being that it was a training run, I was so proud of myself for running the whole thing! I realized that since running Richmond I really have not had and "I'm proud of what I just did!!" moment.

Yesterday was it for me!!! I felt like I dug deep, gave every ounce I could give and didn't stop till I accomplished my goal. I left everything I had out there on the road. There wasn't any point where I felt like I didn't give it all I had and that feels so good.

All this to say... The training is going GREAT!!!! So far.

Now...

All you highway workers out there on Route 1, I'm cheering you on. Please, please get my marathon route fixed!!!