I had a setback in my marathon training while I was in Austin and I’m doing my damnedest to get back on track. I went 8 miles Tuesday but only ran about half of it. I went to the Y on my lunch break and ran the full six miles, which means I’m slowly getting back to where I need to be. Unfortunately - it’s not as easy as it was. Six miles were almost boring before, they came so effortlessly, but today I had to cheer myself on through ever click on the treadmill distance counter. It was TOUGH. But, I did it, and will do it again tomorrow, and will hopefully run 12 miles on Saturday successfully. Do you know my marathon is in 6 weeks? Yeah. I know. I’m starting to think I may be in over my head a wee bit.
Lucky for me, Brueggers had their chicken tortilla soup on today’s menu, making me the luckiest girl on the planet! Or at least the luckiest girl going through the drive-thru at the Brueggers on Bailey Cove. I asked, “What are your soups for today?” and let out a little “Yippee!” when she said “Chicken Tortilla” because that is my favorite soup they sell but it is only on the menu, like every 10th time I eat there. I’m sure the girl was thinking, “This girl needs to get out more.”
What can I say? I’m easy to please.
hey beautiful….still home sick so getting to catch back up on your blog.
but i digress, call me when you have a minute and want to laugh about the dream i had about you, me, agent booth, and meredith (from flotown). your running post reminded me about it. and yeeeessss….it’s that good.
i love you
junkie… I want to hear about the dream you had about ZOOT! The suspense is TOO MUCH!
Easy to please?
Hah. I was once made so happy by a bottle of buck-a-beer and the fact that ER was a new episode that I had to weep for a few minutes before I could continue with my evening.
AND last week, I was so pleased by a pair of clean socks that I had to scream and send three friends three different emails about the clean socks.
I totally beat you in the needing to get out more category.
I just wanted to tell you that you are an inspiration. I decided a couple of months ago to do a marathon in part because of the dedication that you’ve shown and the successes you’ve had so far.
This past Sunday I ran my first Marathon, the ING Georgia Marathon in Atlanta. It was probably the hardest thing I’ve ever done. Like you I suffered some set backs in my training and my long run was only 13.1 prior to the Marathon. You’ve trained far better than I have and if I can finish you will definitely finish! Just take it slow and steady and you’ll get there.
Good luck and thanks for keeping at it!