Bob2 Runs a Marathon – Day 16
How’s it going out there BobcastNation?!?! Day 16 of training, I bet you guys thought I would have given up by now! I got you good! Last weekend, I took to the slopes of Lutsen so I had to rearrange my training a little bit, but don’t worry I got it all in; I swapped my rest day (yesterday) with my long run day (Sunday). The upside was that I didn’t have to hit the treadmill for 50 minutes (I run 6 miles per hour only because the math is so easy ) while a little sore from skiing and a little hung over from ski vacation’s inevitable extra-curriculars. The downside, however, was that I traded away my favorite day of the week, my Monday-funday. So instead of having a manageable 22 miles this week, I face a daunting 27. And yes I see the irony in the fact that I am scared of a mileage I get to spread over 7 days that is baaaaarely longer than what I will run on one day in June. At least I hope it’s less than a day…
It’s starting to get nice out again, but I’m resisting the temptation to start running outside until all of the ice is off of the sidewalks. I have some pretty bad ankles from the college days, and I can’t risk taking a couple weeks off with a sprain. I have started taking fish oil though, it’s supposed to be good for repairing that sort of damage, and I don’t know if it’s the placebo effect, but I feel invincible right now. Those 5 miles flew by yesterday, and my 2 “easy” miles today, I couldn’t help myself but run them hard. Who knows, maybe this fish (read: snake) oil really works. We’ll see.
I have been noticing a very strange phenomena during my daily trips to the gym. I know it’s winter, and those of you with kids are probably off the hook, but do you really need to drive around for 10 minutes looking for a space that is close to the door? I mean, this is forgivable in certain situations, like an ambulance pulling up to the ER, or Tiger Woods at a titty bar (too easy?). But seriously people, you are going to work out! You are trying to lose that fat ass and you can’t bother yourself to walk 20 more seconds! My new favorite hobby is to walk slowly down one of the aisles until a car starts inching behind me… keep walking for a few more cars fiddling with the keys…slowly start to amble over to my car…only zing! I parked on the other side of the aisle!
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