And then all of the sudden it was Oct. 26 and I had only 59.9 miles logged for the month. Unfortunately, doing the math I realized that it would be possible for me to get in the remaining 41.1 miles in the remaining days of the month. The good news: I'm feeling super motivated. The bad news: it required me running 6 straight days, when I've never run more than two in a row.
Sigh. Why is it that I'm so determined to finish this (ultimately) meaningless challenge? And what the heck was I doing all those October days I could've been running??
So here's my miles cramming plan for the rest of the month:
- Wednesday--3.7 rainy miles while N. practiced volleyball
- Thursday--5 miles--actually ran/walked 6
- Friday--5 miles
- Saturday--16 miles (the one run that really matters to me...trail miles at Castlewood Park, good training for both the Skippo 30K and the Pere Marquette race
- Sunday--5 miles (thinking I can combine this with trick-or-treating)
- Sunday--5 miles (after the Halloween parade)
13 comments:
Ah you can...it's a terrible affliction to be stubborn!
Just think of all the candy you can use on Monday to fuel!
You can probably gain a couple mile by wearing a pedometer and counting those miles, maybe even extrapolating back through the month :-). You could turn it in to a math lesson on estimation and proportions.
I should have read this before I made the biking comment on FB, eh? :)
Just look at the mileage as pre-Ironman training :).
You totally can (especially since you are stubborn) :)
Go get it!
of course you can
you are super Kate
you can!!!!
Go Kate!
You go girl!
You will do it. A mindless challenge.........doesn't matter. A challenge is a challenge and you go for those.
You can, you will do it!
Go SuperKate!
I totally understand wanting to complete a challenge because you started it! Keep going, you can do it!!
You've got it! And then REST!
Have fun on your 16 miler. Monday morning you'll be saying I thought I could...I thought I could...I thought I could :)
41 miles in a week? I'm right around there now at the peak of marathon training :)
Have fun - and then enjoy the rest to follow!
You can do this and I bet you'll have fun. Especially with the 16 miler on trails. The trail run will probably help to break up the monotony. Go for it!
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