Wow. I think that this weekend must have been the kickoff for fall running/swimming/biking events across the country…at least the parts of the country where I have Facebook friends. Great job to everyone out there who participated today!
I ran the Morton Pumpkin Festival 10K this morning. It was a final training run for my marathon next weekend, and I ended up with a personal best time for a 10K, coming in under 55 minutes. The sky was overcast, and the temperature was in the mid-50’s'; add to that a flat course, and the combination was good for a fast time.
As my runs this week up to today had been crummy, it was good to get in one good one. The most I’m supposed to do this week is a few miles of jogging, which, after weeks and weeks of LOTS of miles, doesn’t seem like enough. But I understand that my body needs this plateau time to build up for a strong race.
Charlotte also ran today in the 2-mile Pumpkin Festival race. She averaged 8.5-minute miles, which I thought was pretty quick with absolutely no training. Unfortunately, her running has taken a backseat to mine right now, as she neither has the desire nor would it be healthy for her run the mileage I have been doing! But maybe she’ll pick it back up once this marathon gets done.
I confirmed our hotel reservation in Bettendorf, Iowa, this afternoon, where we will head next Saturday when soccer gets done. I can hardly believe that race weekend is almost here!
Jeff leaves for Thailand tomorrow morning. Nope, he wasn’t supposed to have had to go again, but that’s becoming par for the course lately. This is the “trip between races.” He was here for the 10K this morning and will be back Friday. Poor guy. He really doesn’t get much rest!
And that’s about all that’s been happening. We did have a little adventure on the way home from small group last night: a car that we think had just turned out of a bar didn’t manage to cross over to the correct side of a four-lane highway. There’s nothing like seeing headlights coming toward you in a lane where that is not supposed to be happening. Jeff blew his horn at the person, and we think we saw him pull over. At least, we hope that’s what he did. Yikes.
Have a great weekend!
No comments:
Post a Comment