Today was an amazing day of support from my running buddies. Jody and Maureen started out with me as we covered the first 8 miles. It was chilly this morning so I wore a long sleeve shirt to begin the run.
At mile 8 Jody and Maureen had hit their goal for the day and were replaced by Rita and Katie who wanted to run 12 miles. I quickly changed to a sleeveless shirt as the sun was out this morning. In case it is cold on October 9th I am going to have to rethink my attire choice for the marathon.
I feel so blessed to have these 4 women in my life who rallied around me today. I truly cannot imagine running 20 miles by myself with only an ipod for entertainment. We even knocked 1 minute, 38 seconds off my time! And that was with the long hill back up to my house, which in retrospect I don't care to do again. :-) Good thing Chicago is flat.
As usual my wonderful husband and young daughters were waiting for me with a nice cold ice bath. Jenna again was SOOO excited for Mommy to sit in the ice cube infused water. This time however I didn't let her come in with me (she makes too many waves). Ten minutes later I was feeling quite good for running 20 miles. We will see how I feel tomorrow.
The plantar fasciitis is back in my left foot and was with me from miles 5 - 20. I've been advised that new shoes are in my future. I will have to go buy them this week and begin to break them in on my shorter runs so I can use them on the weekends and for the actual marathon.
With the exception of my foot I did feel much stronger this time and that gives me more confidence for the marathon and these magic 6.2 miles that you are expected to run despite not training for them.
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