i did it. i ran the 8 miler today, capping a week of 3, 5, 3 and 8 miles. the 8 mile run was a little tough because we've been getting more lake effect snow and nobody had shovelled their sidewalks. there was no pain to speak of beyond the normal aches and pains associated with running 8 miles. i took a few preventative ibuprofin after the run, but i think i could have gotten away with not taking any.
next week is going to be a big milestone. i think i'll keep the junk miles the same, and bump the long run up to ten miles. this will be the same mileage that i started seeing serious problems, so it will be a big psychological boost to make it through it and stay healthy.
i'm getting more confident that i might be able to run a marathon this year.
just in time for summer - look snazzy and support the site at the same time by buying some snowdeal schwag!
"I think you devise your own limits for your own personal convenience. There are some people who wish to have limits, and they'll invent as many boxes for themselves as they want. It's like, you know, men invented armor. They wanted to protect themselves from the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune and so forth. And people do the same thing psychically and psychologically. They build their own armor. They build their own rathole, whatever it is. And they choose their existence. Whether they do it consciously or whether it is helped along by a government or an education system, somebody is helping to shape this imaginary box you live in, but it doesn't have to be there."
--frank zappa
runner's world / joe henderson / chicago marathon /
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