It's Too Cold.

It's too cold. That is the theme of this week's training.

Let's see... I left off last week talking about how I had a 13 mile run coming up with the team over the weekend.  Well needless to say that didn't happen.  There were a few brave (crazy) souls who set out on the team run Saturday morning but most of us opted to do it on our own later in the day...  The temp outside at 8am was zero degrees with a -20 wind chill! That just didn't seem safe to me.  I actually ended up doing my long run the next day... Sunday was a balmy 30 degrees... stuff on the streets and sidewalk was melting away... it just seemed like the better day!

Well, that Sunday I had my first "bad run" of the year. It was awful. If you are a runner you know what I mean... from the first step it just feels awful... like you can't do it... every mile is a chore.  I knew right off the bat I wasn't going to make 13 miles, so when I hit the 5 mile mark I turned around and headed back to my car... 10 miles seemed good enough considering the circumstances.

It was the first time I actually question myself for setting out to do this.  Plenty of people have told me I'm nuts... and a few have even said "You're not ready, you shouldn't be running a race of this magnitude yet", and I've always been able to brush those comments off with lot's of self confidence.  I'm going to take everyone's advice and not let that run get to me... we all have bad days right?!

The rest of this week has been spent training on the treadmill due to the extreme cold... have I mentioned how much I HATE the treadmill?? Hamster on a wheel, that's all I have to say. haha. I'm headed to hot yoga tonight which will probably feel even more awesome then usual!

This coming Saturday the team has a 14.5 mile run.  This is a big deal because (If I make it the whole way) it will be the longest distance I have ever run. Ever. Pretty cool... I'm hoping to make it happen, but also preparing to not beat myself up if it doesn't.  The ultimate goal for this whole journey is to get to the starting line in Hopkinton and of course the FINISH LINE on Boylston Street.  So I'm going to make sure I listen to my body so I can get there injury free.

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PS. Three cheers for 40 degrees this weekend!


109 days....

xoxo
Ash

"We choose to run for those who sometimes can't."

I am running the 2014 Boston Marathon on the Marathon Strides Against MS Team! To make a donation to help end Multiple Sclerosis please visit my personal fundraising page:  http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR?px=12612971&pg=personal&fr_id=22897