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Lonely

Wow - it is quiet in my apartment although it is the first time in 4 days I've had the hum of my air conditioner going and the TV on as I'm getting ready to go to bed. My parents and Scout left this morning. Scout has been here since Labor Day weekend and my parents have been here since Thursday. Now no one is here. Thank God I have power - it would be that much more lonely if not! It is crazy to think what a roller coaster the past few days have been and now it is like it is all of a sudden gone.

I cleaned for about 4 hours this morning - first it started just cleaning up the huge mess we managed to make when we didn't have power and then it turned into an all out cleaning fest. Then it turned into a decorating fest. Then it turned into a google maps/NOAA before/after comparison fest. Then, of course, a nap fest. My apartment is now cleaner than it has been in forever though. I want someone to come over just so someone else can see how clean it is! I'm so proud and have no one to share it with.

A few of us ran track tonight and it was awesome. The weather was great and I felt good running. We were supposed to do 10 Yasso 800s. Shellie and I planned to run 4:15's and got bored pretty fast. Starting with our 5th repeat, we took ~5 seconds off each one. Our last one was 3:40 and we averaged 4:02 overall. Too bad I know I surely won't run a 4:02 marathon. After that I stuffed my face with Chinese food. Soooo not a good idea. I desperately need to go to the store for perishable items! Enough of this non-perishable stuff. My Fit Foods is supposedly back open, so I plan to visit tomorrow.

I was planning to run tomorrow but then just did the math on what my weekly mileage will end up being and remembered I'm supposed to be tapering now. I'm actually not going to run tomorrow. I've already run 14.5 miles this week, will run 5-6 Thursday morning in parking garages and will run 13-15 this weekend, so that is already plenty of miles for it being so close to my marathon.

Comments

greyhound said…
Why won't you run a 4:02 marathon? Why not? You're at least as fast and fit as I was two years ago, if not more so, and I ran 3:53. Just run smart, don't limit yourself, and see what happens.
September 17, 2008 at 9:03 AM
Cass said…
I agree with Greyhound! Don't underestimate yourself.
I'm impressed that you've ran so much this week. I've done nothing. Hopefully, cleaning yards can count for something.
September 17, 2008 at 9:22 AM
Anonymous said…
Glad to hear that you guys weathered the storm okay. We were thinking about you.

Steph
September 17, 2008 at 11:30 AM
Cory said…
I think you're going to enjoy the St. Geo course and weather. The course is very conducive to a good time and historically the weather has been perfect. Expect your best case scenario. It could really happen.
September 17, 2008 at 4:01 PM
Anonymous said…
So as you think, so you feel, as you feel is how you act. per your blog you have trained hard. Nothing is impossible!!! think 4 hours. I bet you beat it!!
September 18, 2008 at 8:58 AM
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