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« On Being A Storm Fan | Main | In Anne We Trust » August 31, 2005One. Hundred. Miles.Tonight's the end of the month (remember, folks: rent's due), and I'm proud to say that I capped a pretty intense, crazy four+ weeks with an amazing run at Greenlake. Richard and I got out at 7:30, right as the weather was downshifting from 70-some degrees into cooler (saner) temperatures. So I went three times 'round, and it was wonderful. It also pushed me to a total of 100 miles for the month. One of the weird byproducts of marathon training (or, I suppose, any stretch goal) is that you start by climbing small mountains, and then progress on to larger ones. If I'd thought - seriously thought - about what kind of crazy wackjob would get out and actually put 528,000 feet on their tennis shoes in 30 days, I'd never have joined the club. But here we are, and here I am, and I'm amazed. Clearly, it wasn't as far as I'd originally planned. Hal called for 124 this month, and I chose to kick back on my vacation, chill with family and drink beer. Honestly, that's OK (the beer was good, and the company was better) with me. But still. 100 miles! I'll also say this: I'm astounded, at some level, that I can just walk out my front door and run for 73 minutes. In fact, it goes beyond that ... I found the run energizing, and not tiring; I'll undoubtedly be up until midnight. Posted by Gavin Shearer at August 31, 2005 10:13 PM. Posted to Fitness. CommentsPost a commentThanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out) (If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.) |