Saturday- a day to sleep in, watch some E news, have a long lazy breakfast and gear up for an endurance run. Usually Jeremiah and I have Saturday morning together, but he was in court so I had some good motivation to get out and running while he was at court. I decided to run down to constitution pond on the mall because I was a part of an elaborate engagement plan for my good friend from Boston later that day. So I went down to the mall for my run to scope out some engagement spots. I had a 75 minute run with sprints- which was a little treat for my excitement! I love sprints when they are combined with endurance runs, they are like little tests to your legs but then you can settle right back into pace. The wind was blowing, I had my jams and the scenery made me so grateful for where I live in DC and that I can just hop out my door and run to all of this. I felt so overwhelmed with excitement for my friend it was great to channel that all into my run. It left me feeling that my happiness does translate into my run and that it can truly be amazing. This was hands down one of my best runs.
Finishing off last week I did 20 miles- that feels good and now I am into recovery week. Ahhh nothing says recovery like a 90 minute run haha- but my other runs are only 45 minutes so it will feel nice. I am really connecting with the cycle of training. Recovery week comes and you just let your body recover as you know you have weeks more ahead and you have to, and you reward yourself.. I treated my body to a great yoga class last night, felt so nice. Soon I will be 1 month away to race day- doubts yes, fears yes, but I have a lot of encouragement from what I have done in training so far. So I need to continue to trust my training, my body and get over it and run. Not all runs are happy runs the whole way through, lots are happy for me after the first 2 miles.. but when you get a happy run you just remember why you run in the first place.
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