one week from today

it has been way too hot to be running lately.
the heat index and humidity is excruciating.
i can barely breathe when i walk out the door.
i know its not a great idea, but i think i have decided to
wing it till the marathon.
i'm going to try to get in a 8-9 miles tomorrow.
but i cant promise anything.
i think it will be good to give my body rest.
plus the build up and anticipation of not running all week
will only make me crave it more on race day.

leaving on friday for Seattle!

nightmare

Woke up this morning at 4:30am
to run my 20 miler (eek)
before I go into work today.
About to embark on this journey.
I'll let you know how it goes...

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8 reasons to run with a partner

Found this article outlining 8 reasons to run with a partner
and number 8 rings so true today: partners make great alarm clocks.

With summer heat index sweeping in, they predicted it would get up to 90 today with evening scattered t-storms. Me and Pallardy have the day off to work on the house (we've gone painting crazy) so I had him wake me up early so I could finally get this weeks long run in (17-18 miles). I'm not very good with morning runs. The night before, I can talk up big game about how I'm going to get up early in the morning and knock it out...but then the morning comes and I just continually hot snooze until I finally get up, then I just mope around trying to talk myself into getting it done. I usually do, but then I've wasted the whole day just thinking about it.

poop.

Today was different. I had Pallardy to push me...literally. He pushed me until I rolled out of bed. We went to Quail Ridge trails which is fast becoming my new fave running place and knocked out todays run before the heat set in.

Perfection.

Seattle in 24 days!