24 miles

Lana, Tracy, Gary and I did our long run today. 24 miles in Murfreesboro. We ran the Greenway and the battlefield for somewhere new to run. The weather wasn’t as nice as promised, but at least there wasn’t the wind we had to deal with 2 weeks ago. The new scenery did little to distract from the pain of running. This was by far the worst I have felt on a run. My legs were just pain tired. At 18 miles I looked at Lana and said “Well, only 6 more to go.” That didn’t sound so bad but then I realized, I just don’t think I can run for another hour. I roughed it out and finished the 24 miles in 4:07:36 for a pace of 10:19 and I complained the whole last 2 miles. Sorry Lana!!!! Ronnie called from Orlando at about mile 7 to see what I was up to, I said running. Then he called back just before he was getting on the plane and said “What are y’all doing?” I said “RUNNING!!!!!” He then made the comment “You have been running all day!” Like I was unaware of this fact.
I am glad that run is over and I sure hope that the 26 miles in 2 weeks goes lots better or I will really be questioning the wisdom of running this marathon.
Tomorrow starts week 16 and the schedule calls for 6 miles, but I will be taking the day off.
Also because I burned 2652 calories I feel that I was entitled to eat anything I felt like eating and be guilty free so there is no “What I ate today” post.