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January 29, 2006
The End of My Rest Week
My schedule got changed around a bit in the last few days because I was fortunate to get to run about 18 miles (2:33) on the Boston Marathon course on Saturday with Becky and a couple of her friends. We didn't actually run all of those miles on the course, but I didn't care as long as I had people to run with. We started out a little faster than I'm used to, but I felt good until we made the (now) dreaded turn onto Commonwealth Ave. for the Newton Hills. I guess I never truly understood how long the hills last for. I ran them by myself because Becky was feeling good and had gone ahead (she's in great shape) and I was a little ahead of her friends. I can definitely say I was relieved when I spotted our starting point and knew we were done. This was the same spot that we saw Meb (2004 Olympic silver medalist in the marathon for anyone that doesn't know) flying down the hill. Becky and I both looked at each other and said, "Was that who I thought it was?" (or something like that).
Warning--On Saturday night, we watched "The Ring Two." If you can't deal with scary movies, do not watch this one, because it had to be the scariest movie I've EVER seen (besides the first one).
On Thursday I still did 70 minutes with 10 downhill strides. Then, Friday was my day off (rest week). Since I did my long run on Saturday, I had to take today off since I ALWAYS take the day off after a long run when I'm training for a marathon. Today was actually supposed to be a long tempo run instead of a long run, but it will work out better to do that next week because I can do another 15k race. All this change will throw my mileage out of whack, but I'm still essentially doing the same training and I got my rest week. I just have to look at my training for last week and next week as a 14 day cycle as opposed to a Sunday through Saturday week.
It was weird to be sitting around doing nothing today while Brad was out doing his long run. I was busy catching up on results from the weekend though. When Brad got back, we went to Medford to help a friend's aunt put together some shelving and hook up all her audiovisual equipment. I won't leave the impression that I helped. I "supervised" and the tall girl was called upon when something high needed to be reached. I have to say, it's nice to be married to someone that is extremely handy. Plus, we were rewarded with a delicious dinner that I'm still trying to digest.
My legs felt great today, but I'm ready for bed. First, I just want to note that Mary is back blogging!
Posted by Caitlin at January 29, 2006 9:52 PM
Comments
Caitlin, Great to be back! Thanks for your support! Thanks for keeping me honest. Your 18 mile run sounds great! You must be getting really excited for Boston! Sounds like you are taking good care of your body! I hope to catch up with you soon. I will keep checking in.. time to get serious! More soon...
Posted by: mary at January 29, 2006 11:26 PM
I'm so glad that you and Becky finally met! You should have stopped by and said hi while you were in Medford!
Posted by: Alison at February 1, 2006 7:43 AM