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December 3, 2004
Mommies on the comeback trail
I honestly can't decide what to do at the race this weekend. Do I want to race the thing or do what my coach told me to do and just run easy? If it's nice weather I hate to pass it up. I'm starting to appreciate nice weather (or just not affirmatively bad weather) more and more! And this race is one of my favorites and favors my billy-goat running style with all its hills. On the other hand, I'm still feeling creaky and I've got two tough weeks ahead of me - next week is a *hilly* 21-miler and the following week is a 20-miler with 30K at marathon goal pace. On the OTHER hand (did you know I had three hands?) I've been able to recover so easily from things lately I don't know if I should really worry about the two tough weeks coming up.
Regardless of what I decide to do, the *real* excitement this weekend is that I have three friends who've had babies in the past six months to a year and who have been training for this race for months now. No comeback 5Ks for these ladies - we're talking a notoriously hilly 20K. When we all started running together this race was *the* tough race of the marathon warm-up series. Now that they've added the hilly 10-miler and the hilly half-marathon its reputation as the hilliest race is in dispute, but one thing's fer sher: this is *not* going to be a walk in the park. And I'm pretty sure they're ready. They're going to kick this thing's ass.
So it should be a fun Sunday: Andy'll be there, the comeback mommies'll be there, and then we've got more than a few other friends trying to do marathon pace runs out there. And I'll finally get to check out this Meghan character.
Andy's torturing the dog. She's an awfully good sport.
Posted by jenandmats at December 3, 2004 10:22 PM
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He, He. I'm a character.
I think you should race! It sounds like you want to, and you just had a rest week, and it sounds like you're so strong right now that recovery will be a cinch.
See you there!
Meghan
Posted by: Meghan at December 4, 2004 8:10 AM
Good luck tomorrow! I hope you have a great run, whether you race or not. Hope all your friends run well too. Here's hoping for great weather for you guys...
Posted by: Beth at December 4, 2004 2:13 PM
Your friends sure sound like toughies, no low-key 5ks for the comeback. Race it and see what happens. Let us know more about this Meghan girl.
Blondie
Posted by: Blondie at December 4, 2004 2:30 PM
I'm guessing I'm one of the mommies you reference. But my "baby" is almost 2, so I'm not quite as hard-core as the other mommies I've been training with.
Posted by: Heather at December 4, 2004 10:50 PM
still pretty hard-core, H.
Posted by: jenandmats at December 5, 2004 2:29 PM