They say if you can complete 21 miles, you can complete the marathon. My confidence is renewed! I have been having trouble this week with the short distance runs ( getting tired, losing motivation, etc) but I kept a very slow pace for this benchmark and I felt really good at the end. Well...I can't say I felt 'really' good, the ankles were in severe pain. But emotionally and mentally I felt fricking amazing! I even missed my turn! The route went down by the waterfront and it just so happened that there was a massive dragon boat race occurring. Amongst all the people I missed the volunteer giving directions to turn right and continued straight.....1/2 a mile later.... I'm looking around and don't recognize any of the runners. No Portland Fit Shoe tags or T-shirts.... I'm starting to wonder... I pull out the map that our leaders gave us at the begining and have to stop running to figure out where the heck I am. Sure enough... ran 1/2 a mile out of the way.... turn around to backtrack... 'Hey, what's another mile?!' F*$%!!!!
So you might think I'm a little cuckoo after reading this next story but...
In between mile 18 and mile 19 I was all by myself. The group had spaced out enough where there was a decent distance between the person in front of me and no one behind me. About this time, Frank ran with me. For those of you who don't know Frank, he is my deceased step dad. So... one might ask, "How in the heck is this possible?" ... Heck if I know. I do know the man running beside me was a younger version of my S. Dad with the sam
e crazy personality. He was there with me for no longer than a couple minutes. It was such an intense feeling After his 'image' left my side I was grinning ear to ear with tears in my eyes. Even now as I'm describing it I feel emotional. The final 3 miles I had a new found energy and the pain seemed to be less. I know you're body and mind do crazy things went you push them to a physical limit. I'm hoping I'll see him again on the marathon.
Now time for the ice bath :)
e crazy personality. He was there with me for no longer than a couple minutes. It was such an intense feeling After his 'image' left my side I was grinning ear to ear with tears in my eyes. Even now as I'm describing it I feel emotional. The final 3 miles I had a new found energy and the pain seemed to be less. I know you're body and mind do crazy things went you push them to a physical limit. I'm hoping I'll see him again on the marathon.
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