Week 14

The plan – 13+ Two loops and with a quick run around the block to bring the total mileage over 13. I know the extra distance is trivial but it makes me feel better to run 13 rather than 12.6775675642. This week I didn’t take the usual day before off before so I felt tightness and my hips. On the first loop I stretched my left hip at the Gatorade stop and that helped a little. I felt like I was pushing it on the first loop but my time was slower than in previous weeks. I’m not sure if it was because of all the stiffness or because of the wind. My guess probably a combo of both, anyway, it’s no big deal because at this point I’m not running to get into shape. I decided towards the end of the first loop I would not stop at home for some fuel.
The second loop went pretty much as the first. I felt like I was pushing it but the speed was not there. Oh well, no biggie. I finished up by doing a small loop around the block.

On the iPod – I listened to a great interview of Ryan Hall talking about his marathon goals and about running Boston this year. As far as music, the only tunes that stick out were “Cure of Pain” by Morphine and the Dropkick’s “I’m Shipping Up To Boston”. I think those two songs are perfect for the marathon. After listening to those songs I started trying to associate every song to running Boston.

The details:
Loop 1 – 57:11
Loop 2 – 58:41
Mini loop – 4:37

Total – 2:00:30

Next week: 1 hour of nice easy running