Milton's marathon man

I went for my long run yesterday morning. My schedule has me going for long sunday runs with a short run on Saturday. My problem is I feel like anything less than 6 or 7 miles is a waste of time, so on Saturday I did around 8. Sunday was ok, I ended up falling 2 miles short of my goal of 14, but mostly it was because of how tired i was. I got up early with the kids and let Patti sleep in, she gets up pretty much the rest of the week with the kids. So I didn't get out on the road until 9, and by then I was kind of tired. I like to wake up and get out there. The other problem is I didn't bring any way. I ended up stopping at a Tedesci's and bought some water with money I keep in my shoe pouch. My legs felt a little rubbery later in the day but overall was fine.

I didn't run this morning but might do some light work on the treadmill later. We'll see.

And my marathon training continues.

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The humidity this morning was brutal, awful. It was over 80% and made my run tough but I still did 6.5, although a little slow. Worked up a great sweat though.

According to my schedule, I was supposed to do 7 this morning, but I have not been keeping track with that thing. Tomorrow I am going to try for a longer run, then a real long one on Sunday to get back on track.

We'll see.

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Went for a 6.5 mile run this morning. It felt really good and I was pretty tired when I started. Went out around 6:30. I think listening to EEI on the radio instead of my iPod helped. The Sox are in a little bit of a spiral so always fun to listen to people complaining.

My back is a little sore right now though, not sure why.

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I ran on Saturday, good run, but nothing since then. Mostly because of travel, and party because of laziness. I need to kick it in high gear.

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Last year I decided to run a marathon and chose the Marine Corp in DC. Mostly it was because my father is a proud Marine and I thought it would be cool. Since then I've heard it's a flat course which is good since I like running on flat ground. It would be better if the entire thing was down hill, but whatever.

Last year I got hurt and thrown off my training program, so I deferred until this year. I am on an 18 week training program that throws in hills, fartleks, medium runs and long runs. This Sunday I am suppose to do 14 miles. I did 12 a couple of weeks ago.

So far so good. I still struggle to run that long but I haven’t had to stop and walk yet. I think I need to cut down on the bad food and beers, they are both dragging me down. Well, at least the bad food is I think.

I thought I’d chronicle my experience and how I feel after certain runs. Not sure why, since most entries will be something like this

“Tired as hell, legs hurt, sweating a lot, why am I doing this”

We’ll see how it goes.

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