Today I have two achievements to write about. The first is a physical feat. I completed the 14 mile run with my Team in Training Group. After a week of 100+ temperature and heat indexes soaring way above, I was VERY happy to wake up on a Saturday to hear the weekend weather report -60 degrees. At 7am the temp was a PERFECT 70. I ran with a group of 5 - Roz, Bob, Megan, and Carolyn. I have run with all of them before but on separate occasions and not all together, but today we all ran together. It was a great group - essentially we were pretty new to each other as running group. It worked for me!!! I had the best time running up and down the smelly C&O canal south from Fletchers Boathouse into Georgetown, then back up the trail into Bethesada. Our turnaround in Bethesda signified we only had 3.5 miles left...so we were all pumped for it. We picked up our pace a bit on this last leg, not really on purpose but more because we had no choice. This point is primarily all downhill until the finish! It was a great run and I was happy to be in such good company with my running buddies. My knees hurt for most of the day on Saturday but since I didn't do much but sit on a train (I went up to NYC to see a friend - Annie Stingle) and in a way I thank Amtrack for being the awful organization it is. The train kept stalling and running out of power and so we were shuffled from train to train...etc. I had a seat where I could lay my legs out across the one next to me in the quiet car, so I fell asleep for the ride, which turned out to be a 6 hour trip instead of 4. AND, they gave us all vouchers to "make good".
Anyway, it was a great run and I had a blast with my teammates. I toook the liberty of singing to our team certain songs that get me going while I'm on my own maintenance runs. Lately, I'm into QUIET RIOT -- COME ON FEEL THE NOISE, and MR. ROBATO by Styx. I think they wanted to kill me for singing such songs out loud but it passed the miles and most of my teammates agreed that they were good running songs. I finished the 14 miles thinking I could very easily continue for a few more.
The other accomplishment I realized is that I am absolutely going to finish this marathon. Up until this point, I've had some doubt that I'd really be finishing it this year. Since this part is a loinger explaination - I will describe it in my next post. Estoy muy cansada porque neccesito a attendar en clase de espaniol todos Martes y Jueves. Tres ahoras en un cuarto de clase de espanol es muy intenso. Especialmente despues una dia de trabajo difficil.
Katie
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