Weekend Wrap Up

RBR is kicking butt in the marathon. I LOVE live tracking.

Did you know thinking of your buddy who is running a marathon makes it harder to whine during your long run? And yet, I managed it. The first part suuuuucccckkked. It always does. I go through the same cycle in my head. The mean voices say, "If it's this hard to run a quarter of a mile, then how the hoolies are you going to run 4 (or 5 or 13)?!" I talk back. I say, "Yes, it sucks. I know it sucks. It gets better. I know it gets better!" We (me and the mean voices) go through this every time. Every. Blasted. Time. Oh well. I WIN!!!

I ran my plan exactly and felt strong at the end. I had hoped my pace would be a bit faster, but speed was not my focus. Finishing an hour run, THAT was my focus. 4.4 miles in 60 minutes. Donna felt terrible for the whole run (and yesterday's bike was rough for her too.) It's so interesting how much our needs and reactions differ on everything: nutrition, weather, training volume. It's great to train together. When one of us is down, the other helps lift spirits. When we're both down, it's nice to get to bitch together and when we're both up - man, what a celebration! Today I was the spirit lifter. Today I had juice to sprint the final bit. Today I wrapped up a kick ass training week!

I'm writing this post amid thousands of interruptions as we chivvy the kids up and through the kitchen, getting set to have friends over for lunch and to all go see Indiana Jones. We've got a crew of 15 going. You know it just doesn't take much to move from a family size gathering to a party size one when you start off with a family of eight! One last thing - we took our youngest to the Swim for Smiles this morning to cheer on one of his best buddies. It was inspiring and exciting. He wants to be in it himself next time. Yay for my budding triathlete!