July 23-29 Total Mileage – 18.6 Weight – 212.8
July 30- Aug 5 Total Mileage – 17.31 Weight - 210.9
Ever have one of those weeks where you are pretty sure that you are Murphy from Murphy’s Law? It was one of those weeks where I felt overwhelmed everywhere. Work, home, it did not matter, life was just crazy. I had two days at the end of the week where I just woke up mad and frustrated. I took a page from one Ryan Vogelsong’s playbook and was “Pi**ed off for greatness” (it may or may not be his mentality, but the KNBR morning show has decided that he has taken a page from Ray Lewis’ and adopted the mantra). I hit the gym early and ran angry. Appears it worked. I posted two of the fastest 5k’s and the fastest 10k I have run so far. Not sure that I can keep that mentality all the time, it’s just not me.
Last week I finally convinced myself to sign up for CIM. The entire time I was filling out the form I was asking myself exactly what I was doing. I have only hit 26.2 miles in a week once. Now I want to go and do it in one day? The race starts at the Folsom Dam and finishes up at the Capitol. This means that I run from Folsom through Orangevale, Citrus Heights, Fair Oaks, and Carmichael before I finish up in Sac. I also just remembered how much I hate driving to Folsom because it is sooooo far away (not really).
From reading the website (www.runcim.org) it looks like it is quite the event. There are bands and entertainment every few miles and specialized Cheer Zones for friends and family. The course has a net elevation drop from 366 feet at the start to 26 feet at the finish. There does seem to be a serious section of rolling hills around the half way point which is a bit concerning but I’ll just have do try to remember to ease through the hills and not to try to be a hero and power through them.
There is no drop off within a half mile of the entry area so I’ll have to bus it in. There is a bus that leaves right across the street from my office at 5:00 am…
Its hard to focus on the SF Giants run that is only a few weeks away knowing that I have a full looming in December. For a newbie to this whole thing there is so much to consider now. I have to figure out a hydration and eating plan, desired split times, will I need to do a run/walk plan…
I guess like anything else I’ll just take it one step at a time and see how it goes. If you have nothing better to do on Dec 2nd and want to see a bunch of crazy people run 26.2 miles just because they want to say they did it, please do. I’ll need all the help I can get.
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