sci-fi

wow! today i feel great. there have been some twinges. but just like, to remind me that there WAS pain there! weird, huh? can't say the same for where my enell rubbed me raw. that looks like a huge burn area. or like i peeled my skin off there, in a butterfly-shaped area. peeled like you peel a peach. it's very ouchy. lotsa neosporin.

was it all the sleep i got last nite? have i had a pain breakthru? like i went to the OUTER LIMITS of painland and have pushed thru? like in one of those sci-fi movies where someone sticks their hand and arm thru a liquid wall?

i sho hope so.

i did ice last nite...and today. perhaps the ice, the sleep? well, i'll see tomorrow.

so last week i went 4 days off. sad but true. 15 miles total. not so good. not for marathon training.

then i read rob's account of the 50K in Kirkland this wkd. i just have to write about that here: first, he did a little run w/ friends in the a.m. for 5 miles. later, he had to drive a ways and around 3 pm he began a FIFTY KILOMETER trail run...in the RAIN. this dude is major. you have to check it out. there are even pics. his link is to the left there, "running further." and FURTHER he doth run. it is a-MA-zing.

i think, oh, trail running sounds like so much fun. i dunno. lots of uncertain ground. oh, and then there's the DISTANCE. whooooo-eeeee!

okay: this week's PLAN is 4, 6, 4 and 11. (i kinda slipped backward a bit and joined up w/ these folks...they are RIGHT on track to do marathon in 16 wks. i was gonna be ready one wk early. so i am fine.)

the question remains, IS the long run of the wk the most important...in progressing to the goal of 26 miles? i mean, if my TOTAL wkly mileage isn't up to snuff, yet i continue adding 1 mile per wk to the long run.....come wk 16 my body will just think we're going out for the next longer, run, right? well, i know that w/ this program you have a taper. but i'm wondering... you get the drift of my train of thought.

g'nite all. and God bless you.

~~~cast your burdens on Jesus for He cares for you~~~