8 Miles is Hardly a Long Run!

Angie came up to Sheboygan for our last "long run" of this training series. Since we only had to run 8 and she had to get a sitter, we started later than normal. We didn't start until 7:30 which is so late. We are normally 2.5 hours in by then! It was a nice change of pace (no pun intended) for us. The weather was quite cool when we started, high 40's I think. We know better than to complain about a little cool weather, but it was pretty cold in shorts and tanks. We warmed up quickly, so it was no problem.

One piece of "race day advise" that I have heard over and over, and would to extend to you is to never do anything new on race day that you aren't used to, or haven't tried before. You should fuel the way you have fueled before, you should hydrate the way you have in the past, use the same earphones, fuel belts, socks, etc. Since Angie and I always try to wear matching tanks/shirts for race day, we always try a dress rehearsal for a long run to ensure we are comfortable with the fit prior to running 4+ hours in that attire.



SNEAK PEEK: "Dress Rehersal" Except I'll be putting makeup and my lucky hoop earrings on for the actual race!



We enjoyed a quick 8 miles. We obviously didn't run out of stuff to talk about because we are used to filling hours & hours with stories. The other exciting part about 8 miles is that we didn't have to fuel or waste calories on gatorade. . . . so every calorie burned, was a calorie we could eat actual food later! I have to say that 8 miles is a nice amount. I wasn't starving all day long and I wasn't tired at all. It hardly felt like I worked out at all. 8 miles hardly felt like a long run at all. I am not going to lie, I crave that totally exhausted feeling I have on Saturdays after a really good hard long run!

I even had plenty of energy to go out for dinner, drinks and some dancing with some great friends from work. I'm enjoying a rather laid back Sunday. I tried to study a little, bit, but that was a flop. I'll try again later. Blogging is so much more interesting and entertaining than studying Business Law for Insurance Professionals. I'll get through it, but it's just pure torture right now!



1 glass of wine + 2 shots of tequilla + 2 Cherry Bomb Shots + 2 strawberritas = blurry picture (looked blurry from my end too!) and waking up with a headache today! :(




This should be illegal. . .  .right at the checkout where I had to wait FOREVER and stare. . .  . (a-holes!)



Packer Fan in the making.. . . . "GO PACK GO!"

~~~~RUNNING UPDATES~~~~
*The 10 day weather forecast is now available for race day, and the scale keeps tipping more & more in our favor! So far, high of 61! I'm okay with this. Low 50's is my ideal running weather, so I'm hoping it's cooler to start. I'll wait a few more days to see how I'm feeling and then I'll do my race day predictions & goals!

*50k --We have decided to put the 50k off until spring. 50k's tend to be trail running with more elevation challenge than what we are use to. We do incorporate quite a few hills in training, however the elevations for a 50k are well beyond what we normally do. Since we are doing our 2nd full marathon in exactly 3 months next Sunday, we decided a little cut back on mileage is due. We don't want to rush into rough terraine training to "squeeze" a 50k in this fall. We've decided to scale back slightly on our mileage and stick to 10-12 miles for our Saturday long runs and then we'll start training for a 50k after the new year. Angie is all over our training plan (thankfully she's into research!). We are going to try a little trail running after we recover from our marathon next week and then decide if we can do it. I'm pretty sure we are both set on doing a 50k. . . we just want to be smart about it. It's not just running 31 miles. . . it's totally different running.

When is your next race? Do you think setting a prediction or goal will jinx you, or keep you in line for meeting your goals? --I'm a goal setter!

~Brooke~