Long Run Fun

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Saturday: Long Run - 9.8 mi/1:40:38

We are still smiling post-run!

Monday: Recovery Run - 2.56 mi/ 23:45


While looking at "the plan" on Thursday afternoon for the impending long run on Saturday, I started to freak out. I'd not run farther than 7 miles all summer, and that was in NC in July where it was cool and lovely. Not in Georgia where it is hot and muggy all the time. Thank goodness I have a wonderful neighbor, Andrea, who is a superwoman, marathon runner. She invited me to tag along with her on her l2 miler. I only needed to do 8, but decided to stick with her as long as I could.

Love my Pro Compression socks

I never thought I could run 10 miles (I did run an additional .2 to make it an even 10, but I'd shut my watch off by then so it didn't track it). I certainly know that I couldn't have done it without Andrea. We had fantastic weather at 5:30a and I loved having company. If I had to do 10 miles alone, I'm pretty sure I would have gone bananas. We are both chatty, so the conversation kept my mind off the actual mileage.

I came home, soaked in an ice bath for 10 minutes, drank some low fat chocolate milk, and slid on my Pro Compression socks for the rest of the afternoon. Sunday morning, my legs felt great. No soreness in my legs of any kind. The tendinitis in my feet is bothering me today, but I plan to soak my tootsies in an ice bath this afternoon so maybe it will help.

Brooks Pure Cadence

I was pretty proud of myself all weekend. I needed to run that far for a number of reasons, the most important being my mental state. The self-doubt that I could actually run 13.1 miles is fading into the background quickly.

The short recovery run on Monday was used to break in my new Brooks Pure Cadence. I love the pink color, although I think the pink socks and pink shoes might be a difficult combo to pull off, so the next sale they have at Pro Compression, I think a pair of black and white socks will be in my basket.

Movie Review: Bernie

This movie is actually a true story of a Texas funeral director who befriends a wealthy widow and ends up killing her. While that's the general plot, there's so much more to this story. Jack Black, who is genius in this role, plays Bernie and Shirley MacLain plays the widow. Black's performance is award-worthy. Director, Richard Linklater's documentary style approach to this scripted dark comedy makes you feel like you are one of the towns people enjoying some juicy gossip. Incredibly funny in so many ways, this is a quirky film that will tug on your heart strings in unexpected ways. Free Bernie! A-