Tuesday: 2 miles
Wednesday: 5 miles
Thursday: 5 miles
Saturday: half-marathon plus 7 miles
This weekend there's a ½ marathon race in town and I'm signed up for it, along with several other 101ers. The training schedule calls for 20 miles, but our trainer adjusted things to accommodate this race. But no, we won't accept the offer of fewer miles, less burden, more rest. No, we will ADD seven miles to the end of the race. You can trick your mind into seeing this as not a big deal. So you finish 13 miles – you know you can do 13, so that's no problem. Then you just back track 3 ½ miles – a mere 3 ½, which really isn't that far. And then you just turn yourself around and head for the finish line a second time – it's only 3 ½ miles away, and that's nothing compared to what you've already done today.
I picked up my race packet for tomorrow's 1/2 marathon and I started to feel excited about the event: the bright yellow plasticky bib (#94) is what really did it.
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