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| Disgruntled Level: MAX |
This extreme shortening of the run was for two reasons:
1) The exhaustion from yesterday carried over into today and I didn't get going until 8:30 AM. Which meant it was getting a little toasty outside.
2) My left butt reared its ugly glute pain in mile 8 and it was all I could do to get back to the house.
I tried to do the last 7 or so on the treadmill, which is where I can unselfconsciously run without a shirt and take selfies at an angle that doesn't reveal all my copious fat rolls, but my left butt was having none of that treadmilling either.
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| WARNING: Snazzy visor and extremely white belly alert |
So I had to seriously revise my race goals, people. Here's the deal:
1) My new goal race is the Dallas Marathon in December.
2) Until my duathlon, I'm only running 11-15 miles on Sundays.
3) I changed the number of run days per week in the training app from 4 to 3.
4) I'm going to have to start my day and week numbering for these posts all over again. Sorry about that for all you Type As out there.
5) It's a stupid idea to train for a long-distance duathlon and a marathon at the same time. Really stupid.
I feel good about this decision, as I can now solely focus on my duathlon (less than 30 days away!) and then just putz my way through the Twin Cities Marathon like I normally do. Now if I could only decide how to end this post...I think a random pic of one of my animals will do the trick.
And there you go.
Tomorrow's workout: Upper body weights! Abs! Nothing involving my legs for sure!
