The past two weeks have proven tougher than anticipated. I attribute this to a variety of factors. 1) The mid-week runs are getting longer, 2) The weekend long-runs are getting longer-longer, and 3) I’ve had to face the past two long-runs on my own. Typically I have been running the weekend long-runs with my good friend Carrie who successfully ran the marathon last year and is training to run it again. Until we started running together, I hadn’t run with a partner since high school. I had forgotten that running with a partner changes everything for the better and I have missed running with Carrie these past two weeks immensely.
That said, I should give myself more credit for completing this past week’s 15-mile long-run all by my lonesome. I chose a new route along the river from the Franklin Bridge heading towards Ft. Snelling. The weather was ideal (cool but sunny) and I was surprised by the general tranquility of a Sunday morning run (contrasted by the hustly-bustly Saturday mornings I’m used to). Moreover, I was pleasantly surprised to find an excellent trail in the Ft. Snelling State Park – shady and quiet – reminiscent of the north woods. I intend to explore these trails further at some point, perhaps by starting at Minnehaha Park.
Those with whom I’ve spoken about the experience relay the synergetic experience of running amidst thousands of other runners and spectators. I look forward to this with great anticipation. Successfully finishing this 15 mile run instilled in me the awareness and confidence that I am indeed capable of completing this training and successfully running the marathon.
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Marco...
You have a blog and I am posting on it. Nice. Now you need to go post something on my geeky drummer blog... stevegoold.wordpress.com.
I intend to put some additional pictures of my family up on facebook like you requested a couple months ago... but I am lazy with facebook.
And now for the real reason for this comment: I distinctly remember you informing me that any spelling of "Mark" that used a "c" instead of the proper "k" at the end was weak sauce, and you stood in firm opposition to it. I am surprised to see such weak sauce spellings on your blog. Inquiring minds want to know.
PS. I assume this "Carrie" that you run with is the one that I know too? We should all hang out sometime. I think the last time I saw you both was at the Rock the Garden Wilco show...
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