Since January of 2007 when I really set my sights on trying to qualify I've run more than 1600 miles. This will be my third marathon in less than a year and will make #4 in about 18 months.
That's a lot of miles, but how can that be bad under the shadow of Pikes Peak? I might maybe preferred to run fewer of them at o-dark-thirty in barely double digit temperatures. But all of the other runs on bright, sunny Colorado days or on the road in sunny Southern CA made the really hard ones bearable.
I am ready for a bit of a break from the Garmin - I don't want to know my heart rate or my pace. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't be headed to Boston without having paid close attention, but going to Boston has earned me not just the chance to run this amazing race & to be in the presence of great running icons, but it has also earned me the chance to run just because - long or short. And it's earned me a little bit of couch potato time!
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