Time

I didn’t do my super secret run as I teased a couple days ago. The conditions weren’t right. Too much moisture so parts of my planned course would be a quagmire. So you’ll have to continue to wait to hear about this highly anticipated run.

So I did a ‘routine’ 3.5 hour training run on Sunday. This was my longest training run ever in both time and distance (21.79 miles). My only longer runs have been in marathons. I spent the hours mostly down in the Chesterfield Valley – running from my doorstep to Spirit Airport and then running the full length down and back of the North side Chesterfield Levee before returning home. Thankfully, nearly the entire run was on the flats which my legs greatly appreciated. I’m a bit sore today after the 31+ mile weekend. But my biggest hurt is my belly. Kathy forced me to do the P90X Ab Ripper workout. My day off today is welcome!

I don’t mind the running, but the time commitment is a little insane. That’s a good chunk of valuable discretionary time. What’s more, my longest training runs (starting next Sunday) will be four hours. There will be several weekends over the next three months with a total of six hours running time. Kathy will become a running widow. One of the reasons I quit my vintage base ball team was the time commitment and here I am doing it again. I’m not a good learner…

After Comrades, I’m going back to short runs. All summer I’ll be staying short – no more then six or eight miles for my long runs. I’ll do the speed work and tempo necessary for 5K and 10K runs, but the next marathon will have to wait until late fall.