Saturday, April 11 - 20 miles!!

I did run between March 31 and April 11, but it has all faded into the past - that's what happens when I don't keep up with my blogging. But anyway, it seems insignificant compared with the amazing 20 miles I did with the Roadrunners Lucky Seven group. Woohoo! Took us 3 1/2 hours (and man, was the last hour difficult) - and it felt so good to know I can do it.

My legs and feet were so sore that I could feel myself trying to run more gently, so as to put as little pressure on them as possible. The worst, though, was a muscle in the back of my right calf that I could feel tightening steadily during the last five miles. It was so knotted Saturday and Sunday that I could feel all these lumps in my muscle under the skin. Didn't run yesterday or today, choosing to walk instead - and I think it's much better. I do NOT want to injure myself now, with the Marathon only a month and a half away.

I'll miss next week's 10 mile run (have to work), but I can do that on my own. In two weeks we'll run 20 miles again, a run so essential that I've found a sub to work for me that day. And then we'll taper down, with only a 15 mile run in May and lighter runs until The Big Day.

I did it! I did it! 20 miles!