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March 03, 2006
WEEK NO. 21
Reason No. 2 for Running a Marathon – Reason No. 2 for running a marathon is that running a marathon is the “cool down� portion of an IronMan. Someday, I would like to finish an Ironman.
Ah, at last the taper. The chance to ease up on the mileage, and enjoy that week before the race when your body gets to heal everything that was in misery during training. On Sunday I did 1.7 miles with my wife to warm up, and then did a faster pace run over the same 1.7 miles (one loop around my house). Wednesday was an easy 4 miles around Durham. Friday I had intended a short 2 mile run or so, but snow issues at work pretty much put me out of commission. So, I end the week (not counting the race) with a distance of 7.7 miles. Of course, adding in the run on Sunday brings my total for the week to 33.9 miles.
It is incredible to me how short a 4 mile run is now days. It’s almost like you are not even warmed up and the run is over. Amazing how your perspective changes after 450 miles of running in 20 weeks
Stay tuned next week for the race report from Napa!!!
Posted by Dennis at March 3, 2006 07:43 PM