RUNNING JOURNAL
DATE DISTANCE TIME COMMENTS SHOE 1 (Gel-Cumulus V) SHOE 2 (Gel-Cumulus IV)
Mon - 11/10/03 3 miles 43.5 minutes 1st mile jog, 2nd and 3rd run/walk (5:1)
Tues - 11/11/03 2.25 miles walk 42 minutes New running shoe break-in (ASICS Gel-Cumulus) 2.25
Wed - 11/12/03 4 miles 59 minutes Farthest ever run; felt fine. 4
Thur - 11/13/03 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Cold, windy night
Sat - 11/15/03 4.98 miles 1:13 Ran around Burke Lake Park (4.5 miles- got off the trail at one point). Felt fine. 4.98
Sun - 11/16/03 2.5 miles walk 45 minutes Wore a Walkman - Blue Oyster Cult 2.5
WEEK 1 12 miles run      
Mon - 11/17/03 1.9 miles walk 35 minutes Walkman - Sibelius - Tapiola
Tues - 11/18/03 6 miles 1:23:30 12:30 1st mile; 1:09 5 mile (6 hr. marathon time) - felt great! 6
Thur - 11/20/03 3.45 miles 45 minutes 47 degrees, wore a light jacket. Tried running with a Walkman; didn't like it. First mile in 12 minutes. 3.45
Fri - 11/21/03 1.54 mile walk 35 min. Saw deers' eyes in the darkness. 1.54
Sat - 11/22/03 2.4 miles 30 min. Don't run just after eating! 45-50 degree minimum temp for a tee-shirt… 2.4
Sun - 11/23/2003 7.4 miles 1:39 Ran to scrum sled and back. Not very pleasant, running alongside the Parkway… felt fine afterwards, but "the wall" is near. 7.4
WEEK 2 19.6 miles run      
Tues - 11/25/03 About 2 miles walk 40 min walk Listened to the Jack Clark cassette. Cold: 37 degrees. 2
Wed - 11/26/03 3 miles 39:30:00 43 degrees, wore light jacket. Almost too warm on 3rd mile. 3
Thurs - 11/27/03 About 1.5 mile walk 30 min walk At Penhook, VA after Thanksgiving dinner.
Sat - 11/29/03 8.5 miles 2:00:00 44 degrees and windy; ran in Suburbs jacket and lined sweat pants. Had to pee twice. Felt fine but sore chest from cold air. 8.5
WEEK 3 11.5 miles run      
Mon - 12/1/03 3 miles 39 minutes Ran a 12 minute 1st mile. 38 degrees; wore shorts and was okay. Wore light jacket and felt okay. 3
Tues - 12/2/03 About 1.5 mile walk 30 min walk Listened to Quadrophenia
Wed - 12/3/03 3.5 miles 48 minutes 31 degrees, wore padded sweats, hat and light jacket! Okay. 3.5
Sat - 12/7/03 10 miles 2:15 Nearly hit the wall due to running after fasting - don't do that again! After mile 8 I got faint and kind of dizzy. About 35 degrees. 10
WEEK 4 16.5 miles run      
Mon - 12/8/03 About 1.5 mile walk 30 min. walk
Tues - 12/9/03 2.3 miles 30 minutes Ran in shorts - 40 degrees. Less than 12 min first mile. 2.3
Thurs - 12/11/03 5 miles 1:03:30 Ran in shorts and light jacket - 40 degrees out. 1st mile was 11:17. Ate two Clif bars about an hour before running and so wanted to burn some fat and carbs (normally I'd only run 1/2 hours as per plan). 5
Sat - 12/13/03 11 miles 2:30 36 degrees, ran in light jacket and shorts. Was okay but fingers got cold! Had energy gel at 6 miles with water, but was starting to feel sleepy and dopey after ten miles. (Need food.) 4.4 MPH average, 13.6 minute miles on average. 11
Sun - 12/14/03 About 1.5 mile walk 30 min. walk
WEEK 5 18.3 miles run      
Mon - 12/15/03 2.4 miles 30 minutes 34 degrees, same dress as above. Crappy run; I was worried about slipping on black ice! 2.4
Wed - 12/17/03 2.4 miles 30 minutes 33 degrees - wore a rugby jersey and a light jacket, too warm. And too warm in lined sweat pants. Buy lighter ones! 2.4
Thurs - 12/18/03 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes The Who's Greatest Hits
Sat - 12/20/03 HALF-MARATHON 2:51:28 44 degrees; wore shorts and light jacket and was fine. Ate 1/3rd of a power bar every 4 miles and sipped some Gatorade. Ended strongly - probably could have run another mile. 13 minute miles and 4.6 mph on the average. 13.1
Sun - 12/21/03 2.7 mile walk 44 minutes Listened to John Lennon's crappy "Milk and Honey" cassette. Tossed it.
WEEK 6 17.9 miles run      
Mon - 12/22/03 3.5 mile run 45 minutes 54 degrees - ran in a tee-shirt. Dee-lightful. 3.5
Tues - 12/23/03 About 1.5 mile walk 35 minutes Simon and Garfunkle CD
Wed - 12/25/03 4 miles 48:50:00 12:12 average per mile; nice and sunny. 4
Sat - 12/27/03 7.4 miles 1:27 Ran to scrum sled and back, twelve minutes faster than on 11/23/03. Wore Timex interval timer watch for the first time; worked great! 7.4
Sun - 12/28/03 About 1.5 mile walk 35 minutes Listened to the Blue Hawaiians on my new $15 CD player.
WEEK 7 14.9 miles run      
Mon - 12/29/03 2.5 miles run 30 minutes 50 degrees; ran in a tee-shirt. Got tired at end! 2.5 (118 total)
Wed - 12/31/03 3 mile run 37:34:00 Ran in new shoes (ASICS Gel-Cumulus IV). No problems with fit. 3
Thurs - 1/1/04 About 1.5 mile walk 32 minutes Listened to Myaskovsky's 21st and the Blue Hawaiians.
Sat - 1/3/04 15 miles 3:10 12.6 min/mile; 4.7 mph average. (I ran flatter miles than last time.) My first couple of miles were awful - very negative thinking, but then things got better at mile three or so. I'm beginning to see a pattern: by mile 7 I'm in very good shape, and then I get dozey and forgetful at about mile ten. I then get a kind of second wind by mile 11-12. By then my upper legs start to get sore. When I started it was 47 degrees and when I ended it was nearly ten degrees warmer. Ran in a tee-shirt; had Gatorade and a PowerBar. 15
Sun - 1/4/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to Tchaikovsky's String Quartet #1
WEEK 8 20.5 miles run      
Mon - 1/5/04 3.5 mile run 45 minutes Windy; suspicious car near MC Hall. 3.5
Wed - 1/7/04 2.4 mile run 30 minutes Clear, full moon, 25 degrees. Wore padded sweat pants and rugby jersey under light jacket - felt fine except for hands which were cold. (Buy some gloves, idiot.) 2.4
Fri - 1/9/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes 23 degrees and breezy - too cold! Tchaikovsky's String Quartet #2
Sun - 1/11/04 6 mile run 1:14 32 degrees during the day; wore gloves. Too cold to run the day before - 14 degrees. Cold snap! 6
WEEK 9 12.1 miles run      
Mon - 1/12/04 About 1.5 mile walk 31 min Listened to Myaskovsky overtures
Tues - 1/13/04 2.4 mile run 30 min 35 degrees, windy. 2.4
Sat - 1/17/04 17 mile run 3:44:50 (4.5 mph average, 13.23 minutes per mile, average.) Cold - it was 26 degrees when I started and 36 when I finished. Really dragging after mile 13 or so. The miles prior to that were okay and uneventful. 17
WEEK 10 19.4 miles run      
Mon - 1/19/04 3.5 mile run 45 mins 26 degrees at night feels a lot colder than 26 degrees in daylight! Wore gloves and wooly cap. Breezy. Very relaxing run - after running 3 hours 45 minutes two days earlier… 3.5
Tues - 1/20/04 About 1.5 mile walk 26 mins 26 degrees and windy - I was underdressed for it. So - I froze, listened to Frank Sinatra on a CD and watched the idiot neighbors get visited by three Fairfax County squad cars.
Weds - 1/21/04 3.6 miles run 45 mins 25 degrees. That wooly cap makes all the difference. Daydreamed about marathons. 3.6
Sat - 1/24/04 8 mile run 1:39 (4.8 mph average, 12.3 minutes per mile.) An easy run. 26 degrees. Snow flurries. I think Tom Loesel passed me. Verified new 3 mile course. Note to self: wear Gel-Cumulus V's rather than IV's for anything over about 8 miles. (They fit better.) 8
Sun - 1/25/04 Stationary cycle 30 mins 3" of snow was falling outside…
WEEK 11 15.1 miles run      
Mon - 1/26/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 mins 5" of snow total. All my jogging routes are snowed over. Bummer.
Wed - 1/28/04 stationary cycle 45 minutes Snow and ice everywhere!
Sat - 1/31/04 13.1 miles Not sure! Snow and ice everywhere, still, so I did my miles on a treadmill at the South Run Rec Center. Not a wholly good experience as I sometimes had to run in 30 minutes segments while people waited to use the treadmills. Still… it was better than nothing. I was supposed to run 15 miles but got a call from two rugby pals to meet for lunch - so I blew off the last two miles. (Priorities.) It's cool; I'm somewhat ahead of schedule for a 2 May marathon. 13
WEEK 12 13.1 miles run      
Mon - 2/2/04 2.5 miles run 30 mins 33 degrees - I was okay in shorts but didn't wear gloves. Mistake. Moonlight on the snow… I had to find dry pavement to run on, but some was available. 2.5
Wed - 2/4/04 2.4 mile run 30 min It was so icy on the streets last night I couldn't even walk - and tonight's run was crappy in that I had to jog slowly and carefully because of black ice. Looking forward to better marathon training weather…
Sat - 2/7/04 7 mile run 1 1/2 hours Run on a treadmill at South Run. Hot and sweaty; I'm not used to running when it's warm. 7
Sun - 2/8/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 min Listened to Tchaikovsky's string quartet #1. Snow and ice are disappearing…
WEEK 13 11.9 miles run     163 41.9
Mon - 2/9/04 3.6 mile run 45 minutes 46 degrees, only patches of ice and snow. Wonderful - but my feet hurt a little. 3.6
Wed - 2/11/04 2.5 miles run 30 minutes Left small toe hurt! What's with the fit on my second pair of shoes? 2.5
Thurs - 2/12/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes At South Run while WSRFC was at practice.
Sat - 2/14/04 19 mile run 4:04 It was suprisingly easy, as long runs go. I had a second wind at 16 miles that enabled me to go another three. I probably could have made 20. I guess it was the carbo-loading the night before and the break due to ice. All this and my pace picked up: 4.75 mile/hour average, 12.6 minutes per mile, average. Weather: 35 when I started, about 45-50 when I finished. 19
Sun - 2/15/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to "Body Heat" soundtrack. John Barry rules. 2.3
WEEK 14 25.1 miles run     182 50.3
Mon - 2/16/04 6.5 miles pedaled 38 min cycle It was pretty cold outside, so I lazily stayed indoors and cycled on a stationary bike, watching a horrible Star Trek documentary.
Tues - 2/17/04 2.4 miles run 30 minutes Ran after a big Silver Diner meal - bad idea. Felt like a jogging, bloated whale. My wife brought home a copy of "Runner's World" - which I don't really feel like I've entered, yet. 2.4
Sat - 2/21/04 8 mile run 1:35 Average pace: 11:52 min/mile, first mile: 10:58. Quick! (For me.) Sunny, 65 degrees, breezy. 8
Sun - 2/22/04 2 mile walk 30 minutes Depressed and tired, I sort of slept-walked though this one.
WEEK 15 10.4 miles run     192.4 50.3
Mon - 2/23/04 3 mile run 35:32:00 Average pace: 11.5 min/mile (5.2 mph), best mile was the 3rd - 11:03 minutes (I sprinted the last hundred yards or so.) My left toe hurts from my second pair of running shoes… 3
Tues - 2/24/04 2 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to Tchaikovsky's 1st string quartet again. I'm beginning to like that piece.
Wed - 2/25/04 2.5 mile run 30 minutes 11 minute first mile. Wore my WSRFC training top for the first time. I think I'll run the marathon wearing it. 2.5
Sat - 2/28/04 9 mile run 1:44 Average pace: 11:34 min/mile (5.3 mph). My best mile was my first at 10:35 (a new record for me) My slowest mile was my six at 12:01, when I stopped to pee - so my pace is certainly improving. Best of all, my blood pressure is back to normal. 9
Sun - 2/29/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to Burt Bacharach "Reach Out." Reminded me of L.A.
WEEK 16 14.5 miles run     201.4 55.8
Mon - 3/1/04 2.4 mile run 30 minutes Ran in a tee-shirt; 58 degrees felt warm! 2.4
Wed - 3/3/04 2.4 mile run 30 minutes 59 degrees. Saw a vee of geese flying northwards. Spring is here! 2.4
Thurs - 3/4/04 About 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to the Blue Hawaiians' "Sway." I wish this band would tour.
Sat - 3/6/04 10 miles I don't know! It was raining when I woke up, so I tried to run my scheduled 20 miles on the treadmill at South Run. (I didn't want to soak my shoes and risk blisters running in the rain. Also, part of my path gets muddy.) It was too hot and too boring on the treadmill, so I ran only 10 miles and will plan to run 21 this next Saturday. A reverse, but not an unrecoverable one. I just need to pick up another seven miles in eight weeks. Since most marathon training schedules top out at about 20-21 miles before the race (mine doesn't - I run 24-25 miles), I should be okay. 10
Sun - 3/7/04 Stationary cycle 20 minutes I was going to walk but it was pouring rain outside.
WEEK 17 14.8 miles run     213.8 58.2
Mon - 3/8/04 2.4 miles run 30 minutes Felt weak and weary. I think I may be getting a cold or something. 2.4
Tues - 3/9/04 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to Tchaikovsky's 2nd string quartet. Really getting hooked on that "sound."
Wed - 3/10/04 2.4 miles run 30 minutes A nice, brisk run on a cold evening. I psyched myself up for this Saturday's long run by visiting Metro Run and Walk and buying gel packets. (Just as I used to psych myself for rugby by watching televised matches.) 2.4
Thurs - 3/11/04 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to the Beatles Anthology. I am now convinced that Paul McCartney was the world's greatest bassist.
Sat - 3/13/04 21 mile run 4:25 35 degrees when I started and 50 when I finished. Averaged 12:33 min per mile (4.9 mph). Mile 1 in 11:15; mile 2 in 11:52; mile 3 in 12:23; mile 4 in 12:12; mile 5 in 12:04; mile 6 in 11:44; mile 7 in 12:17; mile 8 in 11:17; mile 9 in 11:45; mile 10 in 12:17; mile 11 in 12:04; mile 12 in 11:34; mile 13 in 12:13; mile 14 in 12:36; mile 15 in 13:26; mile 16 in 13:08; mile 17 in 13:28; mile 18 in 14:12; mile 19 in 14:06; mile 20 13:34; mile 21 was just over 14 minutes. The first 13 miles or so were fine - and then I got into trouble around mile 15: the right side of my right knee started to ache. The last six miles were rather slow and painful and I was taking two minute walk breaks in an effort to rest my knee to be able to keep going. I'm now limping... not a relatively easy and fun run like the 19 miler - but at least I don't do it again for another three weeks! (21 miles is just over 80% of a marathon.) However, I now believe I can finish a marathon as I'm within five miles of completion. 21
WEEK 18 25.8 miles run     234.8 63
Mon - 3/15/04 1.5 mile walk 30 minutes Knee seemed okay. Listened to Lalo's boring "Symphony Espagnol."
Wed - 3/17/04 1 mile run 12 minutes At the end of the first mile my knee had a little bit of pain, so that and wet snowflakes convinced me to call it a night. 1
Thur - 3/19/04 2 mile run 25 minutes Uh-oh. My knee started hurting after two miles. 2
Sat - 3/20/04 5 mile run 1 hour Average: 12:05/mile; mile 1 in 11:27; mile 2 in 12:05; mile 3 in 12:22; mile 4 in 12:03; mile 5 in 12:28. I had told myself that I would run a minimum of 5 miles and 8 if my knee didn't hurt. At about mile 3 it began to hurt, and by mile 4 it felt like a dull pressing against the right side of my right knee. So... no running this week, just walks. I have to let this thing heal while I have time before the marathon.
Sun - 3/21/04 2.75 mile walk 45 minutes Listened to Nat King Cole. No better voice in American pop music. From the sublime to the disgusting: a left toe is turning purple under the nail, probably a result of the last long run. I'll probably lose the nail - which I shall consecrate to Philippides.
WEEK 19 8 miles run     234.8 66
Mon - 3/22/04 2 mile walk 30 minutes Walked around in the dark listening to the Twin Peaks incidental music - a decidedly weird experience.
Tues - 3/23/04 2 mile walk 30 minutes More Twin Peaks. I really feel like running, not walking.
Thurs - 3/25/04 3 mile run 38 minutes Feeling lazy, listless and unfit I decided to run tonight despite my resolution to take a week off. It was warm, spring was in the air and it reminded me of a similar night in 1972, when I was only sixteen and the world was young. Anyway, no knee problems. Average: 12:43 mins/mile. 3
Sat - 3/27/04 8 mile run 1:40 Average: 12:32/mile; mile 1 in 11:20; mile 2 in 12:10; mile 3 in 12:49; mile 4 in 12:54; mile 5 in 12:37; mile 6 in 12:41; mile 7 in 12:58; mile 8 in 12:47. I wrapped my knee, but I don't know if it helped. (It didn't seem to hurt any.) At about mile 6 the side of my knee began to hurt, and by mile 8 it was pretty sore. This presents a problem in that next week was supposed to be a 20+ mile long run. I'll do another 8 miler instead and then do the long run the following week, when the schedule calls for a 24-26 mile run. (This is the last 20+ mile run before the marathon.) Without knee pain I know I can finish a marathon - with knee pain it won't be any fun at all. 8
Sun - 3/28/04 2 mile walk 30 minutes The batteries on my CD player gave out half-way through a Blue Oyster Cult song. Bummer. Also, my knee problem has a name: ITB Syndrome. Since it's caused by the iliotibial band rubbing against bone, wearing an Ace bandage and thereby pressing the muscle to the bone was probably a bad idea!
WEEK 20 11 miles run     242.8 69
Mon - 3/29/04 2.4 mile run 30 minutes Some tightness in the knee but no pain. Still… I'm worried. 2.4
Wed - 3/31/04 2 mile walk 30 minutes Up and down a retail district in Richardson, Texas (business trip).
Thurs - 4/1/04 2.5 mile run 30 minutes Started raining. A little tightness in the knee and more worry. 2.4
Sat - 4/3/04 2 mile walk 30 minutes Listened to the Three Penny Opera.
Sun - 04/04/04 5 mile run 1 hour Ran at the track at West Springfield High School in an effort to find a flat, dry surface. The knee pain began at about four miles and was pretty bad at mile 5, which tells me that it isn't improving much. In fact, it seems to be getting worse. So.. no more fooling around on my own - I'm seeing a doctor about it. With only a month before the marathon, I am not optimistic about being able to finish. Failure and defeat are in the air... 5
WEEK 21 9.9 miles run     247.8 73.8
Wed - 4/7/04 5 mile run 1 hour, 1 minute I didn't run on Monday and Tuesday because I was installing a new stereo! Tonight was much better than Sunday's run. I went to see the doctor and, after some prodding and tugging on his part, got a diagnosis of a torn meniscus rather than an ITB strain. (They don't heal.) He gave me a prescription for Voltaren, an anti-inflammatory, advice to wear a knee brace when running (and not) and to ice up the knee after running - or whenever. One or more or all of these seemed to help. He said I could try running... so we'll see. While I felt some pain, it was manageable. Not sure how longer distances will be. Average: 12:15/mile. Hope and optimism make a cautious return. 5
Sat - 4/10/04 16 mile run 3 hours, 26 mins Despite summoning up all the will power I had, the best I could do was fifteen miles; the last mile I walked/limped. At about mile 14 the pain got considerable. I suppose coming off a flu a day ago didn't help, either. About 12:53 minute miles, average. This demonstrates to me that I won't be running a marathon in three weeks. I can run a half-marathon in Frederick, but why bother? I've been running those since December. I may just call this whole experiment off, run shorter distances and heal. Damn. 16
WEEK 22 21 miles run     263.8 78.8
Tues - 4/13/04 2.4 mile run 30 minutes Tried Spike's hinged knee brace. Not bad, but a little snug. 2.4
Wed - 4/14/04 2 mile walk 33 mins Listened to Robin Trower's "Bridge of Sighs."
Thurs - 4/15/04 1 mile run 13 mins Got back late; just ran to try out knee brace #2, which I borrowed from another rugger. Got a good workout, though, as I had to push my car a bit to coast down the hill into the garage (dead battery). 1
Sat - 4/17/04 19 mile run 4:06 Mile 1 in 11:20; Mile 2 in 11:56; Mile 3 in 12:13; Mile 4 in 11:38; Mile 5 in 12:18; Mile 6 in 12:10; Mile 7 in 12:32; Mile 8 in 12:28; Mile 9 in 12:12; Mile 10 in 12:32; Mile 11 in 13:17; Mile 12 in 12:41; Mile 13 in 13:00; Mile 14 in 13:25; Mile 15 in 13:39; Mile 16 in 14:18; Mile 17 in 13:59; Mile 18 in 14:29; Mile 19 in 15:43 (walked). Average: 12:56. Every long run is different and this one was no exception. The brace extended my running a bit - my knee started really hurting at about mile 16 - but it was hot and I wasn't adequately hydrated. When I started running it was 45 degrees. When I finished it was 79 degrees! Had it not been for Meredith bringing out ice water I would have stopped at mile 16. But... this one was a confidence-builder in that it probably represents the worst I'll do on the marathon - and I can probably finish in time (the course closes at 6 hours) based on it. I am cautiously optimistic. Next time I'll water and carb up! 19
WEEK 23 22.4 miles run     282.8 82.2
Mon - 4/19/04 2 mile walk 30 mins A very warm night. Listened to Trower again.
Tues - 4/20/04 2.2 mile run 30 mins A warm night and a slow run due to a full stomach. Not very pleasant… 2.2
Wed - 4/21/04 2 mile walk 30 mins 71 degrees; listened to my Burt Bacharach CD.
Thur - 4/22/04 2 mile run 25 mins Too warm (79 degrees) and too much pollen. I didn't wear a knee brace and my knee started hurting at only two miles. But… this was the last short training run I'll do before the marathon. 2
Sun - 4/25/04 8 mile run 1:40 My last training run before the marathon; the knee started hurting at mile 5/6 - not a good sign. This marathon is going to be painful to complete, I think. Average: 12:30 mins/mile. 1st mile in 12:12; mile 2 in 12:19; mile 3 in 12:31; mile 4 in 12:47; mile 5 in 12:48; mile 6 in 12:46; mile 7 in 12:34; mile 8 in 11:57. 8
WEEK 24 12.2 miles run     290.8 86.4
Mon - 4/26/04 2 mile walk 30 mins In the rain, with an umbrella, listening to Gershwin overtures.
Weds - 4/28/04 2 mile walk 30 mins Listened to Tchaikovsky's 1st string quartet, which has become the marathon training theme song.
Sun - 5/2/04 MARATHON (26.2 miles) My watch: 6 hours, 2 minutes, 58 seconds (Official time was 6:10.48) 13.8 minutes/mile, average. 1st mile in 10:55; 2nd mile in 11:38; 3rd mile in 12:05; 4th mile in 12:29; 5th mile in 13:09; 6th mile in 12:17; 7th mile in 12:36; 8th mile in 12:44; 9th mile in 13:11; 10th mile in 12:56; 11th mile in 13:21; 12th mile in 13:11; 13th mile in 13:16; 14th mile in 13:49; 15th mile in 13:51; 16th mile in about 14:00 (went foggy, there); 17th mile in 14:31; 18th mile in 15:46; 19th mile in 15:11; 20th mile in 15:52; 21st mile in 16:42; 22nd mile in 16:33; 23rd mile in 16:30; 24th mile in 16:21; 25th mile in 16:27; 26th mile in 11:19 (I ran, but not that fast!); last .2 mile in 2:12. A humid day, which took a lot out of me. Also - this course was considerably less flat than I was led to believe! Kelly Watkins, who ran the Marine Corps Marathon and kindly paced me for some distances in this, tells me this is hillier. I started to get dopey at about mile 17, and by mile 18, when the clouds parted and the sun came broiling down, I was reduced to walking because of my knee. I walked from then on out with a fellow named Rob who couldn't run due to an ITB strain. Thank goodness it's over. 26.2
WEEK 25 26.2 miles run   Thus endeth this journal. 317 86.4