I drove to Orem, stayed with my mom and Kimmy. I wanted to run 16 miles, at mile 9.5 my leg started to hurt again out of nowhere. We had 3.5 miles to go just to get home. We played it safe and just walked those miles. By the end of the 13 miles my leg was really bothering me even though I had taken 800 mg of Advil. The drive home was the worse part I had a hard time keeping pressure on the gas petal. When I was almost home I remembered that I had cruse control silly me! I iced my leg all day and today (Sunday) it feels a lot better. I do have to say that the best part of the run was the 3.5 mile walk with Kim. We laughed and talked like we used to when we didn't care about our times. I know that I am very competitive and not keeping track of my times will be hard but that is what I am going to do from now on. I have been to Boston twice and if I never go back I am totally OK with that. Starting Monday I run for fun and fun only. That doesn't mean I wont push myself because, seeing how good you can be is fun. I just don't care any more how fast I am and if I don't meet a time goal I won't beat myself up over it (how fun is that!!!!) I am also going to start to go back to my spinning classes. I have always loved spinning but I have cut back only going once a week so I can run more. I am now going to run 3-5 miles before spin and then go to class at lease 3 times a week. If I am slower, so be it I will be happier!!! (Yea me!!!!) I have also decided to only run a few more marathons. If I get into Boston this year I will run it again. I will run St. George until 2014 when I get into the 10 year club. After that I think I will run a half marathons several times a year until I die or can't run anymore. This is my plan for now and my main goal for St. George this year has gone from 3:45 to having a blast!!!!! I am so looking forward to trying to reach this goal!!!! If you see some slow runner with a smile on their face it is most likely to be ME!!!!!
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