I turned the big 32 today! I know that a number of diehards run their years in mileage on their birthday and the last few years I have thought about giving this tradition a try, but never had the motivation to actually to do this. Then early in the year I read about Walter’s awesome 40-miler during the middle of the night on his b-day which I was totally impressed by. I looked ahead on the calendar and saw my b-day feel on a Saturday (usually a non-work day for me) and I decided this would be the year. Thanks for the motivation Walter!
With this said, I almost wimped out on this run several times. First of all, I got home from work just before mid-night on Friday. As a result, I slept in. So I did not start my run until just after 9:00 am. It started to get really hot (i.e., up into the high 90s; it is August 13th you know), so after 8.3 miles, I stopped by the Lion’s Recreation Center. To get this done, I was determined to go on my longest treadmill run ever. After a few miles on the treadmill, I became pretty sick and had to visit the restroom. In short, the heat from the outside had taken its toll on my body. However, I got back on the treadmill and ground out the mileage. With the exception of watching the Rick Perry presidential campaign announcement, I was totally focused on my form, breathing, and getting through the miles. Just under 3 hours, I was able to get in 22.1 miles. There are signs limiting the use of the treadmills to 30 minutes, but I figured that since it was my b-day, this did not apply. It was well over 100 degrees and being pretty depleted, it was a really brutal 1.8-mile run home under the mid-afternoon sun. However, this made for 32.2 miles on my special day!
Of course, my work called shortly have I got home, so I went in to the office for a few hours. Then when I returned to home, I just ate everything in sight then crashed.
In regards to my daily non-running workout, I completed just 300 sit-ups.
Five-Minute Plank Challenge: 30 second plank and side planks
Trying-To-Go-Out-Of-My-Way-To-Eat-Healthy Challenge: a serving of mixed fruit
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