Christmas Conflicts

Preparation for our annual Christmas party this weekend has put a kink in the training this week.  I got in a (slow) 3-mile treadmill run on Tuesday night, but was a no-go last night.  Too much to do, and not enough time in which to do it! 

Long run scheduled tomorrow - we're running the Reindeer Run 5K first thing in the morning and then tacking on some pretty serious mileage around the nature trail afterwards (supposed to do 12 miles total, but I'm just hoping to get in 9 altogether - actual mileage will depend on timing & pre-party prep needs).  We're running the race as a group, in costume, so I'll post pics at some point!

I Can Go the Distance!

Not a great start to the morning for me.  Just half a mile into today's long run I was thinking there was no way I could do another 10.5 miles, and was ready to throw in the towel.  As I was using a walk interval to contemplate how skipping this training run would affect my preparation for January, I realized that the song "Go The Distance" from Disney's Hercules, had started playing on my iPod, and these words were coming through my earphones, loud and strong:

I am on my way.
I can go the distance.
I don't care how far,
Somehow I'll be strong.
I know ev'ry mile,
Will be worth my while...
I would go most anywhere
to find where I belong.

It was like I had my own personal soundtrack telling me to keep going and that it would be worth it!  So I pushed on, determined to get those 11 miles finished.  And I did it!  Wuhoo!

Disney once again came through for me and provided some much-needed inspiration.  Funny, I have several times in the past almost deleted that song from my running playlist because it starts so slow, but stopped myself because it has such a strong finish.  Now I'm really grateful that I didn't remove it!

Today's stats:

• 10 min. warm-up walk
• 11 mi run; 2:25:28 time; 13:13 min/mi avg.

3 is not 5

I won't try to justify it.  I only did 3 even though 5 were on the schedule.  Oh well.  Still on for 11 on Saturday!

Today's stats:

• 10 min warm-up walk
• 3 mi run; 0:40:58 min; 13:39 min/mi