Twenty miler

TWENTY MILES!

20 miles. That is the distance that I ran Sunday night, my longest in training, not to mention, ever. It was definitely awesome, painful, thought-provoking, sickening, and amazing all wrapped at once.

The past few weeks have been crazy with work and life. My Team in Training duties with the Nation's Triathlon consumed most weekends, race weekend (September 12-13) in particular. Work was busy with a last-minute trip to Cleveland and then a personal trip to Ohio for work...all in the span of 4 days. I definitely had low expectations for a long, long run the night after a wedding and 6 separate airplane trips. Did I mention that I am a nervous flyer too?

Anyways, my fantastic friends organized a 20-miler for me from course to race/running support and post-race food. SB mapped out the route and then she, NL and TE took turns relaying me through the course. All in all I completed the distance in just over four hours. The last 2 were absolutely rough..I was wondering if I would actually be able to do it as I dragged myself and my sickened stomach up North Capitol street to the endpoint. Ugh! But....TWENTY MILES!

EE was amazing and cooked a fantastic dinner, leant he her shower and even a clean change of clothes! I am grateful to all of them and humbled by the experience.

Everyone claims that if you can do 20 you can do 26.2. Here's to hoping that is true!