Since it is Brandon's long work week, we have to do our long run on his day off. That means today since I don't want to be doing a long run on the same day that I have TK (tomorrow).
7 miles was the goal for today. Although yesterday I was thinking I was hot stuff because I had taught TK twice and done spin class, I was TOTALLY regretting that today. I wasn't noticably sore from yesterday, which I thought I would be, but once we started running, my legs were screaming because they were so tired. I cannot tell you how much I wanted to stop during the entire run. I was also doing a little reminiscing about my runs with Ali during our half marathon training.
Amy: "Tell me something to make me want to keep running, Ali."
Ali: "You're doing great, Aim! We're almost halfway done. You can do this."
Let me paint a picture for you about how the run went today.
Me: "Honey, tell me something to make me keep going."
Brandon: "If you stop, you'll have to walk home and I'm going to lock you out of the house."
Hmmmm...
About a half mile further down the road:
Brandon: "If you stop now, that means you're a quitter, and you'll always be a quitter, and you'll never finish a marathon."
So you can imagine the mental beating that I was taking, yet still trying to force myself to take each new step. **Disclaimer** Brandon is in no way, shape, or form a mental abuser. In this case, he was just trying to be funny and make himself laugh. This is a case of a smart aleck husband!
The last half mile of our run was by far the hardest. I can usually get a second wind at the end, especially when the end is in plain sight. But I wanted to stop so badly! Brandon was a few paces ahead of me, and I even walked for about three paces. That was uncomfortable and awkward, so I just kept on running. Luckily, Brandon impressed me in the end.
Brandon: "Come on, you can do it. We're almost there. You're doing great."
When the run was finally over, he gave me a high five and told me, "Good job!" I then went on to tell him that the encouragement that he gave me at the end was what I needed, not the empty, funny-guy threats!
It's going to be a long road ahead during this marathon training if I'm going to put up with my husband on these long runs. It's a good thing that I have the ability to tune him out sometimes. Maybe I should get Ali to record some positive affirmations and put them on the ipod.
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He sounds like my hubby! I've learned to tune it out too - but sometimes its a wee bit harder than others - like when you are super tired from running your butt off
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