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June 20, 2005

Ten Miles

Yesterday was something of a milestone on the road to running the Marine Corps Marathon this fall—we ran ten miles! That explains why my legs hurt and I'm walking around like I'm an 80-year-old man. Of course, the fact that I did none of my “maintenance runs” (we're supposed to do 2, 30-40 minute runs during the week between long weekend runs) last week, and didn't do the long run (9 miles) last weekend might also have something to do with the 80-year-old achy feeling.

But minor aches aside, the fact that I could do ten miles yesterday and feel mostly fine with it gives me a great deal more confidence that I'll be able to make it to 26. I was pretty skeptical that the training program would be sufficient to get me into marathon shape—running 30-40 minutes twice weekly, plus a long run each weekend, just didn't seem like it would be enough. But it's working so far. I'd never run 10 miles before and now I'm not too worried about the 12 coming up next weekend.

Honestly, it's looking like the really worrisome part of this whole marathon thing is going to be the fundraising. Thanks to the generosity of some of my readers, my fundraising is moving along a bit, but I've got a long way to go. As I mentioned here, if you've ever wanted to do something nice for the imbroglio, now is your chance—donate today! Your donation is also totally tax-deductible and goes to an excellent cause, so you win, Whitman-Walker Clinic wins, its clients win, we all win. Win win win win. Don't you want to be a winner? ;-)

Posted June 20, 2005 06:13 AM | marathon


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Congrats! It's must feel like a tremendous accomplishment to have a goal and fulfill it, huh. Good luck with the upcoming 12-miler.

Posted by: resipsacrap at June 20, 2005 11:42 AM

Ten Miles!??!! Great Jumping Jesus on a Pogo Stick! I can barely move from the unpacking! Just one more reason why you're the better man than I am. Sigh!

Hey, I just noticed that you don't have Ambivalent Images linked on the page header or footer. You should you know.

Posted by: Famous P. at June 20, 2005 10:26 PM

Ten miles seems like a lot, but then it doesn't when you think about 26. And it's really not as hard as it sounds. I'm sure you could do it if you worked up to it like I have.

FamousP: Why put a link to the images in the header and footer? I don't really think of Ambivalent Images as part of this site -- I feature part of a photo here every day, but I want Ambivalent Images to be its own site, rather than just a subsidiary of this blog. It seems like linking to it in the header and footer would sort of ruin that, yes.

Totally unrelated: This new iBook (which I've had for more than a month now) is much much worse about cursor jump while typing. I hate that.

Posted by: ambimb at June 22, 2005 06:54 AM

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