So I did my last long run for this race. I went for 12 miles on Saturday. It was a great temperature, not too hot! I went out on the WWT and then added another 3.5 miles on the Munger. It was a bit boring, but not too bad. There were LOTs of people out enjoying the nice day. I dodged a lot of little bikers in training. My pace was okay. I didn't push too hard given my recent blood donation and I made it through just fine.
Afterwards I met up with my neighbor to go watch the boys climb. I even brought along my harness and shoes just in case I felt up to it. Turns out they had hooked up a nice little 5.6 that looked pretty appealing. I tied in and gave it a shot. I was a bit rusty, having not climbed in almost two years, but I felt good. I felt strong....funny because I know that a trip to the climbing gym would quickly remedy that!! The only bad part was that my toe nails were pretty sore. The two middle toenails are destine to fall off. Cramming them in climbing shoes and then putting tons of pressure on them....not pleasant. Once I got over that, no biggie. I just took my time and scurried up the wall. It felt great and really motivated me to get back in to climbing this year!
I did a bit of celebrating on Saturday night since I had such a great day, last of the long runs, and I got the big D in the mail on Friday! I was stoked. Maybe a few too many beers, but the smores were great. I'm so luck to live on such a great block! I don't know what I would do without all the company!
So Sunday....got some planting done, did some laundry, no working out. I took a few naps and ate way too much food. I'm paying for it on the scale today. My hopes of looking a lot better for my trip home are officially lost, but I will still keep plugging away.
Today I am set for a 4 mile run up to Enger Tower and then my first personal training session. I can't wait. Just hoping I'm not too sore tomorrow!!!
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