15 miles on the schedule for today. My knee had been feeling funny all week. It didn’t hurt, per se, but I tweaked it sometime early in the week, so I rested it hoping for the best today. And my knee actually felt good while I was running. Better running than walking, actually. But unfortunately there was a lot of walking. *sigh*
To put it mildly…oh wait, why bother, I already posted about happy no baby day. My period messes with my world the first couple of days. I hurt, my uterus feels like it’s trying to claw its way out of my body, my back hurts, and it completely saps me of energy. So today’s run was more of a walk (as you’ll see from my splits). But you know what? I did the damn 15 miles, frustrating as it was. I could’ve turned back sooner, cut it short, blah blah blah, but I didn’t. So even though I didn’t really RUN them, I did finish them, and I think that counts for something. Because ultimately I don’t expect to run every step of my first marathon. I know I’ll walk some. But I don’t give up. The distance gets done. So there’s that.
And I took a few more pictures. Did the same route as last week plus some, ending up in Station Square. A couple shots of the city skyline from a different place, further along the path.
Damn I love this city! The rush I get running through it. I love it a little more each time. I can’t wait to run the Pittsburgh Marathon next year. 🙂
And now, goddess help me, splits:
- 12:54
- 13:02
- 12:23
- 12:37
- 12:37
- 11:31
- 15:13
- 13:46
- 14:09
- 16:00
- 16:58
- 12:35
- 14:58
- 14:10
- 12:50
Yuck. You can obviously see where I fell apart, though I even started off slower than last week because, again, uterus, with claws. Ugh.
Next up is another half marathon. I was supposed to do 16 next weekend, but one of my friends wanted company for a race she’s running, so now I’m doing it too. So hey, I’ll take a medal over mileage. Not much wiggle room in my schedule, but I can make a few adjustments and it will all be fine.