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Aaaaaah, it’s marathon week.\u00a0 At this point, I’m as ready as I’ll ever be.\u00a0 The hip issue is slowly becoming less of one.\u00a0 I’m a little worried about the lack of training but at this point, the hay is in the barn.\u00a0 Nothing I can do now but lace up my shoes and go run 26.2 miles (and probably a little more since I think the course is long).<\/p>\n

Two cool things about it already:<\/p>\n

I have one of the best bib numbers ever: 1111.\u00a0 Isn’t that lucky?<\/p>\n

Also, Zliten and I joked that at least we’d have a shot at winning our own name divisions – and we’re the only ones with our first names.\u00a0 So, all we have to do is finish to win.\u00a0 I’ll tuck that away for around mile 22.<\/p>\n

Just a few more very short workouts, lots of sleep, hopefully not much stress, and we hit the road Friday at noon.\u00a0 It’s all happening!<\/p>\n

Training:<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Feb29-2\"
\n<\/a>You know it was one of those weeks when the post-long-run beer selfie is the closest to a training picture you have…<\/em><\/p>\n

This week was weird.\u00a0 Monday and Tuesday were the shittiest training days I’ve had in a while.\u00a0 Monday I explained in detail here<\/a>, but Tuesday was the aftermath.\u00a0 Zliten convinced me that the treadmill would be better for us to tempo, and I decided to give it a try.\u00a0 For me, it was not.<\/p>\n

My hip was still feeling gross and it just had no power.\u00a0 The constant speed of the treadmill was not working for me.\u00a0 I tried to get started running about 3 times and gave up within half a mile each time to go roll, stretch, and the last time, have a small hissy fit outside about it.\u00a0 The good news is that it was so cold and windy, that tantrum was short lived, and I decided that at least I was getting my fucking steps in for the day and walked at 2% incline at 3.5 for about 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Thursday’s run still had my hip feeling a little weak, but I was able to complete a 4 mile run with some speed segments in it, and things felt pretty great after.\u00a0 I also started to figure out the new normal with how my body is right now, and do some strategerie on how to pull the best run I can out of these legs.<\/p>\n

The first thing is not to try to keep up with anyone or anything.\u00a0 Trying to keep pace with my husband is an exercise in frustration right now, so I’m not going to do it.\u00a0 I will let him go at any time I need to.\u00a0 If I’m having a good day, I might catch him later and get to motivate him through the last few miles, perhaps.<\/p>\n

The second thing is that during this race, more than any other race I’ve ever done, I need to watch my form.\u00a0 I cannot slump or I will cramp SO EARLY.\u00a0 I need to stay easy up the hills or I will cramp SO EARLY.\u00a0 I need to keep my cadence high and strides shorter, especially if my hip is cranky.<\/p>\n

The third thing is to let go of any expectations.\u00a0 The watch can say anything it wants, the time that passes can be anything it needs to be, I just want to let go and run through the woods for 5 hours, give or take.<\/p>\n

Here’s the breakdown from last week…<\/p>\n