End of the long weekend

Hope everyone had a nice long weekend! And thanks for the responses to my last post...I enjoyed reading your comments, and have decided that I need to purchase more socks to avoid rewearing the TWO (!) pairs I own :-) I've also thought long and hard about a fall marathon...and I think I'll just stick to the half for this year. I have many years of running ahead of me (knock on wood)!

We had perfect weather in New England this weekend, so my run this morning was pretty decent. I had 4 miles for today on my modified schedule (included a small taper week for the 5M race this Saturday) and it went really well. Believe me, after Saturdays long run (75 minutes), I desperately needed a good one under my belt :-)

So, Saturday...it all began with "inadequate preparation" on Friday night. We had a BBQ at my husband's boss's house and I didn't eat nearly enough: only watermelon/pineapple, a small roll, a few bites of pasta salad, and a small cookie. I did drink enough water, so that was at least a plus for the night. Saturday morning I awoke and had my usual breakfast: cup of coffee and English muffin with peanut butter. Headed out about 1.5 hours later and felt okay for the first 20 minutes or so. I was trying a new route that I hadn't ever seen (only on a map) and assumed that certain roads would have sidewalks...wrong. They were busy, winding roads and I tried running up on the curb area, but quickly aborted that idea. I just turned around and went back to more familiar territory. Around 30 minutes into my run, I started to feel completely out of energy. I was frustrated with having to navigate back through some heavy traffic, up a few hills, the stupid side-stich I was fighting and I had a lot of negative things going through my head. At one point, I realized I was starting to cry...and just stopped dead in my tracks. I tried to rationalize with myself: I could just slowly jog back home (at least 30 more minutes) and try again tomorrow, or I could just keep moving and get in the full 75 minutes. Well, I sucked it up and just kept going. It wasn't pretty, but I got it done. Sunday was a rest day and today, well, it was a wonderful 4 miles. I guess I managed to salvage the weekend :-)

This afternoon we braved the potential traffic and headed south to Gillette Castle. It was a quick trip, but we still got out and enjoyed the sunny day. Again, I hope you all had a nice weekend...I'm off to start dinner, but will be checking my bloglines feed later tonight!