Yeah…I don’t think the beer and pizza late last night helped my run much today. It was a pretty tough push to even get within 10 minutes of the time it took me to do the same distance yesterday.
That being said it was also my 5th day in a row of running (45.42 in those 5 days) and it might be my single highest mileage for a 7 day period at 58.5 miles.
I had thought about doing another 5 miles today but with some nasty looking clouds rolling in (which did nothing in the end) and how rough I was feeling on the run it was easy to convince myself to stop at my scheduled point and walk away.
Overall my legs are feeling good, tired but good. What stopped me today was more mental than anything so that tells me I am pretty much ready for the Dopey Challenge in January already! With around 6 months to do that is a pretty good sign – my Dopey Challenge (Goofy Challenge) training plan has be training pretty hard in the next 6 months so if I an pull off the training consistently without getting injured then I should be set up very well for the Challenge.
I’m going to say at this point I am feeling pretty good and I am optimistic that the Dopey Challenge won’t feel like a death march as long as I continue my training properly!
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