So I thought I'd share my training plan for the rest of the year.


 

I was so sad on Thursday.  I had a rough time crawling out of bed so I ended up just running 2 before work, thinking I only had to do 4 total that day.  Nope... 6.  That meant I had 4 more after work!!  NO!!!!!

Yes... I know, that's a lot.  I do have a few marathons slipped in there.  The weekend before Thanksgiving up in Nashville is the funnest, quirkiest, marathon of them all.  It's call the Harpeth Hills Flying Monkey Marathon and it's just outrageous, complete with my good friend Janice Posey dressed up as Dorothy, complete with red slippers and everything!

One of the reasons I love trail runs are the people.  I ran a trail marathon for my third marathon back in 2008.  I was caught completely off guard by the winners who were... well, nice... I mean, they said hi, were encouraging, one even stopped and got out of my way!  If you've ever run any kind of road race, you'll know there's nothing like that on the road.  But, that is completely common on a trail race.  Harpeth Hills is one of the exceptions, I think.  Now granted, the winners are usually running too fast to be encouraging, but it's the only race I've ever seen where the winner is still there watching and cheering in the other runners even 4-5 hours after they've finished!  That doesn't happen at any other marathon I know of...

The following week I'm hoping to run the Memphis St. Jude's marathon.  This one has a couple of very special connections for me.  First cause it's the first road race I've ever run.  I ran it in 2007 as the first half I'd ever tried.  But, and this is the second reason I want to run it this year... in 2007 (and again this year) it was held on December 1st.  The anniversary of my mother's passing.

I think if she were around she'd just roll her eyes at me when I tell her about Pinhoti, but she'd be proud.  She'd just tell me not to push too hard or something and then laugh...