I knocked out an 18 mile long run on Saturday. I woke up at 4:20 to hit the trail by 5:15. My friends Al, Sandy, and POJ were there also. There was also a guy named Jim who is training for Boston.
Anyway, after my “surprise” 16 miler of a couple of weeks ago I decided to approach this marathon unlike any other I’ve ever done. I followed up the 16 with a 10 miler last week and the 18 miler this week. From here, I’ll back down to 10 next week and then undertake the following:
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Race
Though I’m certain that at some point between now and April 25th I will “never run another marathon”…my tentative plan is to follow up the Nashville Marathon with a big tour of Texas marathons:
Marathon to Marathon October 2009
San Antonio in November 2009
Dallas in December 2009
Houston in January 2010
Austin in February 2010
I ran Austin 5 times in a row from 2000 to 2004 and have now officially skipped it 5 times in a row from 2005 to 2009. It’s time to start another streak.