Marathon training week 14 is "in the books" - it was a pretty boring week actually. A "down" week as far as the long mileage; only had to run 10 miles this past Saturday. I'm still maintaining about an 11 minute per mile pace so I won't be breaking any speed records. The heat is back to the "normal" range of 90-95 so it'll be big relief from the triple digit heat wave we had last week. I did surpass 200 total training miles so I'm psyched about that. I can remember back in weeks 1-4 when I think I ran 26 miles total; so the mileage is piling up and I'll probably put in another 175 miles before the marathon.
I'm told I should buy a new pair of running shoes before the marathon; they tell me that running shoes go "dead" after 500 miles. I'm used to wearing the same pair of shoes (and underwear, t-shirts, socks, etc) for 4-6 years or more so giving up a pair of shoes after 4 months sounds crazy; I still have T-shirts from my military training days dating back to 1984! I never thought I'd be measuring how long to keep my shoes based on mileage.
This coming weekend is a BIG test - 18 miles. Our group is going over to St Louis to run the 18 miles in Forest Park with the S t Louis Missouri Chapter of Team and Training. I'm already thinking ahead and will be buying 2 large bags of ice in preparation for the dreaded ice bath after the run.
I haven't quite reached all the fund raising goals I've set but I'm confident that will take care of itself; so many of you have been more than generous. I've received donations from people I have not even met so I know the cause means allot to allot of people. I talk allot about my training progress because I want everyone to know I want to finish this race for you and everyone else that cares about this important cause. I've promised allot of people a picture of me crossing the finish line so I feel the pressure to keep going.
Until next time
Cheers
Ray Baumann
http://www.active.com/donate/tntgmo/SeeRayRun
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