20 Mile Run

September 20, 2009

This was a major milestone for us. We have never run this far before and we are pumped to have completed such a feat. I am so happy for Terry since nursing his hip has kept him from the last 2 long runs. It was great to have my teammate back. I literally could not have done this alone.

I have never had so many conversations, I mean arguments with myself in my life. The first 10 was a piece of cake and I was so high I was giddy. I said to Terry, "I can totally do ALL of that again!" Until mile 14, all was great. At that point we wished we had kept our enthusiasm dialed back. It made us go faster than we needed to and that's a fuel suck. Just after mile 18, we both felt that our bodies were trying to tell us to stop. This is when the arguing inside my head started.

"You are not stopping, you easily have a mile in you." "But my legs are so tired and my back hurts and 18 is good enough isn't it?" "NO! You came out here to run 20 and that's what you're going to do!" "Can't we just walk?" "NO! Stop arguing and just put one foot in front of the other until you get to the car." "Whimper, whimper, sigh." "You did it! Good job! See, I told you." "But I want to throw up." "Throw up then, after 20 miles you deserve to throw up if you want to."

Here are some pics and video. Enjoy.

After 10 miles, we are feeling great at this point.

Nice legs!