November 17th, 2008
If anything can color a run, it’s the weather, and we had the variety pack this weekend. Saturday was surprisingly hot and humid, which made my pace about 15-20 seconds slower than usual. Then yesterday it was chilly and super windy, so I broke out the gloves and tights for the first time this season. Tomorrow looks to be cold and crappy (snow/rain) so I switched my day off from today to run 7 w/3 tempo this afternoon. I’m currently killing time as usual.
After today’s run, I’ll have completed a 53.75 mile week, though technically, if we’re talking Mon-Sun, last week was 46.75 and this week looks to be about the same. Not bad, either way.
Looking ahead to the weekend, the Philly marathon is on Sunday and I’m excited to be a race spectator for the first time in my life. Saturday, I’m going to lunch with a couple gals on the Women’s BQ thread who are doing the marathon, so that’ll be a treat. There are also a handful of additional forum pals running the race, so my plan is to crawl out of bed to join everyone at 6am, wish them luck, then go back to bed for a bit, do some tracking, then jump back out for the last hour or so. This is the luxury of being so close to the start/finish.
I’ve heard fellow runners lament “Watching the race made me really sad I wasn’t running it.” I am so sure I won’t be feeling this – in fact, I’m truly looking forward to watching from my lazy-ass vantage point. I remember distinctly, at least 4 times in all my longer races, seeing casual non-racing runners and general spectators, wishing to hell I could trade places with them. Now’s my chance.
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Ahh, spectating; All I have been doing for the last few days is expectorating! Have fun Flo, sounds like a great weekend:)
I’ll have bib # 4869..
Keep an eye out for me!
Tobey! Sorry to hear you’re sick, phlegm, phelgm be gone!
Flyers26, you bet your ass I will. Are you meeting up at the Rocky statue beforehand? If so, you’ll get a hug from me, too.
I think it will be fun cheering everyone on!
Would be funner if you there, too Dave!
I’ll be running the full, Flo, so if you DO end up lamenting the fact that you’re not running, I’d be more than happy to switch places with you during the later miles!
Hey Flo-I’m 7384 in the full! I’ll be looking for you too! Can’t wait to see Philadelphia (never been)!
OMG, loving all you guys being there!! Kai, what’s your bib? It looks like at around 6am there’ll be some forum gatherings at Rocky (Masters, MRT, etc) so I’ll be there. I really do want to meet all of you! How many chances would I have at this? So Kai and Lisa, Rocky, Rocky, Rocky!!! (I’m sure 1000 other people have the same idea, but it’s easy to find runners in a marathon haystack!)
Anybody else running it, please reveal your bib # so I can make my fabu list for the day. I’m sorry I won’t have cowbells or signs, but I’m a pretty good screamer.
wow you’ve got your milage up pretty quickly! I doubt I’ll see another 50 miles week this year.
Poo girl, if I ran 2 marathons within 3 weeks of each other and was going to Africa, I wouldn’t expect to get my mileage up either. Enjoy whatever you fit in, you deserve a long, slow recovery and a great trip, too!
Ooh, enjoy the spectating. Do you have a phone with Internet? Because the BQ women could use a recon agent in the field.
Unfortunately, we’re too cheap, so no internet phone action, but I’ll get online as soon as I can to give you a rundown. (recon agent…lol!)
Injured half marathoner alert – bib# 20447 and I will be wearing the usual ugly yellow hat. Hopefully I have as much luck bumping into you as I did a couple of weeks ago!
Go Progman, Go!! I sure hope your achilles behaves on Sunday!! I’ll be there yelling for you, scouting out the famous yellow hat. I’ll firm up where I’m going to be lying in wait within the next couple days. Strange having to make such decisions beforehand, spectating is hard!
I’m Bib #6548, but hard to spot because I’m midget-sized. Thinking of taping my name on my shirt, but that kind of makes me feel like an attention whore. Please yell if you see me, and I’ll do the same!