But before all of that, we had some serious business to attend to on Friday night - and 80s themed 30th birthday party for our friend Daniel. About half of the party goers dressed up, and you know we were among them! We had a really fun time and ate too much candy and danced the night away to 80s music! Sam's jacket had a big pouch in front and he kept carrying around his snacks and a water bottle in it, it was pretty hilarious.
So then, Saturday morning we got up to conquer our run. From the start things weren't going great - my left knee hurt for the first two miles, but luckily it went away after 3 miles or so. We did about 10 miles at a 9:30 pace but after about mile 12 my legs started feeling pretty heavy and my right knee started hurting. We had to take a couple of breaks and I was kind of worried that my knee was going to give out because it felt so weak. Finally at mile 16 I literally couldn't run anymore, which was unfortunate because we were 4 miles from the car. Sam ran back to get the car and pick me up and I just kept walking until he picked me up.
I was really upset about having to stop because I wanted my last long run to be a good one! But I had a nice long walk to clear my head because Sam had to run the whole way back before he could come get me, and I decided to just be okay with having a crappy run. I've put a lot of training in and since my goal is just to finish the marathon, I think I am definitely prepared to do that! I think my body has been telling me that it is exhausted recently, so it will be good to give myself a break and make sure I am back in top health for the marathon. I didn't run today because my knees and legs are still sore and I probably won't before we leave for Utah - I think I will get plenty of exercise this week skiing anyway!
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