Marathon Update #6

Adding a picture to this one, just because I like adding the pictures. This one is called, "Run Free"



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I'm titling this update "Breaking Down" because that's how my body feels. So I'm now, by my count closer to 200 than 150 total miles for training, which is awesome. During these hours and hours of running there have been many lessons learned.

1) I really am not a fan of running. Some people are, I get that, but not me. At this point I can without hesitation say that I HATE RUNNING!!! It's tedious, boring, painful, not the most efficient work out and once again painful.

2) I HATE CANCER MORE!!! I love my new motto "I hate running but I hate cancer more" but it's true. I don't think I could've done this if I wasn't doing this to help fight cancer.

3) Nutter Butters are amazing. I'll explain this. During our runs we have water-stations along the road that have; water, gatorade, pretzels, and nutter butters. Nutter Butters are amazing. When you know you're only a half mile away from a water-station with nutter butters awaiting your arrival everything just gets easier and that creamy nutty taste carries you home.

4) After 6 miles a little salt packet is oohhh soooo good!!! We have these at the aforementioned water-stations to help replace the salt you lose. I feel like a horse craving my salt, but it's so good.

5) That whole "Runner's High" thing is a myth as far as I can tell. Maybe the people who started that were actually high. I do have good days and bad days, good miles and bad miles. But that whole euphoria feeling of amazingness, nope. Not yet.

6) The "I ran 10 miles today what've you done? Oh you just woke up." phenomenon is very real. Sorry to everyone who has borne the brunt of that, but it feels good to know that you ran 10+ miles before most of the rest of the world has woken up. I'm not sure if it feels as good as sleeping in, but it feels good.

7) I hate running, but I hate cancer more. Oh, I already said that. Sorry but I like saying it. Catchy isn't it?

8) This is hard. I knew this would be really hard. And when my Doc told me that my body wouldn't be able to do it, I kind of believed him. But now going through it, all I can say is this hard. My body is in the rebelling phase and fighting back with pain. But me and Ibuprofen are winning that battle.

9) I am finishing that damn race no matter what. Now I know I'm tempting God to smite me on this one, but that's what I'm telling myself. My goal is to run the race, (using intervals). I may not go as fast as I want, but that's my goal. However if at mile 23 my legs shutdown, I will crawl the last 3.2 miles if I have to . I am finishing the race!!! Anyone who wants to come and cheer would be more than welcome.

That’s my update for today. I went with the lessons learned theme since it hasn't been a full two weeks since my last update and I haven't done any large mile runs. Thank you everyone for your support. Please leave comments, it inspires me to know that people are backing me.



Thanks, B