Tired…
Friday, April 13th, 2007
My marathon plan says 16 weeks until the marathon. 16 weeks. That’s FOUR MONTHS. I can’t believe the marathon is happening so soon! I have to do 10 miles this weekend, but that’s nothing compared to the 20 miles I have coming up in two months!
Though it’s hard to fun for 10 miles, it’s not quite as difficult as I’d expected. The real trick is to keep my mind occupied so I can’t think about how tired I am and psych myself out of finishing the run. My iPod has been extremely helpful in this. I never used to want to listen to anything but music while running, but lately I find myself more engaged by podcasts–particularly the Boston Marathon Podcast.
I can’t really explain it, but I’ve become really interested in Boston lately–it’s just one of the most traditional and best known marathons, at least to me. I don’t think I’d be close to qualifying for it, but maybe I’ll enter the lottery and try to be a slow runner in the Boston… sounds like fun to me. 
