Another Running Milestone

I ran my first 20 mile run this past weekend. Sure, the calendar only said 18, but if you round up, that's 20, right?

It was a nice, relatively flat run, but man was it sunny and hot. I poured almost as much water on my head as I drank! At one point about 16 miles into the run, some company had their sprinklers running and I just zig-zagged my way through each and every sprinkler, pausing at the final sprinkler to let it just soak me. Sure it slowed my time down a little bit, but it was worth every second! A mile later I had completely air dried.

The first 18 miles were actually pretty good, but those last two...I just wasn't sure if I could make it to twenty miles. The self-doubt melted away (like the sunscreen I had applied over three hours earlier) as I tried to finish strong during the last half mile. Did I feel happy afterwards! After Saturday, I KNOW I can run 26.2 in October when I run my very first marathon. Will I make my sub 4-hour goal? Well, I'm not sure about that, but I am going to try my best and I am going to try my best to believe!