Marathon Training Week Ten

Well, we did something this week that we haven't ever done. We skipped a run. A long run.

There's a lot going on in our lives right now: a lot of things being conversed about and prayed about and a lot of decisions being made and we were just basically out of time and out of energy this weekend. It seemed like every minute was packed and by the time we got to Sunday afternoon (which is not at all an ideal time to try and run 12 miles but the only block of time we had available) we were just exhausted, emotionally and physically. It was a good weekend--filled with a junior high lock in and 2 children's birthday parties and lots of imagining possibilities for the future and acting on them. Fun, but draining. So we took a nap instead, so that we'd be rested for the meeting we were having that night that, well, we needed to be rested for. I'll update more on the goings-ons in the Speights household when something is even just a little more definite. I promise. :)

And plus, this was a repeat week that we'd built into the training program because we had 22 weeks to complete an 18 week program, so at least we'd already run the 12 miles once. This was just like a bonus week. Still not good to skip the long run for the week, but that made us feel a little better at least.

Next week we'll be at the halfway mark--11 weeks down, 11 weeks to go. We'll be running a half marathon on Saturday. Pray for cooler weather and good times. :)