Ran my 6 outside. Looked like it was going to rain but never did. 56F, windy, cloudy. It was perfect.

I've been trying for the last 2 hours to get out for a run, but every time I think the storms have passed, there's more thunder nearby.

So there is a marathon in 10 days. I have been running 99% easy for many weeks, like probably 3 months or so, as marathon training was ruled out during humidity pretty quick this summer. Then the cooler days came back, and I have not hopped back into training mode.

Last week I decided that I'd do one key hard workout that would give me some comparison point to previous years. Options like Yasso 800s. A 20 minute tempo run. A 5K TT. A 3K TT. Something. Anything... No... Ended up with Nothing. Pretty crazy to consider entering a fucking marathon when I can't even muster the mental strength to do a workout.

I've been training for Chicago and I haven't gotten any mental strength either. I think it's this fucking Covid thing. The first year I had more enthusiasm even though my races were canceled. This year, I'm like whatever.

 

Yes, but it is a 190m track, that is square instead of oval, so the turns are often and sharp.

 

Baboon, I would have been exasperated.

 

LRB, those birds are very common in Montreal. There have even been articles in local papers. They do that when there are kids in the nests, so in a specific season, from around mid-june to... mid-july maybe?

I'd never been so pissed and scared at the same time! 

 

I hadn’t seen it until now. 

 

Looks like they got rid of those useless string cuffs, BAA colors, 125th edition, lots to love there.

It looks almost exactly like last year's... just blue and yellow instead of red, white and blue. I hope that means it will actually fit.

What will happen: if I buy it now, there will be a plethora available for discounted prices later. If I don't buy it now, it will be sold out everywhere.

 

The issue is he's gonna have no idea how to pace it. Certainly he can finish it at LR pace, but there's not much data to indicate how much faster is possible.

Go out at PR pace and try to hang on. Obviously.

 

you could always buy it now from RWH and then you have 60 days to return it if it seems like they have a lot of xtra post race.

True... maybe I'll do that, and if I end up having to keep it, well, I guess at least I saved 10% with my team RW code?

Oh, I got my Inside Tracker results. SURPRISE, my ferritin is low. For some reason my doctor didn't check my iron levels when I went for my physical this year, but if she had she would have been all, "no problem," because it's technically still "normal." Barely. But normal.