The good thing is we have run the course, so I know I can do it. The bad thing is we have run the course, so I know it is going to hurt. No two ways around it, for a runner like me (and I use the term runner very loosely), Saturday is going to hurt. 4 miles of a world of pain. You know a race course is a bitch when you are dreading the downhills almost as much as the uphills. I have no hopes or dreams for my race time beyond anything under a 12 m/m will be miraculous.
I hopped on a treadmill today after my cycle class and within 2/10 of a mile, the right knee started twinging again. It hasn't been bothering me at all but 3 minutes on that treadmill and it was there. I wonder what it is about running on a treadmill that alters your gait and why that is affecting my knee. Anyways, I did two miles, sweating like a pig, running about 11 m/m average. I would have quit at half a mile but Mike, a guy who takes my cycle class with his fiancee was running alongside of me so we kept each other going. I know some people do great with it, but I hate the treadmill.
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You can do it!
Go Trace!
(my knee sends good tidings to your knee ;-))
Good luck, Trac! I suspect that this will be the kind of pain that you'll love feeling! I can't wait to hear how it goes! (And I think the weather is going to be better)
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