Ouch

I have a bad case of the post-run stupids. And my feet hurt. Whine, whine, whine.

Today I ran 18 miles, though not very fast: 12 minutes/mile. I ran based on heart rate, and tried to keep it around 150 the whole run. I felt great until mile 12, then my pace really started dropping off. Then, around mile 14, I had to start taking walk breaks.

When I start out at 160 bpm I think my overall speed is faster. I die at the end just the same, but go a lot faster at the beginning.

As I ran, I kept telling my muscles that they better get the message and improve. It's hard to accept that at 46 my performance doesn't improve as fast as I would like. On the other hand, I told myself that I am pushing my body and mind where they have never been before, so I just have to stick with it.

Yesterday, when I was searching the Web for mention of the Indianapolis Marathon, I got a scare. The Indy Classic Marathon just got rescheduled from September to November. For a minute I thought that this impacted me. Nope, the Indianapolis Marathon is still on target for October 20. Which is not far away!