Yay for the Taper!!!

And so it begins.

The wonderful taper. The point in which you reach your maximum training miles and gradually get less mileage in for the week before the big race. (Which is May 1)

Since I have kinda a crazy day today, I put my 12 miles in yesterday. The were the worst miles I have ever run!! Really. Not pretty. I think I walked 2 or 3 of them. It was hot. Almost 80 degrees and my ipod died on mile 7.5. I need my musical motivation!
I did two 6 mile loops in my 'hood. With the hills. After mile 4 my t-shirt came off. (I had a tank top on under). At mile 6, stopped at home for a snack, sunscreen and water.
At mile 8, I stopped at a Wendy's looking for water. For all times there was a LINE! And the woman at the counter couldn't decide what to get. I REAAAAAALLY wanted to bud in line but I patiently waited. The dude behind the counter apologized and gave me the largest cup filled with ice and water. As he put the cover on I wanted to grab it out of his hands and tell him I didn't need a cover. But he was trying to make up for having me wait too long, and kept apologizing. After a brief malfunction with the straw, I tried to down the entire thing, but got a brain freeze. So, I walked a little and hid the cup in a place that I would return to finish it on my return trip.

I am seriously worried about this race. I predict it will be the worst one yet. My first half marathon took 2 hours and 32 minutes. I think this will take longer than that. I hope I am wrong. But 2:32 is what it took me to run 12 yesterday!! I think it's the hills that are killing me.

I guess taking a year off with the move wasn't helpful, but ya gotta start somewhere right?

I am REALLY looking forward to getting toned up. That is where my heart is now. Not so much endurance, but tone and weight loss.

Now, I am leaving KY for a 16 hour drive to New Hampshire with our Church. They tell me there is little cell phone reception and Wi-Fi in the area we are going... I am actually looking forward to being 'un-plugged' for the week, so I can get 'connected' to what is really important. So, I guess I will see you in a week, or so...