This morning, Maggie announced on our warm up run that this week in ATP was all about "running when your legs were tired." I said, "What if ALL of you is tired, lady?" She explained that we'd be doing a tough boot camp BEFORE our run to recreate the feeling of the last few miles of a marathon when your legs are really exhausted, but you have to run through it. We proceeded to do a series of squat exercises for 30 minutes or so before running an "easy" 4 miles (her title, not mine).
I will admit that I have a hazy memory of the last four miles of the marathon last year. I *was* tired and my legs did hurt. Definitely. However, there are no other similarities between that glorious day in NYC (see picture) and this morning at White Rock Lake. Today, there were no crowds. No signs. No delicious carb-fest and beer binge waiting for me. Instead, I had a dog walk and full day of legal work on my post run schedule.
On a side note, I've decided that my blog should have been called the 4:40 ---- like those clever police codes. I told Tim and MK that the code would be a "4:40" to stand for "grumpy" or "painful" ... or both.
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