It's marathon weekend in Austin, and I am about to jet to New Orleans. So long suckers! It's clear where my priorities lie. Most of my friends training for the IM are running the marathon as a "training run." I will be thinking of them as I enjoy a bloody mary on Sunday morning at Commander's Palace to celebrate my fantastic future sister-in-law and her bachelorette weekend, which happens to coincide with the first weekend of Mardi Gras. Woot!
I can't say that I'm sorry to miss out on the 26.2 action. Something wonderful and yet tragic has happened in Austin over the past week. Spring is upon us. For the past two months, the weather for our weekend training runs has been in the 30s-40s, perfect running weather if you ask me, although not good for much else. Due to my weekend plans, I did my long run this afternoon, when the temperature was 77 degrees and 60% humidity. It was brutal. I had renewed sympathy and admiration for my friends Michelle and Samantha, who ran the marathon and half-marathon in Houston a few weeks ago with even more humidity and heat than I had today. There's no other way to say it: humidity sucks, and it absolutely affects your ability to perform. Michelle kept saying during the marathon that her legs felt like lead. Yes, that's a perfect description. Samantha and Michelle both had amazing runs in Houston but were both off the ideal goals they'd set for themselves by a few minutes. I have no doubt that if the weather had been better, they each would have shattered those goals. I'm going to keep this in mind as I prepare to run a marathon in May in Houston. If I wasn't scared before, after today's run, I'm terrified, but I'm sure after a few Big Easy beverages I'll forget the whole experience (and hopefully my incredibly sore quads!). Very excited to have two full days of no training and, more importantly, to spend the weekend with a woman who couldn't be a more perfect match for my little brother.
Laissez les bon temps rouler!
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