I would have been over the 100 mark easily if I hadn't let my brain take over all sense and quit when I had my little pre-intervention hiccup.....
...so part of the intervention was for my wonderful people to point out how stupidly CLOSE I was to making that mark, and I was basically ORDERED to finish it. (Thanks, Mom!)
Fun story, though. Intervention happened Sunday night. I had over 17kms to go and two days.
Have I ever mentioned that I hate running??
And that I "only" ran 6km with the stroller up and down and over all the hills on Monday??
Yup. 11.35 left. And one day to do it in.
I was pretty sure that it was going to be "easier" to just go out and git r' done than to try to get out TWICE in one day - kids, work, and honestly, the pain of getting READY to go...twice? No thanks. So...I went out and...just kinda....ran....
I ran forever. Ohmigosh. I don't know how you people do these crazy races that take 2-4 hours or whatever. Or ultra-marathoners? YOU'RE ALL NUTS! hahaha
At about the halfway mark I was done. And SO FAR AWAY FROM MY CAR. I stopped my GPS and just....chillaxed for a minute. Walked very slowly. Caught my breath. Texted my inner struggle to my hubs. Rebutted the bad thoughts to my hubs. (Sometimes, my texting people, is my thinking "out loud" hahaha - SORRY, friends!!) Plugged back in, and....
ran another 5.5km.
I honestly don't know how I did that.
It was slow. And literally painful. But I did it. And I DID IT. I ran 100km in June!!
The drive home was only about 5-10 minutes and my whole body was so seized up when I stopped the car I could barely get out hahahaha Oh man! I don't plan on doing anything that extreme or stupid again any time soon - if we go for another 100 goal it will be much better planned and spread out!
And THEN, the best. Frig. So yesterday I tried to kill myself running. And TODAY...
my baby brother moved.
Which meant I spent....ALL day....moving...heavy things....stairs.... holy craptacular the stairs....
...my hip hurts....
...where's my foam roller??
The new house is LOVELY and SO much better than the gross dingy basement apartment they were living in and we were just THRILLED to have been able to be of assistance, and to get to be nosey and see the new digs!!
But MAN! I'm SO FREAKING TIRED! hahaha
I think I'm going to work tomorrow and sit around on my butt. And that's it. No extra exercise. I need a recovery day!! Then, honestly, I'm excited, because I'm running a couple of adventure races (or obstacle races or whatever they're called) coming up and I need to get back to alternating my metabolic HIIT & strength training with the running. So, you know, my triceps are still existent when I try to go over the mud-soaked monkey bars... (Why do we think these events are fun??)
Oh. And, of course. I'M HUNGRY! But haven't caved yet... Fingers crossed.
Tomorrow is the last weigh-in for a "OneDerland" challenge I'm in - we'll see if I've made it back.... oy vey.
I think I'm just going to sleep through July..... ;-)
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