It's the Most Wonderful Time of the...

TRAINING SCHEDULE!

Kicking and screaming pretty much sums up phase 2:

I didn't give it all my effort.

There are some days I wanted to be even more congested, feverish, or exhausted than I was just to skip the workout.

The days I wasn't looking for a health issue, I may have been praying for the next deluge. May have been...and you'll never know since our roads out here look like streams rather than roads.

...but we're done with the hard stuff and moving into taper phase! Yippe! Of course I'm having some anxiety that come race day my lack of dedication during training may cause some issues, I'm trying to just keep focused on the fact that in 20 days I'll be done with this race.

Running and I have always had a love hate relationship, but over the last month it's been all hate from me. Hopefully once the stress of getting a PR on marathon #2 is gone, my relationship with the open road and my favorite shoes can be stronger...until I inevitably find another 26.2miles I feel the need to run and which point I'm sure I'll go through this same roller coaster again.

Why?

It's all about the bling.