The last long run!

RUN 10 miles in 1:36, 9:36m/m

This is it! The last long run going into Potawatomi! And it's "only" 10 miles.

I've been suffering a bit of taper sludge the last few days and kept thinking that a nice fast blow-out run would clear the carbon off the spark plugs. But since it's probably not a good idea to be doing something stupid like that, and because my last few runs were poorly scheduled, I'm not sure it will happen.

And I needed some confidence after two weeks of foot pain and sludge. I trimmed the orthotic more aggressively this morning then ran briefly with Sugar. It still bothered me! Trimmed it a bit more, then felt the discomfort while driving to CCP. I had the scissors with me, trimmed it even more! The whole time worried about trimming it so much it didn't work anymore! I again brought the blank insole with me and we took off. It was the first time I'd seen TH since the Green Rock run 2 weekends ago. So much happened since then!

My foot discomfort thankfully faded in a few tenths of a mile and we ran at a steady pace for the 10 miles. Not much talk about the upcoming race, surprisingly we talked more about ironman racing this summer!!!!! OMG for real?!?!? She texted yesterday about registering for IML, and that got the ball rolling. It's so easy to convince yourself that IM training is easy when you are tapering.

But wasn't I just oogling the TriFuel Ultra plan a few days ago? Haha! So I can't blame her. Oh so tempting. When she first mentioned it, I thought I was safe from registering myself--I'd happily sherpa. But this morning it turned into a "me too" type of thinking. Not necessarily for IML (so $$$) but maybe Sandusky?

And in another sign, the check I gave her as payment for the hotels was #1406.

Oh dear god what are we thinking?!