Ten Mile Test

RUN 11 miles in 1:48, 10m/m pace

Yeah I said 10 miles then ran 11. It happens :)

This run was intended to be my final test run for the Kansas race. I'm honestly not sure how honest I can be. Did it hurt. Sorta. Did it feel good. Heck yeah. Did my hip pop? A few times. Did it stop me, and would it have stopped me on any other run? Nope. I woulda run right through it before and I did the same now.

In fact, the most annoying pain discomfort was my left foot big toe tendon (?) when I dorsiflexed. I thought the shoe (the new Lotus purples I just unboxed) was running that but no tongue adjustment made a difference. I'm thinking that it might have been the ankle roll from last week? This bothered me the rest of the day, didn't help any that I wore loose sandals that needed me to curl my toes to keep them on. I notice this pain at night too and when I stretch and flex my foot. This 'night' discomfort isn't new, it's been on going since Farmdale. Fatigue,  or a combination of 'taper pain's, or the fact that my feel relax or are pressed when under the blankets in bed?

It was seasonably cold in the low 40's, but an otherwise pretty day that warmed up eventually. Of course I overdressed with too many layers that I shed within 2-3 miles. I ran to work and back, had to check on some mouse work. It felt really great, really! Not perfect, is it ever perfect?

Had lunch with TH in the afternoon. She's supportive of what choice I make, but would rather I don't do this race. Her reasons are good, she's completely right that I'm in mental denial about the fact that I could be injured.

I know that I could be in denial. But I also know that I feel good, I want this race, I'm excited by doing it.....so hard to see what's really real. I know from experience that my mind is perfectly capable of fooling me. Which leaves me wondering -- was it fooling me into quitting at Farmdale? Is it fooling me know? Then why doesn't it fool me into not running Kansas?