You knew I was crazy back when you said, “I Do”

Marc likes to lament that I am insane or crazy on a fairly regular basis. I always remind him that he was aware of this personal detail before we got married and he still decided to say "I do" anyway. Too late for buyer's remorse.

Why is this relevant now? Today I had my final "long" training run before my ½ marathon. Given the snow yesterday and the miserable weather last night, my coach and I made the decision for me not to spend the 2+ hours in the rain this morning. I'm still dealing with my lingering cough and figured that I could get a decent workout on the Precor while catching some of March Madness. Plus I had a big run last weekend outdoors which did wonders for my confidence.

I decided that I was going to do 2 ½ hours today on the elliptical, which led Marc to once again to think I was insane. In some ways, he is right. But hey – I really wanted to push myself for that period of time in the event I ran at my training pace (slow) as opposed to race pace during the ½ marathon. I could have gone the "easy" route and just did 13.1 miles which would have been done on the elliptical after about 1 hour and 45 minutes, but I decided to just go as far as I could for the 2 ½ hours. Plus I added extra resistance to compensate for the fact that I wasn't outside.

Yeah, kind of crazy. I know. My coach complimented me on knowing enough not to push myself in the bad weather early this morning. Now she is reading this at the same time as all of you, I'll have to wonder if she still is holding me in such high esteem after logging 17+ miles.

Even though Marc thought I was insane to spend such quality time with the elliptical, he did keep checking up on me to ensure I was hydrating and eating. He probably also wanted to see if I was going to tough it out as long as I said I was going to. As if there was any doubt….. J