It's Not Going to be Pretty

(Deep Breath) It's a good thing I am not catholic...I can barely handle confessing on my blog about my training sins, let alone worldly sins. So it has been a long time since my last confession/post...where do I begin? Lets see...it has been 1 month since my last long run of 18 miles. Yeah...I wish I could tell you I did a lot of short runs instead, but I didn't because I am over running. I'm just done...put a fork in me. Last Saturday I strained my quad...it was pretty painful so I stayed off if it for the last week (it was pretty easy to stay off of it since I was barely using it in the first place). I was able to bike and swim just fine...I even put in a 140 miles on the bike and my leg felt great...but I just went out for my first run since I strained my quad. Hmmmm....It wasn't awwwful, but it sure wasn't great...it was really tight and that was just after 3 miles. I have no idea what will happen at the marathon on Saturday. At this point I would be pleasantly surprised if I complete it and especially if I do it under 5 hours. I am having a mild panic attack.



Also, this is a picture of me taking first place at a duathlon in Lawrence, KS...it was pretty awesome.