gut check

I am having a hard time believing that it is already June 10th.  149 days to go until I line up for the New York City Marathon.

Training is going pretty well.  I am doing my best to stick with the training program that the Fred's Team coaches have put together.  This past Saturday I managed to leg out seven miles in 80:30.  Definately not the pace of 21-year-old Dan, but 32-year-old Dan was pretty stoked when he finished.  In fact I would have jumped for joy but my legs hurt way too much to actually jump.  Seven miles is the longest I have run in one shot, without stopping or walking, in years. It felt pretty damn good.  Maybe it was the fact that I am rocking new shoes.  Mizuno Wave Elixir 5's.  They seem so much lighter than my Asics.  Full review to follow at a later date.



Sunday I suffered through an easy three.  The suffering was so bad that I won't bother sharing how long it took.  In my defense Aidan was riding in the jog stroller, but it was still just a bad run all around.


Tuesday night was a gut check moment.  Having had about four hours of sleep the night before and about that much the previous night I was feeling awful.  About an hour before Aidan's sitter arrived I contemplated just taking the evening off to get some sleep or something else (Netflix on demand is my latest productivity sapper).  In fact laziness made such powerful oral arguments that I wound up calling the sitter and telling her to take the night off. Shame then made it's rebuttal argument and two minutes later I called her back and told her to disregard my cancellation.

Once I actually got out there and started moving I felt better.  Long story short.  Five and a half miles in 62:06.


Tonight's goal is eight miles in around 93 minutes and change.  18.2 more miles equals 26.2.  Awesome 

Remember that I am running the NYC Marathon this year as a member of Fred's Team. Fred's Team is an organization that raises money for cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. Take a moment to make a donation to Memorial Sloan Kettering by visiting Daniel Jimenez's Fred's Team Fundraising Page