The Inbetween

Well, it's been about a week and a half since the San Antonio Rock & Roll Marathon, and I am feeling pretty much back to normal and have turned focus forward to the BCS Marathon on December 9.

Lucky for my pants, I didn't really treat myself to another celebration week like I did after Baltimore (minus a few big Mexican meals and margaritas of course) and was back running 5 days last week.

Chips, salsa, bean dip, Gloria's margarita = happiness.

I'm in the weird stage where I am trying to recover from two marathons while staying fit enough to run the third one well and still have time for a mini-taper. Throw in the holidays, company, and planning for a work special event the day before my next marathon and things get tricky. So pretty much I am trying to do what I did after Baltimore - 2 weeks of lower mileage, 1 week of high mileage and 1 week of a mini taper on race week. I'm not following a set plan but instead just have an idea of the type of workout I want to do each day and adjust if necessary. I have the base to get the job done on December 9th, the question is just how fast?

When I signed up for 3 marathons in 3 months, I did so in case I did not hit my sub-3:10 goal in Baltimore. San Antonio was Plan B, and I signed up for BCS as Plan C. What I didn't really think about was what happened if I hit my goal in Baltimore. I suppose most normal people would treat the other two as "victory laps" and run for fun, but unfortunately we all now I am not wired that way so on December 9 I will set out again to see how fast these legs can run. I really don't have anything to lose, so if it all blows up in my face, well then I can just enjoy the beer post-race. :-)

As much as I am looking forward to this marathon - because I do love running marathons and have heard particularly great things about this particular one - I am also looking forward to taking a little break for the remainder of 2012 after this race is over. Some downtime is in order before I start training (in mid-January) for my next A race, which is the Eugene Marathon in April.

Until then I'll keep hammering away in hopes of some more marathon magic in a few weeks...

Happy Thanksgiving!