14 mile Sunday....oh wait it was 15! :)

Today was the 14 mile day! Tho it turned into a 15 mile day! Which hey no big deal right?! Unless you've had enough by the 13 mile mark. LOL! Hey who cares at this point.... I SURVIVED another long training day and battled another milestone! I really liked that we changed up our route today for the long miles. Before, I would train around the same 3.1 mile route. It definetly made sense bc then I could return to the car to get more water or a snack if needed. However, today we added two new paths to our training and it was ok that I didn't have more water after the first 3.1 miles. I had consumed quite a bit prior to starting and carried one along so it worked out well. Plus, it was a great change of scenerey and I knew how many miles I was getting out of it (for the most part!) even tho I had no clue when or where the path would end. The first round seemed to of gone great! I utilized a couple podcasts that I had downloaded the week before that included a lot more running than I had been doing so I think that definetly helped with my mileage timing. I hate admitting my timing because it's really nothing impressive at all. But, perhaps it's better I make a note of it so I remember later down the road that today my mileage timing was at 18:30 a mile. Like I said ... not impressive but it is where I'm at and it will help me get where I am going by owning up to it! I've been meaning to mention this...and heck I may have already & just don't remember. While out on the trail today...a fellow runner said some pretty nice things to me....& it's things like that, of course along with other things, that really make being out there so great! The fellower runner told me to "keep up the great work, it's a hard thing to do, but not to give up!" I thought that was so awesome...I didn't even know the fella. Thank ya dude...it totally made my day! So Yes, Coach (M.O) was out there with me like she is weekend after weekend! She told me to kick it up a notch around mile 12.5 or 13 or at least somewhere close to it...and man I just couldn't! I was seriously struggling to the point that I thought I was going to have a mini meltdown right there on the path, the emotions ran high at that moment. My breathing got crazy! I swear I must have sounded like I was weazing...but regardless I pulled it together instantly and put the tunage back on & got going. Maybe not as quickly as she would have liked to see me...but I did do my best & finally finished & finished 15 instead of the 14 we had set out to do. Thank you Coach for pushing me yet again! You're the best!