T-6

Things I can say for sure – getting two good nights sleep and not running 5 miles the night before certainly help the long run.  Not a particularly good mid-range run (two nights of no sleep and running at 11pm at night is not going to help that!).  But the long run was the boost of confidence I needed.  New third best run 16 miler ever, felt no bad coming into those final two miles.  Distance is a touch shy as some guy started asking me some questions about where I run and get mileage during my cool down walk and so I went a lot slower than I normally do during that 5 minutes.

On an separate note, for the last two weeks I have seen another runner that ought to inspire you.  He’s an amputee with a spring-blade on one leg.  Pretty inspiring by itself but it gets better.  I guess those things only come in one size, and the spring-blade is longer than his full leg.  So he’s got a mini-blade attached to his shoe.  Watching him run, you can tell the heights are not perfect and he’s uneven from a body weight perspective too, so it looks pretty awkward all-around.  But he plugs away.  Good for him.

NYC Marathon Prep

Metric	Last Week	In Total
Mileage Run:	36.26 miles	320.84 miles
Longest Run:	16.41 miles	16.54 miles
Longest Run Time:	2:29:51 hh:mm:ss	2:30:37 hh:mm:ss
Longest Run Pace:	9:08 min/mile	9:06 min/mile

LI Marathon Prep

Metric	Last Week	In Total
Mileage Run:	6.72 miles	411.86 miles
Longest Run:	3.61 miles	18.55 miles
Longest Run Time:	0:32:46 hh:mm:ss	2:49:45 hh:mm:ss
Longest Run Pace:	9:05 min/mile	9:09 min/mile

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