all this for a six mile run

strange how some days can feel worse than other days. today felt clunky. like my legs were concrete, concrete blocks for feet, pounding down clumsily on the street. it was a day that i couldn't find my rhythm, i couldn't get the fluidity that i love about running, that point where your body is just moving along perfectly. where every stride is a battle.

and all this for a six mile run. i had enough time. i thought at first about only doing four and then doing six on friday. but when i woke up at 7:20, i decided to switch. halfway through i wish i didn't.

my times didn't suffer, just sore a lot of places. mainly on the inside sole of my right foot. i tried to work it out some last night and this morning. it is still throbbing though.

today is that last day of the month. i looked at my totals. 268.45 miles for the month. this is the most miles i've ever ran in one month. 4.24 miles longer than when i raced the marathon this summer. this is encouraging because my body feels generally better than it did in that peak marathon training. even with a baby being born.

in other news . . . i just signed up for the 2010 eugene marathon. it's the first sunday in may. i ran it the inaugural year, it was my first marathon. they have changed the course a bit, which is very exciting. it all ends on the track at hayward field. so much history there. as the websites boasts 'so many records broken . . . the home of several olympic trails . . . etc. . . . i'm just excited about the whole idea of finishing on a track. a crowd in the stands bringing you home on that final straight away. it seems all very official, all very olympic, all very epic.

training starts next month. here we go.