Saturday: Thanksgiving

So Thursday was Thanksgiving and I pulled myself out of bed and headed off to run the Blvd. Bolt.  Now normally, I meet my family at the start, and I must admit that the whole process was a lot faster without them.  I showed up to park at 7:15 AM, parked about 3/4 of a mile away, ran to the start, ran a couple of miles from the start line, started the race and then ran back to the car. Now there were supposedly 8500 people running on Thursday, and I was completely prepared to throw up my hands in despair at the crowd and bale out of ever running the Blvd. Bolt again, BUT it really wasn't that big of a deal.  Parking was not a problem and I like getting in the extra-mileage before the race.  I ran 8 minute miles which is nothing to be really proud of, but under the circumstances, it was fine.

At home, I packed up and headed out for Thanksgiving dinner with my family, which was so much fun and I stayed up way too late locked in a death-match game of Scrabble with my parents and sister.

On Friday, I sat on the couch like a lump working on my needlepoint and later watching the Joaquin Phoenix documentary, I'm Not Here.  It was an abysmal piece of filmography, and while I do understand that a part of you is most likely very broken when you are the one who has to make the call, sobbing from the Viper Room to let paramedics know that you can't find your brother's pulse, you have to move on and be a human of some worth.

This morning, I ran with my running group for the first time in two or so weeks, and I am slow.  I am really dragging and I feel the way I did after I started running following the birth of my son.  It seems like I am running quite fast, but I was pulling out 9 minute miles today.  So, I am opening back up my marathon discussion.  I have moved from 90-95% chance of marathon to 50%

Maybe I should scrap the marathon, sign up for Winter Speed Sessions with Fleet Feet, work back up to my speed as my body allows and not worry about it.  Or, maybe I should just go down and push through the marathon which could be utterly demoralizing.  Bleh