Traditional half marathon training programs tell you to taper off during your last two weeks of training. As I polish my lifetime achievement trophy awarded to honor the tireless dedication I have singularly devoted to the perfecting the art of long distance running avoidance, I have been eyeballing these last two weeks of shorter runs the way "some" might eyeball that pillow case of fun sized Halloween chocolate bars under their daughter's bed after she falls into a low blood sugar induced Halloween sleep-coma.
(The gig is up Mom, I know you used to steal my Halloween Snickers. Everyone knows....)
Not surprisingly, I gleefully woke on this gorgeous sunny California Sunday knowing that my training schedule only "required" a 6 mile run . As I happily laced up my Saucony grid 3s to head out for an "easy" run, I decided to check total contributions made by all you wonderful, kind people and learned that we are closing the gap on $800 in donations.
In just 11 days we all have generously donated nearly $800.
Outstanding!!!!
And so totally motivating. At first I thought that I might eat an entire bag of fun sized Snickers in your honor, or even in Mom's honor. Candy thievery aside, Mom deserves it (The honor, not the sass). See, without Mom's inspiration I would never have gotten my chubby 4th grade behind off the couch and "run" that first 7/10ths of a mile.
But then I thought -perhaps- eating a bag of candy detracts from your amazing achievement.
Instead I decided to run 8 miles in your honor, on Halloween even.
No costume, sorry. I have to draw the line somewhere. Tell you what- if we get to $1000 by November 10th, I'll wear a costume on my last training run...
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