ran 3 miles on 3 hours of sleep

so, let's face it. i'm not a morning person. but now that i've committed to these 6am buddy runs on tuesday, i have to go. monday was a long day at work... 10:30a - 10:30p. i rescheduled my planned workout with my trainer... i didn't get home until about 11pm. had to eat dinner since i forgot or better yet, didn't have time to get food while at work. i had a granola bar at 3pm (190 calories - not enough) and managed to get a half sandwich at 6:30pm while working...

by the time i got into bed at midnight, i couldn't fall asleep until around 2pm, and by then i kept waking up because i didn't want to sleep in. i wasn't sure how the run was gonna be... training said 4 - 6 miles. i've been slammed with emails, so i didn't call to confirm.

i surprisingly got up at 5am... brushed my teeth. had a 1/2 clif bar and water then got to our meeting spot. it was already 70 degrees at 6am. we decided to run the lake once and go from there.

it was gorgeous. the lights were on and the moon was still out, it looked more like dusk than 6am. this was the most beautiful time i've run this lake ever. running with people is great. i'm still not a big talker, but we have conversation and run buddy talks, but not incessantly. it's good. there are 3 of us... and we all admit, if we didn't have our tuesday morning date, we'd all be in bed. it wasn't our fastest pace, but i'm not really worried about that.

12 days til the marathon... i start to taper off this saturday and decrease my mileage.

i'm worried about 3 things - heat, dehydration, and getting enough rest before the marathon... mainly getting enough rest. i'm not good with tapering down and moderation.

example: i slept 3 hours and still ran 3 miles... with the full day ahead of me which doesn't end until 9pm.


3 miles
33 minutes
11 minute miles