Two Down, One To Go

Friday night I was supposed to knock out 12 miles, but right around the 5 mile mark I felt a migraine coming on.  I guess I hadn't hydrated properly throughout the day.  I stopped just short of 6.  Saturday, I did 11 around midday.  It was humid and slow going.  I was beginning to think Hood to Coast sucked all of my running mojo (not that I ever really had any to begin with...) out completely.  I hit my peak in that race and the rest of my running career would be downhill, but not in a good way.

Yesterday was my second 20 miler.  I ran 10 with some friends on the SUNY Old Westbury campus.  It was pretty hilly, but the short loop route was repetitive with no real interesting scenery.  Lots of trees and the same forks in the road over and over again.  I decided to run the last 10 from Old Westbury to my mother's house in Manhasset.  I passed some pretty sweet estates on Post Road heading north.  I had to ask for directions a couple of times because, God forbid, I was not prepared to run more than 20.  Other than some harrowing shoulderless stretches on route 25A, the last half of the run improved.  I even got a little rain shower, a welcome relief from the humidity.

My last 20 miler is in a couple of weeks and then TAPER, baby!  Whoo hoo!