16 miles underfoot today in perfect conditions along the beach. Beautiful sunshine with light breeze in the mid 60's to 70's. I came thru relatively unscathed although some twinges in back along with expected foot discomfort. Pace was good enough for a respectable marathon finish of about 4 hours but 16 ain't no 26.
It's funny because when you do a 16 miler....it's pretty effing far but it's not even in the neighborhood of where you need to go. From here after the mind games come in to play...and the physical demands increase exponentially. The sanity and stupidity questions more frequently enter the mind to reinforce the self doubt...then any injury becomes a threat. The thought of quitting can seem such a reasonable idea...but not an acceptable one.
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