22 Miles, A Dead Battery and THE WALL

Today had it all.

My alarm went off at 5am, right on schedule. I got ready, had my breakfast and coffee and at 6.30 am I got in to my car to leave. The car did not even attempt to turn over. I tried again: Nothing. Again: Nothing. I ran into the house, grabbed the Van keys, backed the van out of the garage and lined it up next to my car. I connected the cables, tried starting my car: Nothing. Again: Nothing. At this point, I am completely furious. Rachel gets out of bed, tries it herself: Nothing.

Luckily, Shari and Tara were doing water duty at the run sites today, so I was able to reach Shari and then Pam who directed to me to meet the group at Lock 8 of the C&O canal path which would have me starting at around mile 7 which would only give me at about 17 mile run vs. the total 23.

I called a cab and instead of waiting for the group at lock 8, I ran to them. So I only ended up missing about a mile today of the total run. And what a run it was.

The first 15 miles were solid. The next 3 tougher, and then I hit the infamous wall. It took all of me to finish the next 4. I had never experienced The Wall before today's run. It's not fun. Your body just shuts down. It's almost as if it is protesting or punishing you to continue.

I was happy to finish.

THANK YOU TO TARA AND SHARI who waited for me to finish and then gave me a ride back to the office so I could call another cab. I've since returned home and AAA just left. Of course, when the AAA guy jumped my car, it started right away.

So today, was not the best of days, but I am happy I finished.

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Total Training Weeks: 18
Total Training Miles: 292