Fit-to-Fat-to-Fit Blog: 15 miles

I’d like to lodge a complaint: Who the living heck brought back summer? When I got up at 5:12, I noticed the temperature was 72.  Seventy-two degrees isn’t exactly hot — unless you are running. Add to it thick humidity and the “running while miserable” index leaps off the chart.  I left the house at six a.m.  Here are a few stats from my run:

1. I ran 15 miles.
2. I burned 2,100+ calories.
3. I wrung the water out my socks three times.
4. I got one blister on my left foot.
5. I was miserable.

It was hot. It was muggy. It was miserable. My body could not cool well. But I still did my distance.  I did my 15 miles.

Why is that important? I wanted to see if I could run the Mississippi Blues Marathon.  I would have had to run 15 miles today.  I increased my mileage from 13.1 to 15 this week — a pretty big leap. And the weather was not exactly with me.  But I did it.

I got my 15 miles under my belt.

My legs are very, very tired right now.  They cramped earlier today. Sure, I didn’t leap 24 miles from space. But I’m pleased that my long runs have now reached 15 miles.

Now to keep working on getting stronger.