I like to think of my miles as my children, so today you can call me Mrs.Duggar because I busted out 18 miles. While I know running is nothing like childbirth, I can’t help but get delirious around mile 14 and think up weird posts like this. I also enjoy finding ways to reference my vagina in my posts (see how I just did it right there? Bet you didn’t see that coming).
Marathon Training: 18 miles in 2:50:22. Boo-ya!
Because it was so cold today I wasn’t really sweating that much and made a quick pit-stop at home on my loop around for a bathroom break. This is the first time in my young red-headed life that I’ve worn running tights on a long run. 
I told Ben the way I was headed and he caught up with me around mile 15 and rode his bike with me for the last 3 miles. I got distracted by talking with him (who am I kidding? I was listening, not talking at that point) and the last few miles went by fast!
Before I left I had a sandwich thin and banana with PB. This is a very light meal for before such a long run, but I wasn’t hungry at all. That may be because I was eating Pumpkin Pecan Cheesecake at 11pm last night (more on that in the next post). Oops. Hey, I had to carb load! 
Nothing sounded good after the run (too cold for a smoothie, the only thing I normally want). So, I made a trail mix and cottage cheese bowl. I layered cottage cheese, cereals, nuts and dried fruit and topped it with soymilk. It was amazing!
My body hurts, but I am in great spirits! I wasn’t sure if I was going to be able to bust out all 18 miles and I did it! I’m happy 🙂 Hope you are too (not about me running 18 miles, but about your own accomplishments on this fine Saturday).
so funny w/ the Duggar reference!
Great job on the run! I guess pumpkin cheesecake is the new way to carb load! : )
AWESOME run!! so great too that ben bikes some of it with you
Congrats on the great run!! I knew cheesecake made everything better, but had no idea that “everything” included 18-milers 🙂
I just had to say that the first few lines of your post made me laugh out loud….hilarious!
And congrats on the 18 miles!
that was so nice of Ben to catch up with you on the bike!
You really sound like you are in great spirits! You and Ben are so cute, working out together.