I'm supposed to have 18 miles this week. Two weeks ago I did 16. Well, unfortunately, I'm going to be out of town attending the baptism of my best friend's twins. I'll be one of theirs godmother!! And I'll be taking the train out there. Leaving Friday afternoon and arriving Saturday morning at 2:34 am!!
So when showing Luke the city where I'm going, I noticed that the entire city was very grid like. I started immediately thinking that this would be very easy to get a run in and it was Luke who actually said that! So I mapped it out. Whoa. Intense. http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=3565119
But then when I showed it to my best friend, I told him that I wasn't sure what the plan was for Saturday and come to find out we're leaving at 9am for another town 2.5-3 hours away. He suggested doing the run in that town but it's a lot smaller, there's no way that I could get 18 in that town. Plus, I wouldn't want to just get leave for 3 hours while visiting some of the mother's family and be all stinky & in pain when I get back.
After I told that to Luke, we started talking about it. The only other option would be to run a few miles that weekend and then do my 18 mile on Monday night after I get back. Check this out: My train leaves on Monday morning at 1:34 am. I arrive in Chicago at 3:30 pm (baring no delays) and then I catch a 4:30 pm train out to Geneva. That's where Luke will pick me up at 5:30p and make me run 18 miles down the Fox River from Geneva to Aurora. I made him pinky promise me.
It's gonna be an interesting run. Luckily, I'll have Luke beside me. He said that he can bike beside me while I run, which will be helpful. He doesn't think I'll have the energy to run that far after a 14 hour train ride. But having him beside me should encourage me to go on (as long as he's encouraging that is) or just to prove him wrong. :-)
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I hope you get enough sleep on the train to do that run! The map you made did seem really intense!
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