{"id":877,"date":"2012-10-26T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2012-10-26T12:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=877"},"modified":"2012-10-22T09:44:49","modified_gmt":"2012-10-22T13:44:49","slug":"nerves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/26\/nerves\/","title":{"rendered":"Nerves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t been running much this week because I&#8217;m out of town for Katie and Steve&#8217;s wedding.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been on my feet, but that&#8217;s not the same thing.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not doing a long run this weekend.\u00a0 And while a weekend of rest is never a bad thing, it makes me nervous.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, when I setup my marathon training plan, I planned for this week off.\u00a0 I also padded my plan in case long runs went awry.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m nervous.\u00a0 I think it&#8217;s because the race is getting closer.\u00a0 (I touched on this a bit on Monday, but wanted to discuss a bit more.)\u00a0 Next weekend, I have a 15 mile run, and the distances ramp up from there (following a modified Higdon plan).\u00a0 Prior to this, I&#8217;ve been focusing on other milestones.\u00a0 Vacations.\u00a0 Weddings.\u00a0 Other, shorter races.\u00a0 But now, the next big thing on my list seems to be the marathon.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, I&#8217;ve got the Philly Half in there, but that seems like nothing, since it will be a stepback week between a 16 mile run and an 18 mile run.<\/p>\n<p>16 miles.\u00a0 18 miles.\u00a0 All distances I&#8217;ve never covered before.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m not sure if I&#8217;m going to be training alone or with others.\u00a0 It just sort of depends on schedules.\u00a0 And I like both.\u00a0 If I train with others, I have company.\u00a0 If I train alone, I can choose my own pace (and I can run from my house rather than driving to a central point).\u00a0 Perks to both.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m nervous.\u00a0 I know that I can do this if I put my mind to it.\u00a0 But it scares me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I haven&#8217;t been running much this week because I&#8217;m out of town for Katie and Steve&#8217;s wedding.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve been on my feet, but that&#8217;s not the same thing.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not doing a long run this weekend.\u00a0 And while a weekend of rest is never a bad thing, it makes me nervous. 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