Day 14 - 10.8 miles

"Night in the city looks pretty to me. Night in city looks fine." - Joni Mitchell

Miles Ran: 40.8 Dollars Raised: $300

That was a surprisingly comfortable 10.8 miles for the most part! (And you have to add the ".8" in there, just like the marathon has that extra ".2") Only around mile 9 or so did my toes, all ten of them, feel like they were going to fall off. I'm sure they will be aching all day tomorrow too. I hadn't done a 10 mile run in a few weeks (never mind 10+) so it felt good to get back out there, and finish under two hours :)

When it comes to the longer runs, SO much of it is mental. I plot out a route that will be visually appealing to me so I will mentally be happy and observant and don't get bored. Then it's just swallowing the fact that, yes, this is going to take a very long time, and you're going to be sore, so just accept it and pace yourself.

Today I went down Commonwealth Ave., over the BU bridge, along the Charles River to the Mass. Ave. bridge, more along the Charles, up through Beacon Hill on Cambridge Street, down Sudbury to Atlantic, down to South Station, all the way up Boylston, back to Mass. Ave., and finally all the way back up Comm. and to my apartment. The Charles was my favorite part, by far. It was almost eerie in a cool way (it was still twilight) with all of the leaves off the trees, barely any runners out, and the cityscape in the background.

Now, to recuperate...