4/9

Today is the last day of my fourth week of training for a marathon. Have I told you I'm training for a marathon? Probably not. I'm a little afraid of saying it outloud. What if I don't do it. And I haven't actually signed up yet. But I do know the date, and I have printed out the registration form, and I even know the half-marathon I will run two weeks prior, in preparation. I think I can do it. This week I ran 3 miles on Tuesday, 4 on Wednesday, 3 on Thursday and 9 on Saturday. It felt good. Except when it didn't. And when it was over.

Sundays are cross-training days, so instead of running, I'm supposed to do something else for an hour. The past few weeks have been swimming, but today I took Abby roller blading. I forgot how fun that is, and I also forgot that I have no idea how to stop. The first wipe out, we were coming up to a cross street and I started slowing down. I could tell I was going to take a fall, so I steered myself to the side, went down the little ditch and went face first into the grass. I was laughing so hard, mostly because I was embarassed that I did it in front of a gaggle of boy high school track kids running. Someday they'll be old, too. I got up, brushed myself off, and we kept going. Then Abby decided she wanted to take a break on a bench. She made it no problem. As I slowed down and made my way to the bench, I was almost there when my feet went out from under me and I landed, hard, right on my bottom. I think I must have shrunk at least an inch from my vertebrae all being compressed together. I seriously didn't think I was going to be able to get up. But, fortunately, after a minute or two of sitting there, all was better and we kept going. Now, I have a nice huge bruise starting on my right cheek, and I am very sore. But, it was fun, and worth it. I like that Abby's getting big enough to do this stuff with!

I also like that tomorrow, Monday, is a rest day in my training schedule!