August 19

After attempting cross training at the gym on sore legs and being unsuccessful, I jogged 2 miles - but later - around 7:25. I *thought* it seemed nice out, when I left the gym, but upon the 3/4 of a mile mark I realized...nope...humid again. Though at the gym I chatted with Amy, the new wife to the gym's old fitness director, Anthony, who I used to play basketball with. She's my age and mentioned she'd done ELEVEN marathons. Yes, 11! Aside from the compartment syndrome she experienced that put her in a wheelchair for 6 months (caused by overtraining), she's enjoyed her marathon experiences and is looking to do a marathon in each state. Her best advice: don't warm up, you're going to run 26.2 miles so there's no point in running a warm up but just use the first 3 miles of the race as one.