November 17 - "Run faster!"

The two blisters on my big toes from Saturday's run aren't much fun. The perks of running I guess. I went to the gym and did the bike for 15 minutes then was going to jog, but the blisters weren't really having it. I did a bit more than a mile. An older man came up to me and smiled, "Run faster!" I laughed and said "well, I ran 18 miles Saturday so this is as fast as I'm going to go today." (and I was running 6.0 mph - that's not exactly a crawl  is it?) I explained it was more about endurance rather than speed, when training for a marathon. He paused and said ...."oh, you're one of those." And walked away. A few minutes later he was there again and informed me that his daughter had run 19 marathons. I told him I was training for my first, and that I'd gauge if I was up for another 18 marathons after I finish this one....