I did it! Yea!

I did it! I got my long run of 25 miles in! I decided it was more about training my mind than my body so decided to just relax and enjoy the run and the music. I felt great and ran the first 12 1/2 miles in about 2:45. I was very careful to not let me heartrate or my pace get to fast. Last week I think I got a little carried away and ran too hard and got tired and discouraged and I'm sure the fact that I decided to run 10 miles the day before a 25 mile run was not smart. Anyway, what a difference a week makes. I was reading my Ultrarunning book last night and it gave me some thoughts about walking and training and I think it also helped! I'm really surprised that I felt so good out there as the morning started out pretty rough. I didn't sleep well last night cause I woke up thinking about the issues with the new vanity and realized that there might be a problem using the mirror and I got very stressed out. Here I am at 1:00 this morning measuring walls and trying to figure out how best to handle this latest crisis. I wanted to just cry. Somehow I convinced myself that all would be okay and was able to get back to sleep but woke this morning with the same panic sick feeling that comes with making a stupid mistake. I probably would have stayed in bed and cried all day (pretry good coping skills huh?) but the tiler guy was coming to finish the shower so I decided the next best thing to do would be to get out of the house away from the bathroom that is now a thorn in my side. Out I went and voila! All is better. I had a great run and was able to work through the crisis and had a couple of options created in my mind for handling the situation that made me feel that all would be fine. Anyway, I'm pretty sure that we can "fix" the problem.
When I was at my car refueling I noticed a MTC (Mangum Track Club) sticker on a car in the parking lot and wondered if it was anyone I knew and then I realized it was Sarah Jane who I had met at an earlier event. I knocked on her car window and re-introduced myself. She hadn't run yet and ended up doing the second loop with me! How cool was that. She is 63 and is running JFK next week and although she ran about 20 miles at Chicago last month, hasn't run much since. The run walk that we did bolstered her confidence and it certainly helped me. It made the second loop breeze by and was fun getting to know her better. She lives in Southern Pines and hopefully we'll hook up again. She was easy to run with and I really enjoed the company. So what started as a terrible day, ended up being a good one.
When I got home I tried one of my thoughts for the bathroom issue and I think it will work perfectly (well as perfect as can be with an inperfect scenerio) I'm very relieved and will be really relieved after Bob (the carpenter guy) comes and confirms that my idea will work.
Well, I'm home,showered and ready to relax. Frank went to get subs (lunch and dinner) for us and I'm looking forward to some solid food. Yum! It makes it all worthwhile!
All's well that ends well! My motto for the day!