Im attempting the crazy tomorrow

[al320]

Wish me luck

Ive decided that im going to do my 20 miler before work, instead of over the weekend.

Ill wake up at 430, be out of the house by 5, be back by 815 or so, depending on if i hit the train, lights and if i stop to get a powerade at DD. Just in time for my 9am meeting. Im going to work from home.

Oh and its supposed to rain.

[shorewife]

At least you'll be motivated to keep moving since you're on a time schedule!

[mrshandy]

Not crazy! That sounds like a good plan. You can do it! You should have plenty of time to make your meeting as long as you're working from home.

I've done a 14-miler before work one time, I think we left at 4:45. It was crazy, but necessary.

[bluelikejazz]

Just think how accomplished you'll feel when the alarm goes off Saturday morning and you DON'T have to go do your 20 miler

[clseale]

That sounds sort of awesome. It's going to feel amazing to have that done ahead of time, and it will be nice to be working from home after that! Good for you!! You will kick butt.

[taratru]

It's going to feel so good to face the weekend without the long run! Think of all the drinking you can do on Friday night!

[al320]

Apr 30, 2015 9:47:22 GMT -5 taratru said:

It's going to feel so good to face the weekend without the long run! Think of all the drinking you can do on Friday night!

Well, i still have to get up to swim..but i wont be exhausted when i go out drinking saturday night!

[Mushe]

You're a good kind of crazy. It'll feel great to have it done! For my 20 a few weeks ago, I had to leave right after to meet H and DS, so I started really early too. It was awesome to knock it out.

[2doxies]

I love this idea, I may try this in the fall!

[chitownbelle]

you lost me at 4:30 wake up call, but had me at Saturday night drinking
good luck, have a fun and relaxing wknd!

[moreace01]

um, what?

I would probably need a nap after a 20 miler.

I think the most I've done before work is 10 miles. I still had to get up at 4:30 to meet my training group, get home and shower and get to work sorta on time.

good luck!

[Wines Not Whines]

Good luck! I've done distances of up to 14 miles before work. It's much better if you can work from home, so you can get up and stretch however often you want.

[runblondie26]

Sounds like a good plan. I did the longest runs for my "PR marathon" training cycle (basically the only marathon I've ever done proper long runs for, lol), before work on Tuesday or Wednesday mornings. You end up feeling more invigorated for the work day than you expect.

Friday will work out great, though. come home and pour yourself a drink, have anice dinner, and enjy the start of the weeked. You're already done with the hard part. Good luck!

[labbie]

Good luck! It is nice to get the miles out of the way and have a free day on the weekend.

[CallingAllAngels]

Oh, that's badass. It sounds like a good idea though. Good luck.

[juliabug]

Good luck! I bet you will enjoy your weekend a little bit more!

[venice2007]

Apr 30, 2015 9:44:21 GMT -5 clseale said:

That sounds sort of awesome. It's going to feel amazing to have that done ahead of time, and it will be nice to be working from home after that! Good for you!! You will kick butt.

This is exactly what I was thinking. I love when I do a 12-14 miler during the week. A 20 miler would be awesome!

Good luck

[kams]

You're going to feel like the biggest badass ever when you wrap up work on Friday night!

[bostonmichelle]

That's awesome and so badass!

I was considering a 13 mile run next Friday after work but maybe now I'll do it before work.

[ebeth]

Good luck!

Do you work near a grocery store or something? My primary concern would be being ravenous and not having enough food on hand at my desk.

N/m just got to the WFH Part so now I have no concerns about you having enough food on hand

[al320]

Apr 30, 2015 13:35:24 GMT -5 ebeth said:

Good luck!

Do you work near a grocery store or something? My primary concern would be being ravenous and not having enough food on hand at my desk.

N/m just got to the WFH Part so now I have no concerns about you having enough food on hand

Theres never ending food at my office. Ugh. Im so bloated.

But yeah itll be fine at home lol

[thom]

Sounds like a plan to me! Happy running.

[hannahb]

Good luck! I did this one day for kiawah. It was a long day but when people ask if you're tired you get to say "yes, I ran 20 miles this morning". Then they look at you with awe!

[hurricanedrunk]

Sounds like a great trade off for drinking on Saturday night! Good luck and happy running!

[jreeds]

Good luck!

[shauni27]

just seeing this (busy afternoon yesterday) but now I want an update! How did it go??

[clseale]

Checking is on our Friday bad ass! How did it go, al320?

[nichelobe]

Hope you had a great run!

[al320]

May 1, 2015 7:19:10 GMT -5 clseale said:

Checking is on our Friday bad ass! How did it go, al320?

Thanks everyone!

It was good. I was out of the house just before 5 (thats not eaely for me, im usually swimming at 515, but its been hard for me to get up early to run lately for some reason). The first 6 or 7 miles were dark, i sort of forgot i slow down a LOT in the dark, so that ws annoying. Also, i wasnt fully awake. By mile 8 i found my groove and it was fine. I did not, however, anticipate the very long line of high schoolers getting coffee at dunkin donuts where i stop at mile 16 for powerade, so that got me home little later than expected.

So now im home, wearing compression sleeves, about to dial in to my 9am conference call. :)and im SUPER glad that done.

And now taper.

Which is hilrious since this was my second run of the week. This marathon is going to be a disaster!

[venice2007]

You are awesome! Great job!