Seven Days

"It's long days. I can't see myself doing more than 10-12 miles/day. Which means I will have anywhere from 28-40 to finish on Saturday a.m. I will let you know where I am at Friday mid-morning so you can keep me going. It's worth it, right?" This was my text to Jane when leaving for a week-long work assignment with a 6 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily schedule (Saturday to the following Friday). Jane responded, "Yes!! Don't let The Streak die," followed by emoticons (surprised, running man, running man, shoe).

And this is the running that unfolded (day and start time:distance)...

Sunday 2:53 a.m.: 12.94 miles
Monday 2:54 a.m.: 12.8
Tuesday 3:12 a.m.: 4.38
Wednesday 2:47 a.m.: 15.39
Thursday 3:21 a.m.: 12.68
Thursday 7:16 p.m.: 5.18 (Thursday night provided a 2 hr. window of personal time)
Friday 2:49 a.m.: 9.6
Friday 5:02 a.m.: 1.04
Friday 5:20 a.m.: 5.2 (We had a little extra time Friday morning before starting work)
Saturday 5:22 a.m.: 5.64
Saturday 6:36 a.m.: 5.18
Saturday 7:53 a.m.: 6.16
Saturday 9:19 a.m.: 6.71
Total Distance: 102.9 miles

..."It's worth it right?" Sitting here on the other side thinking about how to run the 20-25 miles to start the 36th consecutive week tomorrow I can honestly tell you, "Yes, keep going." The (above) picture is of the Christopher Newport University bleachers that I purposely ran within the last mile on Friday morning, my last day on this week-long work assignment. I wanted to push my body even harder thinking, "If I fail within these seven days, at least I will have pushed my body to its limit." See you next week.