18 quickly followed by $16

the group long run was just OK this week. not spectacular, but overall quite good. the weather cooperated with us, keeping it rather mild for the first couple of hours. the sun only made an appearance on the return trip, and even then we were running in mostly shaded territory.
the reason it wasn't all it could have been was clearly.....me. it was my fault that it wasn't great. see i skipped tuesday's 4 miler, then i cut 2 miles off of wednesday (only going 7 that night), and on thursday i had to stop after two miles because i got sick. so, instead of doing the planned 18 miles, i only managed half that. i'm pretty sure the reason this long run felt less than ideal was the fact that i hadn't kept up my weekly mileage.

not so this week. i am prepared to cast aside all responsibility in order to fit in 19 miles. i'm pretty certain that the 14 miler on saturday will seem much easier and, hopefully, that really long run in a couple of weeks will be improved too.

so why is this post titled "18 quickly followed by $16"? because tc and i managed to put away $16 worth of McDonald's breakfast food after the run. that's two breakfast value meals, each. i am pretty sure that Runner's World says you need a high-fat, high-carb, high-sodium meal after a long run.