and on the 17th week....

my right nipple hurts like a bastard right now. after 17 blissful weeks of running every saturday long-run in dry weather, which is simply a miracle now that i think about it, today it rained!

not a vicious downpour, more like a slow steady rain. its all good though! but combined with a brisk breeze, 65 degree temp, no sunshine, and being soaked line a drowned rat, it was kind of chilly out there.

so i guess we had a bit of an appearance from the nipple! heh. nothing bloody but i bet if i had run another few miles i would have been darn close to the bloody stage.

i will use the band-aid trick on race day but today was 9 miles which is well within my no-bandaids-needed distance (unless its raining and cold i guess).

i ran the final stretch of the marathon (excluding the last 1.2+ miles). the hills weren't so bad but i'm sure after running 20 miles already, the hills will be more painful. but its nothing like big sur (from what i hear) or any of those other big hilly courses.
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you can see my pace was somewhat steady, around 10:00. i kept saving up for the big crushing hill but it wasn't so bad. on race day i'm sure i will be cursing every incline though.

now i'm gonna rest some.

one week from right now, it'll be the final evening before the big day!