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This was one of those runs I never really think much about in the context of an entire marathon training cycle. "The run you just don't feel like doing." Yet you go out and get it done. I think it probably strengthens one's mental toughness. It's easy to focus on the significant runs that make up a cycle: long runs, hill workouts, intervals, and tempos. But the cycle is made up of at least as many nondescript runs. The runs where you aren't building speed or stretching endurance. They're the runs where you get time on your feet.

I've been under the weather for the past ~60 hours. It started in Houston and I figured it my be fall allergies. But it has persisted since I've been in Chicago. Maybe it was allergies which turned into a sinus infection. I don't know but I feel pretty lousy. I suppose the latest stretch at work may be catching up to me. I've been in the office every day for the past 5 1/2 weeks except one. That's a pretty good feat considering me office is in Houston and Chicago and the time has been tilted about 40:60. The moving truck just unloaded into our new Chicago place yesterday. Fortunately Paige has handled most of the move out/move in details.

Anyway, 10-miler in the books. Oh and for anyone wondering, wasn't today supposed to be a tempo run? Yes, but last Saturday wasn't but turned into one. So I just swapped the workouts. I made that decision somewhere over the last two miles on Saturday.

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