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Have you deciphered the code? No! it has nothing to do with Kevin Spacey and Brad Pitt. The title aptly describes the number of miles I ran yesterday. Nuts right. Whats more, it is only slightly more than a quarter than what I will be running come May. I suppose that is why I train.

Now I read somewhere (a phrase that I will probably be saying a lot) that you should do long runs a minute slower than marathon pace. I have a hard time doing that, seeing as how I don't know what my marathon pace will be yet. So I just ran and ran and ran. If I felt a little tired I slowed down, if the mood struck me, I sped up. I channeled the shark mentality... if I stop moving, I die!

Seeing as how I haven't run 7 miles in a good few years, I am quite sore today. I did not realize how sore. I mean, how do my thumbs get sore or my elbows! Seriously, it is odd. And the night after I hungered. They could have done a TLC special on me. The runner who is full and hungry at the same time.

I did feel good to know that I can physically move more than 2 miles at any given time. Also, that the treadmill seems to be paying off which is good because if the weather turned I will be back inside. I will be hitting the treadmill today on account of the rain. Apparently the day after a long run you need a "recovery day." What I learned was recovery means running more to combat soreness. You know what else I read combats soreness... SCOTCH! Sigh! The scotch will have to wait until after May 2nd. Talk about sacrifice.