Crazy when Tired

I do crazy stuff when I'm tired.

Last week was an insanely busy week for me. School started, three birthday parties (one of which was my daughter's), meet the teacher night, a race, baseball game and my parents visiting from out of town. Lots of fun, but enough to seriously wear me down. I woke up Monday morning with a sigh of relief. Hubby off to work, Big Girl on the school bus and just a quiet morning with my little one. TGIM... Thank Goodness It's Monday!

And that wasn't even the crazy part...

• After the hustle and bustle of the week, I managed to run one of my best races ever on Saturday morning. Smashed my 5k PR and am still in shock over the time I ran. If you want the expanded version, race recap is here.

• On Saturday night, we relaxed at the local minor league baseball game, staying late to watch the spectacular fireworks display. I was more exhausted than my kids when we got home. I ended the evening by running into the bathroom door... literally kicking my left foot into the edge of the door. I heard some kind of 'crack' but wasn't sure if it was the bone, a muscle pop or the toenail flying off. Either way, OUCH! And sudden panic for the runner in me...

• Sunday morning I awoke in the 5am hour (again not enough sleep) to meet my girlfriends for a long run. My little toes were painfully throbbing from the previous night's collision. So I did the obvious... I taped my toes together, laced up my shoes and headed out for double digit miles. The first mile was pure pain with every step and I was doubtful on making the long haul. But then it kinda went numb and I ended up with almost 11 miles. It may have been stupid, but I toughed it out. I used Monday to rest and ice the toes. The swelling is down. In my expert diagnosis, I'm pretty sure I didn't break the toe, but instead bruised the tendon. It's healing and will be fine. That's the story and I'm sticking to it.

• I was up late last night (that would be past 10pm for this momma). All day I had been scrolling past Route 66 Marathon's facebook photos releasing their 2012 medals.  I even told myself, "You should unlike their page because it's not gonna happen this year."  But I didn't. And by midnight, I was registered to run 26.5 miles (marathon+detour)... in a mere 11 weeks!  Instead of freaking out this morning, I am super excited and focused.  I've had my eye on this Oklahoma event all year, plus I've been craving the challenge of building endurance. While my fall calendar is booked with half-marathons, the 13.1 lure just doesn't give me the drive and discipline in training that 26.2 does. I have felt like a slacker lately and this is just the kick in the booty that I needed!  Anyone else running Route 66 on November 18?  If you're on the fence... remember price increases in three days. Check out the gorgeous finisher medals here for the 2012 race.  P.S. I have the most awesome husband who practically registered for me after hearing me ramble on and on about this marathon...

So NOW is the time to get CRAZY.... marathon training again! Whoop!