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It's been a while since I've done an update and this weekends events are certainly 'blog worthy'.

Monday was Presidents Day so with a day off I decided to reschedule my long run to Monday morning. I ran 12 miles starting from the north end of Bolsa Chica beach passed the Huntington Beach pier, continuing on to Beach Blvd. It was 6 miles out and 6 miles back. It was my second run starting from Bolsa Chica but my first run was only 10 miles.

I would have to say that I didn't prepare for this run as well as I should have. I got to Bolsa Chica at 8am. After spending the previous week in snowy Louisville, sunscreen was the farthest thing from my mind. My business trip put me a bit behind in training, so I had only run 2 nights the previous week. I started the run feeling that I didn't have much energy and it only got worse as I continued.

Today I have a pretty major sunburn that has had a number of coworkers asking me, "What happened to you." My knees are still very sore, but I'm hiding it pretty well as I walk. The one silver lining that I see from my run this weekend is that I finished it. I had every reason to stop, but I didn't. I still finished my 12 miles.

The long runs will only get harder from this point. I get a new level of respect for what 26 miles will be with each long run.