Day 85 & 86 – Hungover 5 and reluctant 8
By Sarah. Filed in Marathon Training Posts |
After my joyful 2 miler yesterday I decided to meet my old boss (from NJ who was in town on business) for ‘a drink’. Well, I haven’t really gone out/drank since I started running in October and I’ve been really wanting just one night of fun. I got what I asked for. I met my boss and a few brokers at Beantown pub around 7 and had 4 Oktoberests before I even looked at my watch (11:30pm, sweet). It was so great to feel young, and fun, and talk about real estate like I used to. The networking part of my old job (commercial real estate broker) was always a blast, and this was like a flashback into the good ole days. We talked about everything from sports to kids and ended up playing pool until about 12:30 then finally called it quits. It was a ton of fun until 7:30AM the next morning when I was dry-heaving in my bed. I only had 5 beers total, which doesn’t seem like that many over the course of 5 hours, but I was hurting the next day. I think it has a lot to do with not really drinking for several months. The craziest part though, was that I was feeling sick all day, and still ran 5 miles. I ran slow and I wasn’t thrilled to be running, but I ran 5 miles, totally hungover, like it was no big deal! Although I made the five miles without too much trouble, I will be laying low the next few weeks to make sure I’m in top shape on Nov. 22nd!
Tonight I had to run my last long weekday run (next week the longest is 6!) and I just didn’t want to do it. I’m not hungover anymore, but I’m pretty tired, and I hate daylight savings time. It is so dark and miserable by 6PM that I just wanted to curl up into my sheets and sleep. I sucked it up though and made it out the door at 6:30, finishing at about 7:45. The run was fine once I got going – getting out of the apartment is the hardest part. It was a little scary (I’m terrified of the dark and watch way to much law and order svu) but there were a lot of people running and it went by quickly. I had a lot to think about – work, life, etc – so I was pretty entertained for most of it. I also remind myself that ‘I’m running (8) miles, and I can be miserable for all (8) of them or I can deal with it and try to make the best of it. Either way I’m running it, so I might as well make it fun’. That little pep talk really works. Oh, I saw bunnies again tonight! Last time I saw bunnies (if you missed it, my Mom was obsessed with rabbits, even naming our house ‘Rabbit Run’), I was at home in Tolland and it made sense because we live in the woods. Today I saw 2 bunnies chasing each other on the path next to Storrow drive in Cambridge! That doesn’t make a whole lot of sense – there aren’t really woods too close by so I felt like it was a bit of a sign to see them. (I forgot to mention this but when I ran my 17 miler instead of 14 by mistake, I also reached the finish line and it started raining. It was like the universe held out until I was done, it made me smile). When I saw them I was thinking about my mom, and how I am going to try to get a group of her girl friends together for lunch, so I’m taking this as a good sign. The weird thing is that I know my mom as a mother but I didn’t get to be old enough to get to know her as a person/friend. My Dad knows her as a friend and wife, but it is still different then as a girl friend. I’m hoping if I get together with my mom’s friends, they can tell me stories about her as a woman and maybe I’ll feel a little better. Off to bed, hoping to run my 4 tomorrow morning – we’ll see.
Thursday, November 5th 2009 at 9:24 AM
I love hearing stories from my aunts about my mom. I just recently found out that she DRUGGED us kids for long drives and trips. NO JOKE! She taught my aunts to give us a little bit of benadryl to make us sleepy. I guess that’s what she had to do when she took my brother at 5 months by herself from Rome to Saudi Arabia. Anyway, hearing those stories DOES make me feel better.
Another one I heard recently was that my mom once drank a whole bottle of tequila with all the other aunties and friends, and then they danced all night. They were at a ski bar (us kids were back at the hotel) and my mom just told the waitress to leave the whole bottle at the table for them. I never knew she was so fun like that!
Oh, and last story I swear since this is YOUR blog, but I learned recently that it was my parents who gave an anonymous donation for my friend Kelly to go on a school trip with us to Florida. I never knew that.
Anyway, I think getting together with your mom’s friends will be a great idea, and I am sure too that they would love an opportunity to talk about your mom and share a few laughs and tears.
Great job with the training Sarah, I am so proud of you. I feel like this training (and maybe meeting Simon?) has really helped you grow as a woman.
Monday, November 9th 2009 at 11:15 AM
You know what’s interesting about your hungover run, is that when I run hungover it makes the hangover go away within 2-3 miles. I did my 11 miler on Sunday and my hangover was gone by mile 4. It was so BIZARRE, for lack of a better term, but now I know it is the best cure!