Looking back, looking ahead W4/W3

Welcome to a truly special edition of Looking Back, Looking Ahead! (And by "truly special" I mean "two days late.")

I am feeling much better today, and I am happy to report that a) Quincy went for a long walk this morning and seemed perky and happy and b) Tika did not attempt to turn herself into a black-and-white roadkill pancake. These are all Very Good Things.

Also, I will soon be the proud owner of my very own blue thera-band! My Pilates teacher said I should measure from the ground to the top of my hand stretched over my head to determine how long a band I needed. (The answer is 6'4" if anyone was wondering.) She said that there were medical supply stores that would cut it to order for you off a big roll. I had to phone around a bit to find one, and then they had just run out of the blue band, but the helpful saleslady said they would be getting more in tomorrow, so I will be taking a short field trip out there tomorrow afternoon. I've been resisting the "get equipment" thing and trying to keep it simple, but the band is very useful for stretching. And we could all use a little more stretching, right?

On to the report card. Here's what I was supposed to do last week:
What was I supposed to do in Week 4? Did I do it?

• Tuesday: 5 miles YES!
• Wednesday: CROSS-TRAIN (I have a private Pilates lesson scheduled--man, am I pumped!) YES!
  
• Thursday: 8 miles YES!
  
• Friday: CROSS-TRAIN NOPE (I think I was sore and didn't want to push it)
  
• Saturday: 10 mile race (EEEEEEEE!!) YES! (I was AWESOME!)
  
• Sunday: 5 miles NOPE (Sore, sore, sore--maybe I should have tried at least 2 or 3 miles to loosen up, but it just didn't happen)
  

I still managed 23 miles in three runs! And as I noted day before yesterday, it's all downhill from here--we are starting to taper back for the race at this point.

What my schedule for Week 3?

• Tuesday: 5 miles
• Wednesday: CROSS-TRAIN
  
• Thursday: 8 miles
  
• Friday: CROSS-TRAIN
  
• Saturday: 8 miles (Group Run)
  
• Sunday: 4 miles

I've already blown Tuesday since I didn't run yesterday. I don't know if I will be up for 8 miles tomorrow or not. I may just do 5 or 6 instead. We'll see.

I hope I didn't leave my half-marathon out there in Edgewater Park on Saturday.