Here I am.. less than a month away from my second marathon..I'm not in the most positive state of mind lately. I did my last long run which was supposed to be 26 miles..I had to cut it short at 22 and no, I don't plan on trying it again..except for on marathon day that is. I'm kind of bummed that I couldn't make it to the end, but I'm going to try to not let it get me down.

I'm pretty sure I know what went wrong..I'm blaming it on the cat. Yup. It's all this guy's fault..

You see, our cat Geddy (named after the one & only Geddy Lee of Rush) has been sick..you can see from this picture that he's quite large..well all that changed a few weeks ago when we realized he had lost a LOT of weight. He stopped eating and was acting strange. It turned out that he had some type of liver infection and we've spent the last week force feeding him thru a syringe every 4 hours. We've had to force pills down his throat twice a day and we even were giving him fluids thru a needle. We tried everything to save Geddy, but he just didn't respond. So, yesterday was Geddy's last day with us :(

Unfortunately, my 26 mile run took place when all of the Geddy stuff was happening. I wasn't sleeping well and the night before that run was a particularly bad night of sleep for me. Geddy decided to sleep on our bed and we were so worried about him that we let him hog the bed as much as he wanted. I spent most of the night just petting him. I was exhausted by the time morning came.

Plus, the day before (September 11) was my son's birthday and we spent the day going on a mini road trip. I didn't eat well at all that day. I had planned a yummy spaghetti and meatballs dinner (I made the meatballs/sauce myself!) but we ate a late lunch and by the time we got home, none of us were really hungry..poor planning on my part.

So, I'm hoping the best for this marathon, but I'm not feeling real optimistic. I never cut a run short like that..I can always squeeze out a few more miles, but I didn't have it in me that day. I'm really not loving running right now. I went out for a 3 mile run yesterday and felt so exhausted. It wasn't enjoyable at all. Again, I was tired because of the cat ordeal..maybe now that it's behind me, I will start sleeping again.

I don't know if I will run another marathon again..right now, I would say no way, but I know how things change. I'm just looking forward to running without being locked into a plan and just doing what I want..but in the meantime..bring on the taper!! It couldn't have come at a better time..