For the past 8 years, I have either not worked, or worked part time. If my job comes through, I will for the first time be working full time and training for a marathon. This is going to be a shock for me- both the working 8 + hours a day, and fitting in my run.
I'm a teacher, and for my marathon training time I have been working as a substitute. I never worked more than 4 days a week, and I could work my running around my teaching.
But if all works out for my new job, I will be working full time while continuing to train for the Chicago marathon which is 50 days away. I already have a conflict with my 18 mile run scheduled for today. I have a 7:30 a.m. meeting so I had to switch my Saturday and Sunday running schedules. This morning I have to run at 6 a.m. , in the dark, to get my run in while it is still cooler than 90 degrees.
Tomorrow I have to run 18 miles by myself. Monday, I will have to run early again, and Tuesday (hopefully my first day) I'm not sure how I will do it. I'm going to have to either run early in the dark, run late in the heat, or run bored to death on the treadmill. I guess I am going to have to get tough and join the real world. I've had it easy for the past year training, but now I'm not going to have the luxury of a convenient run. It will get easier when the temperatures drop. Afternoon and evening running will be an option. But for now, it is squeeze the runs in before work. I'm impressed with all the people who have been doing this all along.
Running by the moonlight,
TVW
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