When marathon training gets a bit more intese, the weekends do too. Fridays are fun, but are tinged with a bit of anxiety because I start to think about my big Saturday run.
Luckily Anthony made delicious burgers to wash away all my Friday fears.
“Burgers” is used loosely here — he got really creative and made a Greek-inspired burger (similar to this one) that got even crazier with atypical accompaniments like pita bread, feta cheese, and greek yogurt. 
YUM.
I don’t know why I get nervous before long runs because really, it’s totally fine. You just have to take it one mile at a time. First I ran 10 miles solo along the Capital Crescent trail…
Then headed to Georgetown Running Co. to meet up with the Nike Women’s group.
We did any easy 3 miles through Rock Creek Park, and then I continued on for another 6. Up Beach Drive!
And finally back home. At mile 18.5 my route was made complete:
Good thing I was only half a mile from my own bed or else I would have laid my tired self right down on these mattresses.
For anyone in DC or visiting DC, here is a loose map of my route (starting and ending at the Columbia Heights metro station). I love looking at the map of my run afterwards to see how much of the city I explored.
And there’s still so much more ground to cover. Off to enjoy the rest of my Sunday — I hope you are too 
- Do you get nervous before big training runs?
- What type of burgers do you like — lamb? beef? veggie? turkey?!
- Do you map your runs before/after you run? If so what website or software do you use?
Yes, I get anxious before long runs. I don’t know why either.
I use MapMyRun to map some of my training so I can measure it but I rarely go back to look at them.
The burger you had looks delicious.
thanks! it was delicious! and i guess a bit of nervousness gets your adrenaline going anyways so that’s a good way to look at it!
I did/do get nervous before long runs which I think is why I didn’t train as hard as I probably could have before my last half…and I think its why I backed out of the marathon.
I like tasty burgers.
Beef, turkey, veggie, it doesn’t matter as long as its good!
I used to use MapMyRun before and after a run, but now that I have my Garmin I use Gamin Connect and MMR…because I can.
I love Garmin Connect! But when my battery dies (which is often because I am lazy/forgetful), I use gmap pedometer, which I think is better than map my run.
That beer looked really refreshing being slightly off focus in the background of the yummy burger. Looked chilled and makes me want to grab a cold one right now !