Twenty Miles During General Conference

After running 15 miles, I tapered down a little the next week. I ran 10 on Tuesday (1:19), none on Thursday, and 5 on Saturday. Then this last week I picked it up again. I ran 10 on Tuesday, 10 on Thursday (1:18--my fastest time yet), and then 20 today. When I got up to go running this morning it was pouring snow! So I went to the fitness center and ran on the treadmill. LDS General Conference was on the TVs, so I had that to distract me for the last two hours of my three-hour run. I ran the first 14 miles at 7 mph and the last 6 at 6 mph. It felt good to run on the smooth, soft surface of the treadmill, and at about mile 16 Elder Uchtdorf started talking about enduring to the end! Good timing, huh? I'm not gonna lie, though. My legs are ACHING by the end of 20 miles. I walked for a while to cool down, stretched, took an ice bath, a couple ibuprofen, ate, and put my feet up to watch the afternoon session of conference while rotating an ice pack on sore spots. I'm feeling surprisingly good now--much better than I ever have after such a long run.