Yes - that's right - I did it again this morning! I repeated my route from yesterday and completed another 13.1 miles. That's a full marathon, split into two parts over two days, and it's the first time I've ever done two consecutive runs of that distance.
I guess it was a little more challenging the second time around than the first, because it took me four minutes longer to complete it - 2 hours and 40 minutes today vs. 2 hours and 36 minutes yesterday. And I'm down another pound - which makes sense, since according to my Runkeeper app I've been burning about 1790+ calories per run at that distance, or almost 3600 over two days...and 3500 is what it takes to lose a pound.
Despite all the pounding, my legs and feet feel great, albeit well worked out, but I'm not going to push it any further at this time. I'm giving my running muscles a break tomorrow and am just going to take a bike ride before work. But I'm planning to resume running at the more sane level of three miles a day starting Tuesday and continuing over the next few days and am still well on my way towards earning those Margaritaville Volcano Nachos next weekend! :)
On second thought, I might just attempt another half-marathon next Saturday morning just to make sure...
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