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# Confessions and Week 12 training..
- URL: https://kudithipudi.org/confessions-and-week-12-training/
- Published: 2008-09-03T04:23:40.000Z
- Updated: 2008-09-03T04:23:40.000Z
- Description: As most of you saw, I only ran 10 miles in week 11. I was supposed to run 16 miles that Saturday. I ran for 10...
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- Tags: 2008 : Marathon, Running, Sports, Uncategorized, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-08-23 02:32

As most of you saw, I only ran 10 miles in week 11\. I was supposed to run 16 miles that Saturday. I ran for 10 miles and did the one thing that any runner would dread to do.. I stopped, gave up and took a cab back to the starting point. I was exhausted from running in the sun and thought that I would have a sun stroke.. Everyone, I spoke with said that I did the right thing by listening to my body..But long distance running is as much (or more of) a mental challenge as it is a physical one. I felt crappy the whole day when I remembered that I gave up..

That night I was going through my e-mails and read all the encouraging and supportive e-mails, I received from friends and familly when I told them that I was running the marathon this year, to raise money for uneducated and unprivileged kids in India.. I felt that I had a mission to accomplish and that I couldn’t give up on these kids. And did I kick butt this week :).. I woke up at 4 in the morning on Saturday and ran the 16 miles I missed last week. And not only that.. I also increased my speed to an average of 10 min/mile.. Thx guys..

![](http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=bvg&chs=400x200&chtt=Week+12+Training&chdl=Recommended+Miles|Actual+Miles&chco=ff0000,00ff00&chxt=x,y&chxl=0:|Mon|Tue|Wed|Thu|Fri|Sat|Sun|&chd=t:0,4,7,5,0,12,0|0,5.5,7.7,5.4,0,16,0&chds=0,15&chxr=1,0,15&chbh=10 "Week 12 Training..")