Marathon. Everest Base Camp. Marathon. DONE

I think I may have just completed the most active seven weeks of my life. I ran the Lisbon Marathon, hiked to Everest Base camp and just ran the Dubai Marathon on Friday. I think I was in a daze most of last week, trying to recover from the freezing cold weather and freaking out about the marathon that was only days away. At different points during the Everest trek, I was actually talking to my legs and willing them to keep going. Now, I think they (my legs) are rebelling... they don't want to do anything. The marathon was awesome, I got my best time by nearly 20 minutes, and finished at 3:46. It was way better than what I was hoping for. On Thursday afternoon, I was sitting at work and decided I would look at those pace charts that probably most runners use and just write down where I should be at the 5km, 10km, all the way to the end if I wanted to finish in under 4:00 hours. I didn't really think it would do any good, but it was frustrating to me that I would train with people that could finish marathons under 4:00, but couldn't quite get there myself so I thought I'd try it. Well, needless to say, I probably should have tried that a while ago. The weather was perfect, I felt great and although my knee starting hurting at about 32km, the race felt relatively easy, I usually hit the point in the run where I start thinking about how it's still over an hour to the end, and I'm tired and why did I even sign up for this... that didn't happen this time. It was nice because it started in the dark, so I was pretty confused for the first half an hour or so, then it was an out and back course and by the time you are starting to get bored, you started to see people coming towards you, which is nice and then you're headed back to the start, so it all seemed, well, pretty ok. Some friends who ran a different race that day came and watched at the 28km and it was awesome to see them and then there were some people at the end too, all in all, great day! We went to Barasti for a tuna burger and bloody mary and a bit of sunshine. I loved it! The whole weekend was great. I didn't do much the rest of the day, ordered in drank some wine and then got up early the next day for a massage, sports day at the park and an awesome BBQ at a girfriend's house. I am loving Dubai these days! I have soccer practice tonight and I'm just not so sure my legs are up for it! Running for a bit yesterday was pretty hard, but I'm sure it'll be fine tonight... I'm also wondering if I'll ever get better, I have been sick for nearly four months. At this point I have to make sure I take small bites of food and swallow really fast or I can't breathe. That's convenient.