He's just good at getting what he wants from my parents. I, on the other hand, have apparently been doing it wrong this whole time by saving up for stuff that I want...
I'm going to ask my parents tonight or tomorrow if they'll just buy me the computer now and if I can pay half of it now and half of it next month.
Also, the 18.3 mile thing was just a run I did as training for the real race. It was really fun, actually, but I did hit a huge wall about 15 miles in. That's generally the point where dehydration really kicks in and I become totally depleted of energy for a while. The last few miles I got some energy back though and was able to power through it.
My shoes also chew up my feet, too, for the long runs so that wasn't very enjoyable. They are racing flats meant more for sprinting and short distances, so I got myself some better shoes yesterday that I'm breaking in now. The run was really fun overall though, but the thought of having to do ~8 miles more than that for the real race is pretty scary.
How's your running going? Did you end up cutting back on the miles or are you just powering through it?