breaking boundaries

so funny story:  today my training buddy and i were going for our longest training run this year.  she is training for boston and i am running bayshore marathon.  i usually let her decide the long routes because it is easier for me mentally if i have no idea where we are going for the really long runs.  today the plan was to run 20 miles, so of course, i left the route up to her.  we had fantastic weather and out of character she picked a really scenic route from ann arbor to dexter and back instead of the usual city sidewalks.  i was enjoying the run so much the miles seemed to breeze by.  when we were getting closer to the city on the way back, theresa started looking at her watch pretty frequently.  i told her not to tell me how long we had left thinking that it would just make it harder, so she didn't say anything.  as we arrived in front of my apartment she said, "ok so funny story, we actually just ran 22 miles."  i couldn't believe it!  apparently she was looking at her watch and realizing that we would be over the 20 miles planned, but told her not to tell me anything about the mileage.  sooooo, we both ended up running the longest training runs of our lives. we celebrated with dark chocolate banana protein shakes :)