I’m officially the mayor of marathon crazy town. Here is how I’m keeping my mind occupied.
Playlist-building.
List making.
Outfit planning.
Weather checking.
(Last speed workout) Running.
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Friday we had temperatures in the 70s. On Saturday, I woke up to temperatures in the 50s and cold rain. Talk about a quick transition to Fall weather! I had 8 miles on my training plan. Tapering + bad weather = no motivation to run. At all. I decided to take Leela for the [...] I’m exactly one week out from my marathon. I have two more runs on the calendar, none of which will make a difference on race day. What will make a difference? My diet. It’s time to eat clean and increase my carb intake. My breakfasts, lunches and snacks will be pretty much the [...] I finally had a successful tempo run this morning. It feels like ages since I’ve been able to say that. My coach told me to do 5 miles, with 3 miles @ 7:48. I set my alarm for 6:05 am and I planned to do the run around my neighborhood. But it was so dark [...] I had my last double digit training run on Saturday – 12 miles to be exact. It was the first long run of this training cycle I was really not looking forward to. I’m sure it has something to do with the taper. Since I’m no longer building up mileage and I feel ready to [...] Fact: I’ve had awesome long runs this training cycle. Fact: I’ve had just as many awful speed work runs the last few weeks. I’ve decided that speed work during marathon training goes something like this. At the beginning your endurance is increasing and speed work is getting easier. Then your runs get longer, [...] Usually I do my long runs Saturday mornings. Meaning usually I am in bed by 10 pm, watching a movie on Friday night. Thankfully I have an awesome husband who helps make sure I’m full of carbs and get enough sleep and is willing to turn in early with me. (Dear Neil – I promise [...] My favorite night-before-a-long-run meal
+ lots of fuel
+a new book on tape
+moderate temperatures = a successful 22 mile run. Like all my runs lately, the first miles start off slow and I finished strong. I was excited because this is the longest [...] As you all know, long weekends are pretty much the best thing on earth. My office is also closing at 3 pm today so the weekend will start early. Here are five things I’m looking forward to this weekend: NOT traveling! As much as I love seeing family and friends, I am a homebody at [...] First off, Matt & Kristen’s wedding was amazing. The scenery was drop dead gorgeous and Hurricane Irene stayed far away. The ceremony was held on this lake in the Alleghany Mountains. We had so much fun celebrating with their families all night. I was very sad when the night ended (even though we kept [...] |
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