March 2012
no more doubt..
How many times have I taken my broken, hurting, exhausted body into the hot room and walked out of there feeling 10,000 times better? Too many times to count, that’s how many. Tonight was no exception. My knee feels better. And I see another yoga class in my future before this race on Saturday.
Thank you Boss. Pain does kill the pain.
@delarunnergirl
delarunnergirl85 replied to your post: Everything I need to know I learned from marathon training.
I want to add “Don’t sing along loudly to the music playing in your ears.” cuz someone did that during my last race and it was horrible.
I have a huge pet peeve about people who carry their iphones like little mini stereos in races so their music is audible to everyone running around them. ...
February 2012
I love my knee, I love my knee, I love my knee..
And it’s not going to hurt on Saturday.
(sigh)
@1lbatatime-1dayatatime
1lbatatime-1dayatatime replied to your post: Everything I need to know I learned from marathon training.
I read all of your posts! You should write a book! Or at least try to freelance some as “articles” !!!
You’re so sweet! I had considered tossing myself into the world of the mommy-blogger-writers. But I fear the instant shot to fame would inflate my ego so much, I’d quit...
Everything I need to know I learned from marathon...
It’s been a wild 18 (or so) weeks of training for this blasted thing.. So here are some of the finer points of my experience. Please note some of these are in jest, so you know.. have a sense of humor.
White is never, EVER a good color on your upper body OR LOWER BODY.. during a run. Socks and hats are the only exceptions.. This usually includes white bras.
Hats are always good.
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Weigh in Wednesday
We must have the same scale. :)
brooksylite:
Hopped on the scale this morning and this is what it said.
Eff the scale. Do the work. Enjoy the process.
@crouchtouchpause
The solution is simple.
One must do Zumba WEARING InnoV8’s.
With the tassles on the side, obvs.
Getting it done...
Every so often you have to have a week, or at least a few days, where you kick maximum ass and get a lot of shit done. Today was that day for me. Today I:
Ran my 3 miles Fed the kids lunch Showered, ate my own lunch Worked on the laundry Organized cabinets in the kitchen Picked up my bike den Cleaned off the desk Did homeschool Folded clothes Cleaned the kitchen Did more homeschool Made phone...
Truth??
I’m eating a healthy/protein heavy salad for lunch cuz I intend to eat my body weight in Mexican food tonight.
Yep yep.
I got on the scale this morning..
All it said was “BADASS”
Just sayin…
Good morning from the funny farm.
So much to do today and here I am wasting time on the internet!
I’ve got an easy 3 on the schedule for Week 18, Day 3 of Marathon training. This is my second to last run before the race. I don’t even know if I remember how to run JUST three miles. The weather looks iffy so they might be dreadmill miles. Goodie! (no)
Anyway, I’ve got oodles to do after the run and an...
“It takes courage and intelligence, you know, to do the stages of Yoga right, and...”
– -Bikram Choudhury
How did I get here??
If I look back to 2008, the year I tipped the scale at 290 pounds, it seems a far stretch that I’d ever be staring a marathon in the face. I would not have understood back then the woman I’d be today. And I would not have understood all the hard work and sacrifice and pain it was going to take to get here.
My marathon is sitting ahead of me. The work is done, and I’m ready...
Here is the content of the inside of my brain.
MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. MarathonMarathonFOURDAYS.. ...
New shoes, hot yoga, new eyes, and tuna salad.
Kinda.. in that order.
Today was a CRAZY Monday. Most of my Mondays are. But I had a particularly long to-do list today. It started with a 4 miler that honestly, was one of my best runs to date. I just felt sooooo good. If you recall, I got some new Newts last week and this is my second run in them. These are Gravity Racers and they feel like a dream. I plan to run tomorrow and Wednesday...
I promise
Later today I will post real content and not just Instagrams.
I promise.
Race week begins.
About five days til the big Marathon on Saturday. These are the last few, precious days of taper and I feel pretty happy. Today I need to run 4 and I am hoping to get in a yoga class. Mentally I feel like I’m in a pretty good place. I had fun last night with my girlfriends (we celebrated my birthday a week late). I’ve even been sleeping really well. My goals this week are to eat...
WatchDave made this.
I got a lot of awesome things for my birthday..
A Half Marathon medal A pedicure Some new Lululemon
But the best thing I got.. was the gift I gave myself.. a housekeeper coming to clean my house on Friday.
WIN.