A while back you might recall I was debating joining the local gym. I really wanted to because I wanted access to a pool. I’ve always loved to swim, but running has been my main form of exercise for about 12 years now and honestly I can’t think of doing anything different.
Yet while training for [...]
Archive for December, 2007
Swimming: What a Great Stress Reliever
Posted in December 2007, tagged cardio swimming, swim and race, swim and racing, swim and triathlon, swim while training for marathon, swimming for exercise, wimming and running on December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Why I Love to Run
Posted in December 2007, tagged finding place to run in new town, running for exercise, running for traveling, running on vacation on December 26, 2007 | 1 Comment »
There are numerous reasons that I love to run: gets my blood going, calms my mind, enjoy the silence of the early morning, love the way that the body feels purged when it is all over.
But my number one reason for loving running as a form of exercise is this: No matter where I go, [...]
Training Issues
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged marathon running, marathon training schedule, running through grief, strokes suck, training plan for marathon on December 22, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m glad i started marathon training early. In the past five months I’ve had fires, a death and mom’s stroke to contend with. These long Saturday runs are of course important in order to build stamina, but close to impossible when something comes up. I started training a few weeks early and took off one [...]
Running Through the Grief
Posted in December 2007, tagged , death and running, marathon training, miscarriage and running, running and grief, sadness and running on December 20, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
This is not going to be a happy, upbeat post about marathon training.
I’m pissed off.
I started long distance running several years ago, just a few weeks after miscarrying. I thought I was 11 weeks along, was still sick as a dog, and went in for a standard u/s only to find out the baby had [...]
Less than 6 weeks to go now!
Posted in December 2007, Uncategorized, tagged , charting new course while running, eating while running, long runs, toes going numb while running, training for a marathon on December 17, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Saturday morning I completed my 17.5 mile run, and when I got done I thought, only 8.5 to go to finish that race! Funny how four months ago 8.5 was my long run; now I’m happy that 8.5 is all I have left to do the 26.2!
I ran at 5:20 AM after eating half a [...]
Sick and Tired . . . Because I Was Sick, and Tired!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged getting sick while training for a marathon, have a cold running, long runs with a cold, marathon running while sick, marathon training colds, running while sick on December 14, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I never get sick. My immune system is like a brick wall that can handle any hard objects tossed its way. My daughter gets sick, my husband gets sick, my best friend gets sick . . . and I get, well, nothing.
Until I began training for this marathon.
I read in my training book that those [...]
High Miles and Sugar Cravings: They Go Together Like . . .
Posted in December 2007, tagged gel packs and running, hungry all of the time marathon, long distance running and appetite, nutrition and marathon training, sugar and long distance running, sugar and running on December 4, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I can’t stop eating sweets.
Which is weird, because I am NOT a sweet eating person.
That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy my ice cream from time to time, but I’m telling you every night after dinner I reach for the chocolate chip cookies my daughter and I made the other day, and I eat [...]
15 miles-11.2 miles & 9 weeks to go until M-Day!
Posted in December 2007, tagged , 15 miles running, blood sugar levels long distance running, eating after long distance running, eating while running, long distance running, marathon training, pain while running, speed training, toes numb while running on December 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
So yesterday I did my 15 miler. I have to say, I was nervous going in. Not that any runs have been bad. I don’t hit that wall I’ve heard about. I do hate the last three and a half miles, but it is an ugly part of the run , and I think [...]
