Marathon Training, Day 3

DONE!
I hemmed and hawed, and stalled, and lazed, and decided to just git er done. I was afraid that attempting the gym would hinder my getting the run in, making it feel like too much work, so I decided to run outside. There was a nice breeze, how bad could it be?
BAD!
It is 93 degrees out there, dry heat at least, but still crazy hot. I brought a bottle of water with me, and by the time I finished, the water was HOT.
I ran to the beach club, beautiful scenery: kids playing, umbrellas, sparkling water, kayakers, the breeze....wait! Where did the breeze go? UGH! Stretched my achey shin and moved on. I was run/walking at this point, super sweaty, super hot, water warming up, no breeze. Stopped for a few minutes to talk to my friend Cheryl, who agreed it was too hot to run, and tried to convince me to go to the beach.
On to Community Park, and let me tell you: As I passed the turn off for home, I almost took it, but the Park is sometimes breezy so I talked myself into continuing on. No breeze. Not too bad though, a little shady, not as hot.
On towards home after one lap at the park, making it 2.75 miles in 34:12, a 12:30ish pace. Not bad considering all of the walking I did, and day 3 is over! WOOT!
I have both Higdon's and Galloway's plan, and my plan is to attempt Higdon's and settle for Galloway's. Higdon's has one extra day of running per week, so we will see how each week goes!

Good news! I registered for the Hershey Half in October! SO excited, what better place to run than that? Disney may be the happiest place on earth, but Hershey is the yummiest!

Firecracker Five

What a beautiful day for a race!


NOT!
It was muggy and hot when we arrived and it just stopped storming. I got there just in time to get my cute tee and my number and line up.

The sun did come out briefly at the start, and I regretted leaving my sunglasses in the car. The race started, and the clouds moved in and soone it was raining. The rain felt amazing...until it stopped! Then everything got sticky and miserable again!
There were water tables every half mile, which was great. I drank dome and dumped the rest on my neck at every stop.
There were also hills. Lots of them. Everywhere. I was on track to finish in about 57-58 minutes, until the last hill. I had to walk part of it, and then I just couldn't get my groove back. I finally got back to running, when I caught up with a dad and his son. The dad was trying to push the son to finish in under an hour, so I told the boy that he had to stay ahead of me, he didn't want to be beaten by an old lady in a sparkly skirt. That spurred him on, and I slowed a bit to let him finish ahead of me.

Aren't they cute?
I finished on 1:00:20, a nice 12 minute pace (my gps said it was closer to 5.1 miles, making my pace 11:50) which is on track for my 2nd marathon training run. My calves ache and my head hurts, but overall I am mostly happy. And when I crossed the finish line, I got my "bling", which all the ladies were getting <3

Oh, and the cute sparkly skirt? That is a Sparkle Skirt from SparkleSkirts.com, and it was very comfy to run in. It is part of my costume for the Disney Marathon Weekend 5K and I was testing it. I have one in light green as well, for my Tinkerbell costume. The aqua is for Jasmine. Cute, huh?

Marathon Training Started Today!

Where did the time go? 190 days until I am Disney Bound for the marathon weekend! Holy Crap!

Today was the first run, 3.1 miles in a little under 33 minutes. Felt super fabulous to be running again, but I am a little achey now, 8 hours later. Tomorrow is the Firecracker Five in Wall, gonna be a hot one, and I may have to walk some of it, but I am excited to be racing again!
Two mud runs this month as well as some Virtual Races, and next month is the Runyon 5K in YANKEE STADIUM!!!! So psyched for that one!

I also plan to earn my Half Fanatic status this Spring with 3 Halfs in 90 days! I will be running Long Branch Half, Runapalooza, and the Allstate 13.1 in NYC.
Yeah, I am nuts! It's all good!

The Skinny Rules (which I stole from RAD)

Totally want to get this book, and it is now time for me to take a hard look at the rules! I am starting Marathon training tomorrow, and just joined a 31 day ab challenge, so it is time to start eating well again!
I have #1 and 2 totally covered already, ingrained since my WW days! #3 I do most of the time, yay me!
#4 yikes! I need to watch that one!
#5 and 6, no probs but #7? I am training. for a marathon. I eat carbs. before and after lunch. Sorry Bob!
#9 and 10, no probs but #11, I use artificial in my iced tea. Again, sorry Bob. But is in small doses.
#12-20 also got that covered.
All in all, not bad.
AND
I only gained 1.5# on vacation. Not bad considering that i couldn't exercise when I wanted to, due to the high altitude!

Running on Vacation

My family and I are on an RV trip from New Jersey to Yellowstone, Wyoming. After a rough start, leaving 5 hours late, and not sleeping much the first couple days, we finally landed in South Dakota and got a full night's sleep! I went for a quick run yesterday morning before the kids woke up, and the view was amazing!

Unfortunately, we were over 3000 feet up and I live at sea level, so it was a rough 1.9 miles!
After breakfast we were off to Mount Rushmore.

There is a Presidential Trail that brings you all around the park, you get to see all different views of the monument, the Sculptor's Studio, an Indian Village, etc. I am not sure of the distance but there were 250 steps involved. Ouch!



My eating hasn't been fabulous, but I got in almost an hour of exercise yesterday. Next stop, Yellowstone!

Father's Day 5K

Today I ran a 5K in my hometown in memory of a friend who passed after a battle with melanoma. This is the second year they held the race in his honor, and the race itself has passed by my house every year we have lived here! I finally got a chance to run in it!
It was a beautoful day for a race, just a little bit too warm, but otherwise perfect!

The first 5 minutes were rough, my pace was great, but I forgot to use my inhaler and I had to slow down until the pressure in my chest went away. It was a nice flat course, and we passed by my house at the 2ish mile mark.

I started walking at about the 2.5 mile marker but my friend ran up and told me I had tpo run the rest and we crossed the finish together.
It was a great day, I got to see lots of friends I hadn't seen in awhile, and some of my fave race ladies were there.
Next race is the Firecracker 5 (miles) on July 4th. I hope to run between now and then so I finish better!

Virtual 10K Fundraiser

Thanks to the ladies at Bling Whores on Facebook, I have a new fundraiser! Barking Mad About Breast Cancer Virtual 10K! For a $20 entry fee, you run a 10K wherever you want during the month of August (or walk, or crawl, whatever moves you!) and you will get some awesome bling!

Gorgeous, right? Now boys, I know it is very very pink and girlie, but pink is the color of the Breast Cancer Ribbon, and I gave roses out at my first BINGO Fundraiser to all of the Survivors. Perfect, right?

With the $20 you send, I will send $15 to Susan G Komen, and $5 will cover the cost of the medal and defray the cost of shipping. Medals will be shipped out on August 17th. The official date of the "race" is August 16, one month before I run the Philadelphia Rock n Roll Half Maratho to benefit the Susan G Komen Marathon for the Cure.

So get out there! Run, walk, or crawl your 10K (that is *only* 6.2 miles) in August and then wear your bling with pride!

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