This weekend I realized I need more hours of sleep especially since my mileage has increased. Last week my miles added up, 4 Tuesday, 8 Wednesday, (I skipped Thursday..oops), and 16 on Saturday. I took a short nap after my run on Saturday. Then I went and ran some errands with the family. Sunday morning, […]
Marathon Training
This is my journal about my training for my first marathon, the Cow Town in Fort Worth, Texas on February 24, 2013.
Long runs
My long runs are in the double digits now! 10miles the Sat after Thanksgiving then the set back of 7 miles. My last long run was 12 miles. The day before, Friday, i went to the gym and took a bldy works class. That class was a lifting class and it included alot of squats!!! […]
Thanksgiving week recap
Thanksgiving came and went and it was too short. Needless to say it was a fun week. I spent the first part of the week working, (Mon-Wed). My inlaws came on Saturday, the 15th so we had a busy house. The training runs for the week were: 3 Tuesday, 4 Wednesday, 3 Thursday, and 10 […]
First solo long run
Yesterday was the first long run on the training plan. It was a 6 miler, nothing too daunting, yet. I ran them alone, the boys didn’t want to join me on their bikes and I opted not to take the dogs. It was chilly and I realized from winters past I am not a good cold weather […]
One week down
First week of marathon training and let’s see, I’m really tired, stressed, over worked, looking forward to a embarking on something new in the next few weeks, and feeling in between emotionally. It’s hard to explain it. On Tuesday I ran my 3 miles on a treadmill, Wednesday I was supposed to run 3 and […]
Clarity
This morning I woke up, confused as to why I was up so early, “What am I supposed to be doing today?” “Why is it so dark out?” Since I didn’t know, I went back to sleep. 6am my second alarm went off and when I looked at my phone it said, “GET UP AND […]