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 […]
Month: October 2012
worthiness
Wow, I am struck by the opportunity that I have here. It’s amazing that I was at a place of employment where I felt like I was worthless and that everything I did was not appreciated, yet I was just showered with praise in a matter of minutes and the people that did are potentially […]
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 […]
Official training starts tomorrow…
Tomorrow is the official start of my marathon training. I’ll be using Higdon’s novice 1 program. It’s an 18 week program and yes I got the app for it. I’m excited and nervous at the same time. I looked at the calendar and the mileage gets incredibly high. The most I’ve ever run is 14 […]