A lot of people have been asking me 'how's marathon training going?' the answer is GREAT! Well... I still have some stuff to bitch about! Starting with this blasted HEAT. Grrr. I would be running sooo much more if it weren't for the heat. I would be waking up early to run too but the hubs has been driving so much and gone so early that I can't. So my only time for running is in the afternoon just before getting the kids. This equals the hottest part of the day! And with heat indicies of 115+ this ain't happening. Last week, week 13 of running, I had 3/5/3/9 on my training schedule. I ran 3 miles on Monday in the gym. And then I did 6 on Thursday at the gym. Both treadmill runs sucked. I seriously cant' stand that thing. Doing 6 miles was sheer agony. It's so freakin' boring! I hate not getting my LR's in especially. I even got Amber to let me tag along that morning for the 9mile LR starting at 5:15am. But there was a thunderstorm. Which took me to the stupid treadmill. So lets just say last week was a craptastic week for marathon training! Totally took the wind out of my sails.
Yesterday, Monday, I decided come hell or high water I was running outside. Well guess WHAT!!!! that sucked TOO. It was soooo sooo sooo hot I can't even explain. My muscles were hard as rocks. I couldn't breathe either. I only did 3 and walked from 2.25 - 2.75. I'm not sure what I'm going to do today. It's another hot day of course. I'm leaning towards going outside and giving hot running another try! Why? Because maybe I can train my body to get used to it! Is that dumb? But I'm running today regardless. If I leave work and decide it's too hot I will just take my sorry ass to the gym again and takle that bastard treadmill.
THIS WEEKS LONG RUN WILL ROCK THOUGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Mark my mother f*cking words! I'm going to make it rock if it's the last damn thing I do! I need a good LR to feel like running a marathon isn't totally unatainable. I've already warned my boss (aka my mother in law) that I'll be arriving late thursday morning for work! Why? Because I'm running 14 miles on the mopac trail! THAT'S RIGHT, I SAID FOURTEEN! I've never ever run fourteen miles. That's far. I'm excited though. I will be making a GU run today to make sure I'm prepared. So 7:30a on Thursday it better not effing rain!
Saturday I am running in a 'Warrior Dash' race! (this is why I'm running my LR thursday - so my legs will hopefully be willing to move on saturday). I'm excited b/c I'm running w/ a bunch of friends and it has obsticles and anyone who completes the race w/o dying gets a Viking helmet!!!! Oh, I can't wait! It's only a 5k but it should be pretty brutal! I'm excited to challenge myself via fire pits and mud pits and other kinds of icky pits.
My shoes got exchanged for new one's last week! Yes they were 'new' but they were not working for me! Which was a bummer. but after the first few runs in them I was really noticing my feet were killing me. After a few runs of foot pain I noticed my ancles were starting to hurt. After a few days of foot & ancle pain I noticed my knees were sore. So I said this has to stop. I took them back to the Lincoln Running Co where I got them w/ the same box, reciept & everything and I'm happy to say they gave me an even exchange! I was kind of surprised but pleasantly so. running shoes are expensive as hell! So I was worried I'd be shelling out more money but I didn't have to. I tried on three other types of shoes and found one I wanted to try (and had heard from other runners that these shoes rule) and they were the same price as the Ravenna's so they let me take them! So far... so good!!! I hope they take me to Des Moines on Oct 16th!
Running song of the week: Beyonce - Naughty Girl (yeah, that's right!) haha.
And lastly I've horded a lot of running quotes lately. On FB recently some running co had a status for people to post their favorite motivational running quote. I copy/paisted those quotes like a mad woman! I got a boat load of good quotes! So I'd like to share a few of my favorites. These are helping me stay motivated through the HEAT!
"One day I won't be able to do this, today is not that day..."
"When your feet get tired, run with your heart." -Julie Tyson Westcott, Founder of Cures Rock
(this is a big favorite of mine-)
"When you’re running, your biggest challenge isn’t someone else. It’s the ache in your lungs and the burning in your legs, and the voice inside you that yells ‘CAN’T”, but you don’t listen. You just push harder. And then you hear the voice whisper ‘can’. And you discover that the person you thought you were is no match for the one you really are." -unknown
"Chuck Norris never ran a marathon."
Happy running!
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