The countdown begins!!!!
Taper madness begins! Only 6 days until I officially become a marathoner and get that shiny 26.2 medal :)
I still cannot believe it some days that it is coming, sometimes I have to remind myself it is though. I try not to talk about it that much to people but it does seem inevitable that the topic comes up. It is funny when you tell people you will run a marathon, the most common response: wow I cannot even run a mile. Yep I hear that all the time, yep I couldn't do that last year either I tell them. I was surprised at how many people do not even know how many miles a marathon is too. I guess I have gotten so accostomed to my runner buddies that I forget I live in the real world too ;)
DO you know less than 1% of the population can/will run a marathon? Pretty freaking amazing to the marathoners out there. But it makes me a tad sad to not see more of us out there. Maybe we can increase the number in the years to come. If every marathoner out there got 2 more people to run one, then we could get up to 3%? Wouldn't that be cool? Then those 2 got 2 each, and so on and so on. So my mission now is to get at least 2 runners/beginners to a marathon finish line ;)
I guess I went on a tangent sorry ;) This week's training was a bit boring!
Monday - Recovory from that hilly half, I did weights work and pushups etc for a half hour.
Tuesday- Ran 4 miles in 42 minutes. The run was rought as Tuesdays have become lately.
Wednesday-Ran 6 miles in 52 minutes and felt much better than I did on Tuesday! I felt strong and speedier for sure.
Thursday- I just kept it light and stuck to the elliptical for 5 miles in 39 minutes.
Friday- I got a quick 4 mile treadmill run in after work.
Saturday- glorious rest day :)
Sunday- My last longish run before Philly!! 7 miles in an hour and 3 minutes.
I feel good going into Philly this week :) I feel ready to tackle any obstacle!
You can track runners on the day of the race just head over here :)
Thank you everyone for your support these past weeks have been increadible but not without each of your!@
Taper madness begins! Only 6 days until I officially become a marathoner and get that shiny 26.2 medal :)
I still cannot believe it some days that it is coming, sometimes I have to remind myself it is though. I try not to talk about it that much to people but it does seem inevitable that the topic comes up. It is funny when you tell people you will run a marathon, the most common response: wow I cannot even run a mile. Yep I hear that all the time, yep I couldn't do that last year either I tell them. I was surprised at how many people do not even know how many miles a marathon is too. I guess I have gotten so accostomed to my runner buddies that I forget I live in the real world too ;)
DO you know less than 1% of the population can/will run a marathon? Pretty freaking amazing to the marathoners out there. But it makes me a tad sad to not see more of us out there. Maybe we can increase the number in the years to come. If every marathoner out there got 2 more people to run one, then we could get up to 3%? Wouldn't that be cool? Then those 2 got 2 each, and so on and so on. So my mission now is to get at least 2 runners/beginners to a marathon finish line ;)
I guess I went on a tangent sorry ;) This week's training was a bit boring!
Monday - Recovory from that hilly half, I did weights work and pushups etc for a half hour.
Tuesday- Ran 4 miles in 42 minutes. The run was rought as Tuesdays have become lately.
Wednesday-Ran 6 miles in 52 minutes and felt much better than I did on Tuesday! I felt strong and speedier for sure.
Thursday- I just kept it light and stuck to the elliptical for 5 miles in 39 minutes.
Friday- I got a quick 4 mile treadmill run in after work.
Saturday- glorious rest day :)
Sunday- My last longish run before Philly!! 7 miles in an hour and 3 minutes.
I feel good going into Philly this week :) I feel ready to tackle any obstacle!
You can track runners on the day of the race just head over here :)
Thank you everyone for your support these past weeks have been increadible but not without each of your!@
4 comments:
You are so on track for this! Have a great run! Very exciting!! Enjoy the journey every step of the way.
SO excited for you!!! You've more than earned that shiny 26.2 already, in my eyes anyway. I am so excited to hear how the race goes this weekend!
Con't wait to track you on Sunday!!!
You're going to do great! You are ready!
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