Running My Life

”Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day that says, “I will try again tomorrow.”” -Mary Anne Radmacher

Week 3 of Marathon Training….8.9.10

Ran a lovely 5 miles today (58min). A little slower than I would like but I did that on purpose. (Trying to be slow and steady instead of super fast in the beginning and then burning out.)

I have been doing tons of research lately. What to eat, what to wear, what to drink, what to think about. (I should probably post about each of these separately in depth). :-)

Found some interesting news about marathon training making you gain weight?? This is NOT what I would like to hear. A couple of factors that made sense to me included

1. the more we run, the hungrier we get, the more we eat.
2. the more we run- the more our bodies are USED to burning that amount- so mix it up, cross train, yoga, pilates, swim, etc.

I will be keeping these tips in mind as gaining weight would be very upsetting. Running was the main thing that helped me lose all my extra weight!!

ok- last note. Before my run tonight, I tried the PowerBar Energy Gel Blasts.

They are VERY tasty- I am not a big fan of the GROSS GU gels. I felt good today- 5 miles seemed like a breeze. Wondering if these helped or not. I will compare how I feel with my runs as I continue the plan. (picking the best options for race day.)

http://www.powerbar.com/freesample/ <—— Free Samples Here! :-)

Motivation Monday.

dreambelieveachieve2010:

It’s a new week! 

Time for;
New motivations.
New energy.
New challenges.   
New playlists.
New enthusiasm.

Are You Ready?

Let’s do this!!!

MOTIVATION MONDAY!! Love this!! I am off to go run 5 miles because…its motivation monday, i feel better after, my marathon training plan tells me to, and well, why not??

Running

Running is the only thing that energizes me yet calms me at the very same time.

a glass of wine sounds perfect tonight.

extremely rainy/stormy day here today in orlando, FL. what are yall up to? what do you recommend doing when its stormy?? i wish i could nap- why do i have so much energy? what are you up to?

i hope..

..everyone has a great saturday and a great weekend! cant wait to hear about everything and read about the miles.