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1. Wake up early and don't make your bed
3. Race 10 miles through the cherry blossoms (finished in 1:40:19).
4. Stretch and eat a banana and muffin.
5. Jog 5 miles to the arboretum where you see more cherry blossoms:
7. Run 2 miles.
8. Walk 1/2 mile to eat the extra muffin you snagged from the race.
9. Jog 2 miles (don't let that muffin come up).
10. Walk 1/2 mile because you feel like your left hip could actually split in half.
11. Suck up the pain and shuffle/jog/limp your sorry ass home because you're so hungry you could eat your right arm (2 miles).
12. Try to stretch/foam roll your geriatric hip without screaming in pain and worrying your neighbors.
13. Make an enormous amount of chili and cornbread.
Things I learned from this training run that I will change for the full marathon:
1. Don't eat french fries and drink beer the night before.
2. Don't stay up til 11:30 the night before.
3. SPF 90 sunscreen only works if it is sweat-proof.
Oh, and I also had a spa-day with my friend Laura on Saturday. Got my toes done a crazy color:
1. How was your weekend?
2. If you've done a marathon what was the longest run you did before the race?
6 comments:
Great job! One of my good friends interned in DC and is going back next weekend because it's the only time of year she hasn't been and wants to see the Cherry Blossoms!
My weekend was good, really relaxing which is good because next weekend will be crazy with my first half marathon!
breaking it up must have made it much less miserable!! i am jealous of all the cherry blossom recaps i've been seeing, the shirts and medals were awesome! ps. i have run 3 halfs and have failed on ALL to not drink beer the night before. :)
Congratulations on the long run!
Now I'm craving some chili and cornbread...yum
Love your blog!
:)
so excited you are doing Nashville and found my blog! I love meeting new bloggies!
Nashville does have some hills and almost always had some iffy weather, so my biggest tip is to wear throw away clothing for the start line. After that you will be golden just enjoying that you are really and truly running a marathon!!! They do a great job with music, and as long as you have a designated meet up spot post race, that part is all good too
Ok, I can't get over the fact that you strapped the chili in with the seatbelt. It's so practical, but still hilarious.
My weekend went well as a unit. Saturday was a mess, but Sunday was a total redemption.
I haven't run a marathon yet, but I find the various approaches in training intriguing; some only go up to 20 miles, some go to 30+. I personally feel it's better to go over 30, but I haven't done it myself.
Yup, totally ODing on all your old posts since I somehow missed the awesomeness that is your blog and apparently now I need to catch up on my reading =) HILARIOUS. "so hungry I could eat my arm" =) LOVE it =)
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