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lately.
Hello Strangers! I swear it feels like I am always thinking about new blog posts to start and then I sit down to start them and I get distracted by reading other peoples blogs…. lose myself in the black hole known as pinterest…. remember that I have a few chapters of school books to read…. hear the dryer go off and think I should fold clothes….. found myself lost in pinterest again…. get distracted watching Payton watch Cinderella…. remember I wanted to make coffee…. think I should put away the dishes…. well, I’m sure you get the idea (and yes that all just happened in the last 2 minutes). But…
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No big deal…
So I’ve been training for the Walt Disney World Marathon for a few months now. I’m starting to get up there in mileage and its exciting and scary all at the same time. I ran 9 miles about a month or so ago and did ok. I tried 11 miles a few weeks back and horribly failed… it was all a problem of nutrition and not having enough fuel, I only got about half way. I was determined to hammer out the 13-miler I had on the schedule this weekend without having a near black out/puking experience. and I did it!!!!! I woke up around 5:45am yesterday… I heard the…
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Fight Like Firefighter 5k
Seeing as I’ve already registered for the Disney Marathon in January I thought it would be smart if I actually ran in a few races before then. And boy am I glad I started with a 5k. I was so nervous/excited. It was a local 5k put on by the Wentzville firefighters. It was a 9am start time, so we got there at 8 to check in and warm up. Right as I was walking to the firehouse it started to rain. and kept raining. there was talk of postponing it, but they decided not to. I was kind of nervous as we lined up. I sheepishly made my way…
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6 weeks in, going strong.
So it was about 6 weeks ago that I first posted about my plans to run the Disney Marathon. I’ve been following the Jeff Galloway plan that Disney put out and I’m very proud of my progress. Usually in things like this I get excited at first and that tapers off and I lose interest. This is different. I’m excited to see how far I can go. At this point I’m not too concerned about my pace, despite the fact its right on the line of the guidelines Disney gives. Most of my runs are around 16 minute paces, but I also have been doing most of my running out…
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pep talk
It’s Monday, in case you didn’t know. I don’t normally “dread” mondays, but this morning I woke up feeling less than good, but not horrible. This icky in-between stage leaves me feeling guilty about postponing my previously scheduled morning run, not doing anything horribly productive yet (and it’s already 11), and watching way too much disney channel. I figured I might feel better about my productivity level (or lack thereof) if I gave myself a little blog pep talk. Nope, not working. I’ve got some homework to do, a sewing project I’d like to work on, a house to clean, laundry to do and a little girl to cuddle. I…
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Journey to a Dream
Apparently I enjoy setting high expectations for myself. I do it over and over again. and I’m at it again. Since high school I have always wanted to be able to run. It always seemed like an unachievable goal for me. I buried myself under books and called myself an intellectual to avoid the world of athletics. oh how i regret that now. It seems like I’ve been able to believe in myself in every other area but athletics. Over the last few years I’ve dabbled here and there in the running world, at the beginning of this year I even built myself up to running 6 miles at a…