My legs feel great. My toe is nearly healed. The weather is beautiful. But I won’t be out there today. :o( I have a nasty cold. If it were just a stuffy head or sore throat, I’d be out there. But I have the COUGH. You know the one. The cough where, once you start,…
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Feeding my cold
Shoo’s cold has taken hold of my body and I’ve got a head full of snot. All I’ve done today is sit around and eat. Sigh. I did get a bit of a recovery run in this morning. When we left to take Jones to school, I forgot something I needed. I ran back to…
Recuperating is boring
Not a whole lot going on here. I’m eating a lot of junk and sitting on my butt a lot. Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to go for a “recovery” run. It all kind of depends on the cold I’m getting (thanks Shoo) and a very bruised toe. I just updated my sidebar with my…
I earned my "name" today
As of about 1:00 this afternoon, I am truly “MCM Mama”. I did it! And I met all four goals! Finish time: 4:50:14 Lots of details tomorrow, but I’m exhausted now and am heading to bed. (And this post is #100, so it took me exactly 100 posts to train for and complete the marathon…
I earned my “name” today
As of about 1:00 this afternoon, I am truly “MCM Mama”. I did it! And I met all four goals! Finish time: 4:50:14 Lots of details tomorrow, but I’m exhausted now and am heading to bed. (And this post is #100, so it took me exactly 100 posts to train for and complete the marathon…
12 hours from now I’ll be waiting to start
No, I’m not freaking out. No, not really. (OK, maybe) I feel like my fuel belt is packed for a five day trip with the Gu’s, my cell phone, feminine products, and a couple of tissues. I can’t fit much else in, so it’ll have to do LOL. I’m taking all four bottles for the…
Speed, I am Speed
OK, not really, but we watch a lot of Lightning McQueen and NASCAR around here, thanks to Shoo… I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my running plan for the actual race (when I’m not worrying about things I have no control over like the weather). My average pace for my 20 mile runs…
Who knew I could be so busy while tapering
It’s 10:00pm and I am on the computer for the first time today. This morning I picked up my packet, got my (not particularly attractive) t-shirt and checked out the expo. I ended up buying some new shoes ’cause apparently Mizuno is about to come out with a new version of the shoe I wear….
Running to eat or eating to run…
Today’s TIART over at the Runner’s Lounge is “Running and Weight” and that’s a topic that is near and dear to my heart, so I figured I should join in. I’m gonna come clean here. One of the BIG reasons I originally decided to train for a marathon was to lose “the last five pounds”…
Random thoughts while waiting for the marathon
Otherwise known as “bullet pointy goodness” as one of my friends says… I am so rocking this taper. Apparently I am quite good at cutting mileage, without going stir crazy. Who knew? I am also totally rocking the carbo loading. Every meal has involved bread of some sort and chocolate has been a big player…
Eight hill avoidance miles
Today was my last “long” run. (I just love how marathon training makes eight miles seem short LOL). It’s chilly here today, so I kept a pretty good pace to keep warm. I finished in 1:14:53, which is a 9:22 pace. So, why exactly was it a lazy run? Well, as I’ve mentioned before, I…
One of "those" weeks AKA random babbling
This Tuesday was my day to work at Shoo’s preschool, so instead of a blissful five hours to myself, I got to change diapers and clean up messes for 12 2 year olds. (Boy am I glad my kids potty trained early, I so don’t miss the diapers.) Then, today was Jones’ field trip at…