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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 15

Burning off the Bacon

I am afraid I do not have good news to report. I was unable to run this week. At all. My foot hurt to walk on, so running was just out of the question. It does seem to be improving, but not quickly enough. I tested it out by running...

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Tuesday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 14

Burning off the Bacon

I shifted my training schedule around a good bit this week since I spent the weekend up in New York for Alice’s bridal shower and knew I’d have Monday off to run. I definitely overdid it with the cross training, knowing it would be a lighter week, and my overall...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 13

Burning off the Bacon

I have to say that I’m feeling pretty empowered right now. It’s kind of wild what your body will do if you ask it to. It amazes me that I can ask my body to run 19 miles and it will obey. And that I can get up the next...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 12

Burning off the Bacon

I didn’t really think about running much this week, because honestly 13 miles feels like an off week at this point… nothing to stress out about. Funny how that happens. I remember that from last time around, but part of me didn’t believe it would ever be the case. Also,...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 11

Burning off the Bacon

My total milage for this week was terrible, but for good reason. I’m surprised I even put in what I did with the Inauguration festivities (partying with Lady Gaga or getting up early to run 8 miles, you tell me?) and the subsequent recovery. I think I literally bruised the balls...

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Tuesday Afternoon Marathon Meet-Up: Week 10

Burning off the Bacon

Don’t worry. I haven’t given up. This post is simply delayed due to the long weekend and all of the Inaugural festivities (YAY!). Anyways. I continue to struggle with long runs, but I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s almost entirely mental. Last weekend, I drank myself silly, had no...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 9

I gave myself written permission to slack last week, and to some extent, I did. But it wasn’t just wine or laziness that prompted a few skipped runs. I experienced a familiar, stabbing knee pain during Tuesday’s run and figured I’d better not mess with it. By Sunday, things seemed...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 8

Various Other Ramblings

Training for your first marathon is exciting. Every long run is a milestone. You’re running longer than you’ve ever run before and the sense of accomplishment overpowers the pain. Training for your second marathon is just a huge pain in the ass. You’re forgoing things you’d really like to be...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 6

Burning off the Bacon

We had to shift things around this week to accommodate holiday travel, but overall we had a good week, running more than our scheduled milage. I also discovered that apparently I’ve been carb-loading the wrong way all these years. Turns out large quantities of beer and Pizza...

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Monday Morning Marathon Meet-Up: Week 5

Burning off the Bacon

I’m not really enjoying marathon training this time around. I remember last time, after my long runs, I’d get insane runner’s high. I would be downright giddy the day after. Perhaps I’m just not to that milage yet. But regardless, training feels harder this time around. I feel slow and out...

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