12-6-13 The Night Before

Apparently my stomach likes to take all the anxiety. I have had a day similar to the day before my half marathon. But add a 4 hour drive in there and you have it. Clark thanks for the feedback, I have been trying to decide what to wear tomorrow, and a gentle reminder is all I needed to cement in my decision. I will be sporting the following gear at this 120+ person marathon: Under Armor Storm beanie, Nike storm fit gloves, Columbia light weight rain jacket, Awesome blue compression socks, base layer tights, a long sleeve base layer, and my trusty orange Adidas running shirt, which has been with me from the beginning. Shoes wise I will be sporting the comfortable blue Torin, since my black Torin are retired from running. I will use a smaller camel bag, with my gel, and waffles in it. It's all packed up and I am getting ready to sleep. I had my marathon dream last night, so does that mean I get to avoid that stress tonight and just sleep... let's pray it does.

I will post tomorrow after I finish with my time and that's about it. I will have a longer post up by the end of Sunday that will be a recap of everything.

Thanks for reading,
Riley

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No Run Today

Today was impacted by a late night last night and no baby sitter this morning. So I didn't make it out to run. I will be doing a 4 run week next week to make up for it. So run Monday, Tuesday, Strength training Wednesday, run Thursday, and run Saturday. Thanks for reading. -Riley

12-2-13 Mental Health Run

Today was one of those runs that I needed to de-junk my brain. The junk builds up almost always when I have a critique at school that doesn't go in the slightest bit favorable. I am frustrated with my art right now. And having a marathon this Saturday doesn't bode well for time. Next week I have 3 big assignments due... AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! Well onto my run recap. It was really short. I counted my cadence, which is around 160 at my long distance running speed. Apparently the ideal is 180. The ideal meaning that the body runs at that speed the best (or something like that). I figured it out by counting the strikes of my right foot over a minute. When I pushed myself to 180 I was going at the pace I did for my run last Thursday. It took the run today to get my head in order. I will be able to keep things in order upstairs a little better. Well thanks for reading, -Riley

More in the Tank

Today I did not want to get out and put in my time. I intended on doing my 20% workout today but ended up just doing my regularly scheduled workout. I did 5 sets of 3 minutes of running and 2 minutes of walking. I could keep my heart rate down more which was excellent, and I still finished with the same distance as the past couple of runs. As I finished my time, I realized I had it in me to go further. But I knew my 30 minutes was up and it was time to stop and go and use the restroom. I pondered having some energy left in the tank for a bit and decided it's better to have that than be completely spent on my day off where I need to get some homework done. I did experience what I used to when I ran years ago, the first mile sucked. I got to the 3/4 mile point and almost went home. My ankles hurt, my legs hurt, and I was tired. But I decided to keep going, and I'm glad I did. Today's run feels good now. It was shortly after the 3/4 mile mark that things started to feel bette

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