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| A few, not all, of my Run Disney race medals |
I am not sure when I became this person, as it has happened subtly over these past almost 6 years of running, but yesterday, as I was having some minor surgery, almost every post-op question I had revolved around running.
“So I’m OK to run Monday, right?”
“Well, if you feel like it but take it easy. Blahblahblah 3 Advil every 4 hours, may have some discomfort blahblahblah so you’ve got all that?”
“I’m sorry, you said I COULD run Monday, right? Because that’s when I start my training for a marathon.”
“blahblahblahblah at some point we need to address your prolapsed uterus blahblablah and you’ve met your deductible so now might be a good time blahblahblah”
“Don’t be ridiculous. Didn’t you hear what I just said? I start marathon training Monday. Thanks, Everyone! I enjoyed the IV sedation! Stay classy!”
So yeah, I’m now officially a weirdo.
I’ve been gathering some fun motivational quotes to get me started and I’m going to keep coming back to them to keep me going. Because STARTING a marathon training plan is easy and FINISHING it is easy. It’s all those pesky runs in the middle that can be a tad difficult.
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| 86 Year old who ran the NYCity Marathon and died the next day after a fall. Read the story. Crazy and awesome woman. |
THIS from Hal Higdon’s Marathon Training Plan Novice 2 (which is my jam)
Run slow: For experienced marathoners, I recommend that runners do their long runs anywhere from 30 to 90 seconds or more per mile slower than their marathon pace.
Yes. I have to remember this. I have ended many a long run miserable and wanting to quit the whole thing because I started to past and expected too much for where I was in my training. LISTEN TO THIS ADVICE. It’s a marathon not a sprint is LITERALLY A SAYING because of this thing I’m doing. Slow and steady finished the race.
Then, of course, there are all the motivational quotes and posters. Some of which (like the one directly below) I may need to print out and post by my treadmill.
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I asked for some help with this on FB and one of my favorites was what my friend Nancy posted. Origin unknown:
JUST STICK WITH IT . . what seems hard now will one day be your warmup.
Wow. True that.
I’m also working diligently to just take one run at a time and not get ahead of myself.That’s a good tip for life in general. Jesus even said it, in fact:
“Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow. For tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of it’s own.” Matthew 6:34
So Monday we begin to train so that on Sunday, January 11th, I can run the Walt Disney World Marathon. I will be posting weekly updates just about the marathon training (don’t worry, I’ll sprinkle in enough posts about other stuff to keep it from getting boring) and I hope you’ll be here for the ride. If you’re starting or in a marathon training plan yourself, I’d love to hear from you so we can be in this together! Comment below, subscribe, get on the FB page, follow me on twitter or whatever, and if you’re not in my tribe please find one. Because we can’t do this alone!
Happy Running!
Jen
It is amazing how many runners have struggled with training this summer. It is hard, but we all have to remember that those hard runs make us stronger. Taking each run at a time is a great plan and one I try to use when I am having trouble with training. Good luck and can’t wait to follow you at WDW in January. That marathon is incredible and we both love it!
It’s been a hard summer for sure! I keep reminding myself survive the summer rule the fall! I have to believe we’ll all be stronger for it! Thanks for reading! Hugs!
I love your blog Jennifer!! I have been training for Dallas (ie: White Rock) for 4 weeks now, and I have to say running and IBC have been paramount in keeping my sanity lately. I have a weekly “digest” of sorts…
http://pages.teamintraining.org/ntx/mpcsdlsm14/26forUnclePaul
Tari I LOVE that you’re doing Team in Training! Such a great organization! And one of these years, I’m going to do White Rock. I’ve heard it’s a great race!!