Running without Eating

Today was one of those days.

First of all I was tired.  I am napping at 7PM -waking up at 7:30 falling asleep at 11 and getting up at 4.  I'm tired all the time !

Happy St. Patrick's Day by the Way from two musicians on Grafton Street.

Also my food consisted of a protein drink, a slice of cheese, a cookie, and a piece of toast.  A 12:30 meeting meant no meal time.  I thought about ordering food but I thought i might look like a pig eating it.

There were apples -but I hate apples.

It was 79 degrees and 5:30 and still I ran!  3 slow sloggy miles.  But I ran!  Knowing it is all for fun makes it great.

Shadow selfie on my cool down.  It looks like I am wearing a cape.

This was a slow slow run but whatever!!

Inspirational quote of the day.  No lie-this is total truth.

My beautiful Trail

Why is a one hour Time Change so hard?

Happy St. Patrick's Day Eve!  

Nothing says st. Patrick's like Guinness.  I'm not celebrating though because we are going to Ireland next week.  All of us.  For a wedding!  So no training until then.

But i'm still working out.  Today was the gym.  Seriously 5AM gym folks  what is the deal with putting a towel on a machine and wandering around to talk to your friends for 15 minutes.  I've watched you-you are not working out that hard. You are just silly.

Plus they wipe the machines down so much I have wet pants from sitting on the bench after they wipe it down and make puddles

But doctor said get strong.  So it's the weight machines-twice a week.  He said so.

Scene from my trail.  The goats!!!!!!!!  I LOVE THEM

Inspirational running quote of the day.

Workout Song of the Day-Don't be a hater-I love this song

Having Fun with Running Before it All gets Serious

After school runs in the spring are hard.  It's windy.  I've eaten lots of crap all day for sure.  So I'm usually sluggish. But right now it doesn't matter because it's all for fun.

Can you see the wind?  I bet you can!
So I work in a middle school and it's awesome.  I love everything about it.  Thanks to a coworker for announcing that I would be running the New York City Marathon.  I was honored.  I was thrilled.  I had no problem talking about running through my whole town.   It's that serious.  It's on!

I am going to love fruits and vegetables.  I am.  I will.  I swear.

Today's reason for loving marathon training..

Coming home from the long run in the fall and planting my achy feet on the couch and watching football........all Sunday long.

Inspirational quote of the day

Running Song of the Day.  Best Day of My Life.

I love this song because it's so happy.   Plus I saw this band at Rock and Roll San Francisco and they were really really good.

Tomorrow  AM Weights.

Weights and Gym in the morning.

Now let's be clear.  None of what I am doing is marathon training.  It's what I've been doing always and forever and especially since my knee surgery.

My doctor said that I needed to be stronger and I've been working in the weight room long before I was able to run.

This 10K was a huge accomplishment for me.

So I put up with all the gym politics.  Like people who put towels on the weight machines and walk away for 15 minutes.  Drives me crazy.

So I'm focusing on all the things I love about marathon training.   Because I honestly love more than I hate about it.

I love how all my clothes fit great during marathon training.

Starting lines in the middle of the night

Training Song of the Day

Sometimes you have to disco dance your way through

Rainy Day Running At The Gym

Since marathon training doesn't really start until July.  And marathon prep training doesn't start until April.  I didn't feel the need to have to run in the stupid rain today.  Have you heard I hate the rain?  Yes I do.  This practically makes me a criminal in California but I hate it.

So off to the gym I went and I was determined to do a 6 mile run on the treadmill.  The treadmill.   The treadmill.  I did promise myself walk breaks but here's how it looked.

Here are the things that happened on the run.  The Beats lost their bluetooth connection and suddenly Emenem is rapping to the gym.  Stop and fix.

Then the treadmill decided that one hour was enough.  So it stopped.  I had to restart it.  I thought this is a sign that I should use the elliptical.  But I considered those last 6 miles of the Marathon and I kept going.

Today's running Song of the day!

Now to make this week's training schedule.  Bring on the sun!!

Celebrate Folks

One Thing I Love About Marathon Training

Ever since my acceptance into the NYC Marathon my running has been great.  Like I'm flying.  Well like if a penguin was flying because some runners are really a lot faster than me.

Sometimes it's community service day at the trail and I will admit it's a little creepy.

One thing I can't wait for?

Carbs!!!!!  I can't wait for counting the opposite of cutting carbs but EATING carbs.

I hate the starting line-but it's lots of energy.

Today I ran 3 miles.  I loved those miles.  There was a woman running a leg of the course back and forth and I realized she was hill training.  I wonder if I will do hill training.  She really rocked her running outfit too.   I give that girl a 10 and her coach on the bike.  10s for all of you.

Running song of the Day!! Jungle

The Commoner and the Treadmill

My marathon training is in limbo until I get back from the wedding.  So there are lots of thoughts right now about how much I just love running.  I have to keep myself pumped at the prospect of 4 months of training.  More if you count the pre training I'm taking on .

This is a turkey on our trail where I will run my long runs.  He stopped us so that his family could cross the road.  He was brave and strong and now I will not eat turkey.  Here's to all the animals I will see on my trail this summer.

Let's talk about the gym.  This is the year I took it seriously.  Because of my knee I felt like I had to listen to my doctor and learn to be stronger.  

So at the gym there are people who talk to each other-at 5 AM.  There are people who rest a lot and hog machines between sets.  And finally there's the treadmill.  I hate it but I do it even though I feel like I'm falling.

I did that yesterday.  I don't like running in the dark.  It's creepy.

When I get to New York I will bring home lots of devil dogs.

Some New York Inspiration

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