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April 26th: My first 22 miler ever!!

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Saturday I did my very first long ride on my bike!  The furthest I had ever gone up until this point was the leisurely (but very scenic) 13 mile course we did in the Everglades a few weeks ago.  I don’t really consider that a true 13 miles because it was very stop and go and not at all a straight shot like this Saturday’s 22 miles were.

I was worried that I would be embarrassingly and annoyingly slow or that I would just zonk out towards the end but I surprised myself.  I held my own pretty well, especially considering it was my first legit intro to the road.  At one point we were averaging 19/20 mph… Unfortunately that was not the average pace of the entire ride but, my goal is to be able to maintain that pace.  Slowly but surely I’ll get there.
Our turn around point was the lovely Lake Worth Pier where we got to stop for a second and enjoy a view of the ocean and the bluest sky ever.  When we got back, Casey treated me to a very romantic brunch and we toasted the occasion with mimosas.  I did it!  And not only did I survive, I had a blast!
Brunch was followed by a trip to the ocean, a walk through an art festival and then a very well deserved nap.  The combination of exercise and heat really did us in!  Could not have asked for a better Saturday.

April 24th: Change of weeknight route!

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stronger

I am happy to say that I have changed my route for 2 out of my 3 runs this week.  Rather than go the same 3 mile loop around my vicinity, I have done two 5 +/- mile runs along completely different routes.

Tonight’s run was south on A1A ending at a peer where we stretched and took a little walk to enjoy the view before heading back to our cars.  When we got back, we took off our shoes and cooled off our tootsies in the ocean before driving home.

While today was not one of my best runs, I must say that I feel myself getting stronger.  In general, I’m running faster, feeling stronger while running and becoming an all around better athlete.  This summer’s training is going to be insane!  I plan on running in the mornings when I feel most energized and get stronger through cross training day by day.

Summer vacation could not come fast enough!!!

I Kept Going…

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I don’t know if I have a cramp or a pulled muscle in my left calf but it HURRRRTTSS…

It started hurting the minute I started running this evening.  I stretched and pulled through the pain to keep running because I was doing well and was feeling great otherwise.  Although I was happy to have kept going, I’m wondering if it was kind of a stupid move because, to be honest, it now hurts me more.  I better not be in too much pain to enjoy my long run this Sunday!  Either way, I’ll still keep going during that run too… I’ll rest from running until then.

This evening I drank coconut water for the potassium and took Magnesium in case its a cramp and have massaged it and put on some Biofreeze and took a Turmeric for the inflammation…  Wish me luck :-/

Getting Pumped

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look like running

 

When preparing for any race, I train both physically AND mentally.

I try to catch myself when I start irrationally panicking about a pain in a joint or muscle (I seriously have a mini melt-down about some sort of imagined knee or hip pain the week before every race, lol), I try to encourage myself to push a little further and I try envision myself running powerfully….

Who care’s what I really look like!?  In my mind I’m AMAZING!

Long runs! Missed mine last weekend. Excited for this Saturday.

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Long runs! Missed mine last weekend. Excited for this Saturday.