The night before...

We're sitting in our hotel room... three miles from the starting line...

We visited the expo earlier, then we ate mountains of pasta. twas marvelous.

We're getting up at 440AM. The race starts at 6.

We're Ready. Get Excited.

Setbacks

Okay, I've fallen behind. 

I've experienced a string of poor luck health wise including a bad UTI that just wouldnt go away and possibly the worst stomach flu I've ever had. So yeah, I'm way behind now. But- there was nothing I could do, so ohhh welllll. 

Now its time to see how bad I want this. The half marathon is in one week, and I haven't ran in two. I figure I have the muscle memory to get me through the first ten miles, after that... its pure will power I guess.

This will be an interesting week. Wish me luck in my pavement smashing endeavors... I'll need it.

PS) Kathleen is owning the training like nobody's business.

PPS) So is Sophie.

So we are officially kicking ass. Its been a while since the last post, but we've been plowing through this training like lotti dotti. The six mile runs feel like the three mile runs used to feel. Its starting to feel like, we may get through this! Also a few weekends ago I watched the Rocky series, and I've been pumped ever since. In fact, I play his training song at the end of every run. Thats right, I'm THAT lame. But hey, whatever gets you across the finish line, right?

Today we ran 11 miles. It was amazing, and HEY that's just two miles short of a half-marathon! Speaking of half-marathons our Palm Beach race is in one month from yesterday. Its going to be awesome-possum so get excited. Anyways, at about the 8 mile mark of my run I got mixed in with runners from a 5k on campus. When I turned to run in a different direction they started yelling YOURE GOING THE WRONG WAYYY! It was kind of annoying but also rather hilarious.

Also, Sophie (my sister) has deided to join in on all this running fun. She's going to do half of the full marathon in Feb. WOOOOT. Since the race is on Feb 15, that means a Valentines Day CARB FEST. I'm already super excited about it. lol

OK so thats about it for updates. Thanks for all your song suggestions, and keep them coming! Let me see, I need a variety of good songs, others with great beats, and then I just need some that make me feel like a badass to be quite honest. Thanks for reading!

gettin harder...

3,5,3,9

So... this week was harder for me. I think the initial "IM GOING TO RUN MARATHON" high is wearing off and the realization of all the really hard work ahead is setting in... and its only the end of week 2.

However, I did experience something new and exciting. It's called a "runner's high." Basically it's extreme euphoria caused by endorphins released by runnnnnning. Yeah, it was nice.

The best advice I have received so far is: just keep running! and we're going to.

9 mile run on saturday. Wish Kathleen and I endurance and luck!

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOT.

One Week Down....

I don't know what to add to Ms. Mary's fabulous intro, except that Team Reciprocal has officially begun kicking ass- and (thanks to Mary) we're going be VERY well hydrated.


Woooooooooooo! I'm excited.

Off we go...

I am going to run a marathon! 

When I look at that sentence words like, "impossible" and "laughable" come to mind. However, I'm determined. Kathleen (my roommate) ran in the Chicago marathon last weekend and when she came home she flat out asked me, "do you want to run a marathon?" And so, we begin...

We are following Hal Higdin's 18 week training schedule. This past week we ran 3 miles, 5 miles, 3 again, then 8 miles on saturday. I was really NERVOUS to even attempt the 8 miles, but it was surprisingly easy. It's all about the playlist... 

Speaking of playlists... if you would like to support Kathleen and I in our training endeavors, you could send us running songs! Running for 5 hours straight might get a little boring, but exciting songs are the key to victory. 

We are running in the Palm Beach half-marathon (13.1 miles) on December 7th, and then the Sarasota Marathon on February 15th (26.2 miles) (eeeeep)!!! 

I have a feeling this is going to be a ridiculously challenging journey. Thanks for reading and stay tuned!