It is 11pm as I lay here on our living room couch and stare at this computer screen, pondering the day’s event, my blistered toes throbbing, my shredded muscles aching, my tired head pounding… 13.1 miles. 1 hour and 54 minutes and 30 seconds. An 8 minutes and 45 seconds per mile average. The hardest I have [...]
Posts Tagged ‘miles’
Humbled by a Hill (Or More Like A Lot of Hills)
Posted in Running, tagged 1/2 marathon, breakfast, compete, Garmin, goals, humbled, marathon, miles, race day, running, running hills, training, Women's Running Magazine Women's Half Marathon on 10/12/2010 | 8 Comments »
Marathon Training
Posted in Miss List, Running, tagged blessings, breakfast, discipline, exercise, Garmin, goals, health, marathon, miles, prayer, training on 08/26/2010 | 2 Comments »
Training for a marathon means… …waking up early on Saturday mornings, knowing that the rest of my family will be asleep for three to four more hours…knowing that I could be sleeping three to four more hours too. …sweating. A lot. Often. …being best friends with my Garmin, my ipod and my shoes. …choosing my [...]
Twelve Amazing Miles
Posted in Running, tagged 1/2 marathon, breakfast, discipline, exercise, friendship, Garmin, goals, marathon, miles, running, teammate, training on 08/06/2010 | Leave a Comment »
I watch as the minutes tick by…11:30…11:45…12:00- going to sleep after midnight, crap!…12:10…12:15…all too aware that each minute of talking means one less minute of sleeping. But my husband is important to me and so is this conversation. So I keep talking. And listening… At 12:30 exhaustion envelops us both and we agree we should call it [...]
My 2010 Country Music Marathon Experience
Posted in Running, tagged Country Music Marathon, friendship, Garmin, goals, half marathon, marathon, miles, race day, running, teammate, training on 05/17/2010 | 16 Comments »
It is Tuesday morning. I have just read a facebook post of a friend who is running the Country Music Half Marathon on Saturday morning, four days from now. She is overwhelmed about her upcoming feat for a number of reasons- it is supposed to storm throughout the race, she has not been feeling well for the [...]
