One of my goals was to keep this blog current. As evident from the last week...I've been slipping on that goal. BUT! I have not been slipping on my running! I managed to complete all my runs including the one on turkey day AND the Saturday after!
I meant to write on here on Thanksgiving day, but of course ran out of time. Thanksgiving morning I woke up at 7am and went for my run. I was at my boyfriend's parents' house and his mom decided to go with me. That was great because I had someone with me to endure the early run and to guide me around the neighborhood. It was windy out and at one point we were running uphill with the wind pushing against us, that was so hard I was literally laughing. Thanksgiving was great and this year I found myself genuinely thankful for my health, I know how important that is and I don't want to take it for granted --- so run a marathon!
Everything has been great the last week and a half. Our last group training we did 5 miles. We started at the Rose Bowl and connected to Hahamonga Park then ran back. I felt pretty good, but felt my energy draining at the very end... possibly the turkey? I might need to start carrying energy food or gel as we start to add more mileage. Runs during the week have been good too, but it's getting COLD!!! I had to buy more running clothes so I wouldn't freeze... Black friday I took advantage of the running gear on sale. I've also finally gotten a hydration belt and have been running with it to get used to it. Kind of odd, still not sure if I like it. Overall my body is holding up pretty well. We've been doing injury prevention cross training on Wednesdays and I'm getting better at making sure my body is warmed up before I go running. I do need to stretch more though, the other day I got out of bed and almost toppled over because my calves were so tight.
My biggest news is that I will be running my very first 5K (and very first race) in ten days! I will be running in the Santa Monica - Venice Christmas Run http://www.christmasrun.com/ I'm a little nervous only because it's my first race. I find it funny that I'm not nervous about the distance anymore - yay me!
In other news, my fundraising doubled in the last week. THANK YOU EVERYONE! That was an awesome Thanksgiving surprise.
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Hey Melody - one other hydration system to check out is the Body Bottle. It is a water bottle that straps to your arm and is more comfortable than water bottle belts. Runners get a 20% discount at bodybottle.com
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