tw1nsmom -- That is an AWESOME pace--my walk paces are in the 16-18 range--I tried walking 4 miles on Monday and was over the allowed pace--that was with me starting out running (changed to walking due to wind conditions).
OhMom--ditto on the pacing--excellent--13.22 minute mile
Most impressive
**You know you're a marathoner (or halfsey) when you consider 10 miles (Full) or 5 miles (edited from short to half--b/c I meant half--but was thinking ahead to the end of this sentence--MANY apologies!!!!) to be a SHORT distance.
Sentence with edit should read: You know you're a marathoner (or halfsey) when you consider 10 miles (Full) or 5 miles (Half) to be a SHORT distance.
**You know you're a marathoner (or halfsey) when you can go to a restaurant after your long distance day to chow down BEFORE you showered and WITHOUT deoderant and have no qualms about doing so.
**You know you're a marathoner (or halfsey) when you are willing to consume a product that is named based on description--GU anyone?
**You know you're a marathoner (or halfsey) when you are excited to get a gadget that calculates your pace and distance for you (GPS anyone?)
**You know you're a marathoner (or halfsey) when you think it might be FUN to use your legs to go 26.2 or 13.1 miles when most people use a car to do that.
**You know you're a marathoner (or halfsey) when you can happily and confidently ignore the low carb craze
Boy am I tired...
Did my 16 miler today. Today is the first time where towards the end, my legs felt like lead weights--it was actually more painful to walk than run--so I was more inclined to keep on going at the end.
I did 16 miles in 3 hours 16 minutes--My pacing is about less than a 5 h 30 m marathon---let's hope I can keep this up, it looks like I will beat my signature goal of 6 hours
I feel like my butt has been giving a beating--and someone has been torturing my legs---Our next biggie is 20 miles on December 11th--until then we are alternating 14s and 16s. Next weekend I get a little bit of a "break"--I'm running a half-marathon. That'll be you guys in less than 2 months!!!
Okay--I need to shower--until I started training--I never knew that I could smell soooo bad--I feel so sorry for the other customers when we go to Panera bread
Have a great weekend and Happy Thanksgiving--and for whomever is keeping track--I didn't meet the sweets challenge!!!!
I'm thinking of trying between Thanksgiving and Christmas--except for the long days (a cookie goes a long way to refueling a 1500-2000+ calorie burn!!!!). Anyone game for a new challenge!!! (With long days being the only cheat day--for energy's sake!).
FYI--one of our 16 milers today was able to know (with her handy dandy wrist watch that did it for her) that she burned 1886 calories today
. I'm shorter and weigh less than her--so I figure I must be somewhere in the 1500s. Just imagine all the calories you are burning--what an awesome little tidbit to keep you motivated
I'm planning on carrying a water bottle
and refiling it with the cups at the water stations--My water breaks and Gu breaks don't necessariliy coincide with the stations--I discovered it was nice to have it today even though water is set out by our coaches.
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I tried power bars but they were all disgusting to me. At the last minute I read the back of the kids snack box and realized that the fruit chews had the right amount of sugar carbs and tasted a whole lot better than my other options. I thought the superhero candy was ironically appropriate. My kids think they get special powers when they eat them so...you never know 
hyper: the same time as last week's 14 mile run!!!!) I also think I should get some time credit because my route had me crossing a major busy road twice, a railroad track twice, and a slightly busy road 6 times. Which makes my route sound awful, but if I do this I get to run on a riverside greenway and through the Stones River Civil War Battlefield. It's actually really pretty.
