T-4 days until the fundraiser!!!

Wow, I can't believe my fundraiser is THIS FRIDAY, 8/20, 6-9PM at the Greatest Bar. And the marathon itself is only 1 month away! Crazy!

I hope you are all planning to make it to my event this week. It should be a great time, with lots of awesome raffle and silent auction prizes!

Great run!

After my tough 16 miler last weekend, I was looking forward to my 12 miler this weekend (both because of the shorter distance and I wanted a good long run!). After an amazing bachelorette party on Friday night and an awesome engagement party for my triathlon buddies on Saturday, I definitely had to mentally pump myself up to get out there on Sunday and run - but I did, and it went great. I took it a little slower than I usually do, but go to the end of the 12 miles with both my mind and legs feeling good!

Tough days can be a good thing...

I did my longest run to date on Sunday, 8/8 – 16.4 miles. It was a tough day for me, both mentally and physically. I felt a bit sick to my stomach during the begining of the run, and then just got tired really quickly. Luckily, I managed to keep myself motivated despite those two factors and finished the run. I definitely had to incorporate a little more walking than normal, but I’m happy I made it through.

One thing my coach told me today that helped: He said to look at this tough day as a good thing. The majority of my long runs have gone quite well, and I haven’t had many days where I’ve really struggled before today. He said it was better to have an off day now and know that you can power through and conquer it during training, than to possibly get to the marathon and have an off day and get super frustrated or potentially give up. This way, if for some reason I get to my event feeling less than 100%, I know I can still do it!! Good lesson learned.