April 2012
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March 2012
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MileSlayer: The Science of Running →
mileslayer:
Annual breast cancer marathon helps scientific researchers understand the impact of distance running
When thousands of runners race 26.2 miles through the Beaches every February, they are raising money for breast cancer research.
But, in the past five years, several thousand of them…
“For a sprinter the thrill is going fast, but for a distance runner it is
the...”
– Unknown (via runningxctf)
Long distance rocks (all my love for sprinters, but I’m long distance all the way)
Pizzaaaa
Definitely ate my fair share of pepperoni pizza last night….oooops. Heading to a local meat market and produce market today to try for a healthier week… :D
Going to try only having pizza once every two to three weeks? We’ll see how that goes…
Guess who made awesome decisions this week?! Meeee!
So on wednesday I was supposed to do my 8 miler. That wasn’t going well so I cut it to a 4 miler and hoped the next day would bring better luck. The next day I was also not in the mindset to accomplish that run and called a rest day. Today even after not drinking any water all day (dummbbbb) I tried once again for 8. I had my camelbak...
“Every day you’ve got running shoes on, it’s a good day.”
– Sean Astin, actor (via fortyishathlete)
I (via simplyaimee)
Well my body wants nothing to do with running again today. I think my lunches and general carb intake have been lighter than usual and so my energy level is lower. I am starving right now and the last thing I want is to try for 8 again. A lot of stuff going on with work this week and so I am just mentally exhausted. I might try for it tomorrow and do my long run on Sunday…but I may just skip...
run-fearless asked: even more amazing that you're running a marathon!! my half is may 27th and its an all women's marathon (with chocolate and firefighters lol) It's kinda weird cause I just found your blog but I'm loving it! haha i've always been too scared to have an ice bath too
When your body says no, it means no
You know those days when your body just doesn’t want anything to do with a run? Even with Tylenol in me, my shins and legs were hurtin and my energy level was at an all time low. I decided it best to switch and use up my 4 mile lifeline today and try for the 8 again tomorrow. Every part of me appreciates this decision.
Dear run,
I’ve had a long week, please be kind today for all 8 miles.
Your friend,
Karly
Proud that I had my workday,babysat till 830, and then went for my run.
Long day but proud I still got my 4 miler in! It was so cold today but it wasn’t so bad to run in actually…I haven’t had a bad run in a like 10 days now—I feel like its coming any moment now! I’m surprised my body ran so well tonight since I realized after that I drank only a glass of water...
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Official takeaways from 15 miler
Alright now that I’m calm I am going to quickly jot down a few takeaways from yesterday’s 15 miler.
—Podcasts. Awesome. I listened to runrunlive. each episode was about 45 minutes long so I ended up listening to about 3 podcasts. At the end of the run I listened to music and that helped and was refreshing for once. It was great to listen to other people talk about running in an...
5k to marathon in 366 days
I realized today that on memorial day weekend last year I ran my first 5k in 6 years? And that same day this year, I’ll be running my first marathon. If you don’t think that’s crazy, then you’re crazy.
What a drastic difference a year has made. To think I have (hopefully) 60 or so years ahead of me. I can only hope each year brings something new and as productive as this...
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Cloud 15!
15 MILES. Check!!
I couldn’t be happier right now. That run was awesome and such a big milestone for me as its my longest run yet of my life. 26.2 here I come!
Honkers gonna honk
I always mean to write this post but never get to it. What’s with the honking, people? Now that the warm weather is out, I’m now wearing my extremelyyy flattering spandex shorts that go past my knees. There was a good amount of exaggeration in that “extremely” if you didn’t catch that. So I guess those six inches of skin showing on my leg is pretty attractive, I guess...
Trail running
Yesterday I decided a nice trail run would be great for my 4 miler. I used to love trail running so I thought it might be nice to get back on the trails now that spring is sprouting. But…..
A few notes to remember before I run on trails:
-You must run and plan to be finished running before dusk. Oooops.
-Trail running is much slower than road running and pacing seems almost impossible....
“Champions do not become champions when they win the event, but in the hours,...”
– T. Alan Armstrong (via irunbecauseican)
A perfect run has nothing to do with distance....
You know you've had a good run when...
The next day you are completely content to do nothing and have 0 guilt or anxiety about it. Feeeels good to relax and enjoy my Hal higdon marathon book all night long! :)
Thankkkkk goodness for today’s run. It was a perfect 7 miler and put me at ease for my 15 on saturday.
with a lot of preparation and a good attitude, i got this in the baaag.
Soaking in the sun
Amaaaaazing weather in new england today. High 70s—perfection. I’m glad I got my long run in though yesterday because I’d much rather be running in high 50’s than high 70’s.
Taking the new bike (that I bought in January) out for a spin today! I have no helmet and little balance so this should be interesting. I tried to buy a helmet earlier today to find out they cost...
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Distance over speed
So this week I got a little carried away with my speed. Not that I was going really that fast, but probably at least a minute/mile faster than I expect to do at the marathon.
Hal Higdon’s program only has you do one paced run per week and otherwise everything else is just getting the miles down. I never was quite convinced by this but I was reading a running blog this morning and someone...
marathon tip
I was reading advice from a pace leader for my marathon in May and I thought one item was interesting and might prove beneficial:
“During the marathon: Here’s a tip a close friend and colleague gave me after her first marathon. The night before the race, number your race bib 1-26 and list 26 people that you dedicate each mile to. I did this for my first, and it was really helpful when I got...
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So both Garmins were out of battery for the run tonight so before I went I quickly google mapped a circle I often do and thought it was about 3.8 or so so I went with it—-ended up mapping it again when I got home and saw it was only 3.5—bummer. Oh well.
In any case, that was the best run I’ve had in a loooong time. Did the 3.5 in 35 minutes on the dot which is fairly fast for...
Team Perkis strikes again!
My body has felt like crap all day for several different reasons and I think I’m still going to try for a laid back 4 miler. It’s raw and cooooold out but it’ll be nice to be back in the good ol’ spandex again… I think. Hoping my stomach ache doesn’t manifest into something unmanageable two miles away from hoooome! :)
Also I am signing up tonight for a half...
