I have 90 Virtual Running Buddies! I hope you all are finding something useful in this here blog. I never dreamed I’d have “followers” when I originally started Mom vs. Marathon. I just wanted a new adventure to write about! I just wanted to follow through with something for once and I thought blogging about running toward my marathon dream would help. And it definitely has. I hope I’ve helped some of you, too. Thank you for reading and for the support!
DAY 252
Sunday. Rest. An adorable little boy’s 4th birthday party. Friends. Food. Fun.
DAY 253
Facebook status update on Monday morning: “I’m really glad I’m not out running right now.”
I wrote that while sheets of small ice pellets came down from the sky. The hail was so thick, you couldn’t see through it. I thought about Amanda (5 Miles 2 Empty) because we’d just been talking online about when she was going to be able to get out for her long run. I hoped she hadn’t left yet.
I only had a 3-miler and hills scheduled. Because I failed to get up early, the hills were nixed since I’d be pushing the BOB. Not that I couldn’t do hills with the jogging stroller. I just didn’t want to, okay?
I put T Junior down for a nap, then changed into my running clothes so I could not back out of my workout. I did some chores in my sapphire Mercer Island Half Marathon shirt and gray capris while my son slept and slept.
- A dark and stormy 7-miler at night
- These vitamins are making me sick!
- Friday weigh-in results
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I ran my 5K on Saturday in horrendous wind. The course was essentially a giant loop, but I really only felt the benefits down the stretch, I guess the best time to feel the benefits of the wind.I'd rather run in the rain than the wind. I. Hate. Wind. Kudos for you for knocking out your run in such weather, especially with T Jr.
Way to get it done. I absolutely detest the wind and running in it, well, I try no to :)And that is why I only have black capris. And they cannot be cotton because they show the sweat marks too.
Oh yeah, forgot to react to your today's first entry.It's been great following your blog and I'm so glad I found you and Zoë and Amanda (you crazy northwesterners) on the blog world, and that I actually met you and Zoë! Your blog had a huge influence on my completing my first marathon, and elevating my status as a runner in general. Without you, I wouldn't have felt prepared to run my 18-miler up there and I don't know what I would have done. So a huge thanks for your help and your own support towards my blog.And of course you know I'll be rooting for you come June. It's been a great journey reading about your progress and it will be exciting to see you approach and run your first marathon!
That wind sound rough! I definitely have been known to ignore my screaming and crying children during my runs. No harm done!
I have had some awful wind lately too. LOL at your grey pants being demoted. 🙂
SailorBoy is so full after my workouts because I stuff him full of pretzels, animal crackers, string cheese… hey, whatever works!Keep it up mama!
Crazy weather!That is the worst feeling when you turn into the wind, not having realized how strong it was when it was at your back. Go figure!Way to push through!
Great job getting this run done!
Thanks everyone! And, thanks, LB, for your kind words. Looking back, why didn't Zoe and I run part of your run with you? Duh!
The wind thing an be soooo disheartening. I un near the ocean in the afternoons, and I often forget about the onshores blowing. Makes the run back hard! Yuck! Way to stick with it though. You'll be a better runner because of it.