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Marathon Meetup

My dear Auburn, AL friend @wickedwayneeyes is running MCM this weekend. 

I of course was semi-bummed (but I have a good excuse) that I wouldn’t be in town to cheer her on. About a month ago I realized that since I’m taking tomorrow off work and I knew she was flying in on Friday that maybe we could meet up. 

As fate had it, she lands at 2:15pm tomorrow so I’m picking her up at the airport (DCA, not Dulles where I fly out tomorrow night) and taking her to the expo. My MCM expo was such a blur and I’m sure my Dublin expo will be a blur so I’m excited to accompany her. I may try and pick up a MCM running shirt since aside from my customary marathon visor my only MCM gear is my cotton mock turtleneck shirt they give runners (ick). 

Excited to share some pre-race jitters and catch up!

WIW – Marathon Weigh in

Today: 195.6

Last Week: 195.6

Maintaining….although I did see 194.6 this weekend. Regardless this will be my heaviest marathon weight. 

  • October 2012 – MCM – I weighed ~182
  • March 2012 – LA – I weighed ~178

I don’t know why I’ve been struggling so much to lose the weight (20 lbs) I’ve put on in the last year. I’ve lost 10lbs, but I really want this other 10 off ASAP. I need to mix up my workouts more once this marathon is over. I need insanity and body pump back in my life. I also have plans to do another tri this coming summer, I loved why tri training did to my body. 

Marathon playlist

“Drafting” songs for my playlist. One that I’m certain will make the cut “Pony” by Ginuwine.

I should note that it is my 2nd favorite Ginuwine song, “In those jeans” will always be my favorite.

I will be putting my chosen songs in a specific order, no shuffle on race day!

Doc Follow Up

T needs a follow up Doctor’s appointment. Blood work showed high levels of AST and ALT (usually associated with the liver). 

Color me stressed. His follow up is on Monday. His appt is about the time I should be done with the Marathon so hopefully we can “Tango” (wifi video chat) after. 

I’ve spent too much time on WebMD and the like since he texted me this morning. No clue what it can be, he hasn’t been much of a drinker since his military days, so…

Regardless of what it is I’m glad he’s getting medical attention and hopefully we can treat whatever the problem is. 

Training Day

My marathon training runs this week are number: 67, 68, 69, 70

Have no fear these runs are 2-4 miles a piece.

I only missed 2 training runs this whole 18 weeks of training and I’m actually making up one this week since my marathon isn’t until Monday so I want to keep my legs loose. 

I missed a 3 miler back in July (due to doing an 8 mile hike in it’s place and not wanting to over do it that week). Which I am making up this week in place of a scheduled 2 miler and pushing that 2 miler until the Saturday before the race. 

Then 2 weeks ago I missed a mid-week 10 miler due to Hurricane Joaquin, but I did tack some extra miles onto some runs here and there since then.

Overall I’m really proud of my commitment to training. I’m feeling optimistic that I can do Dublin between 5:04 and 5:27 (my previous 2 marathon times).