Another personal record for me today with the longest run I’ve ever done (in my life!). I’m getting up into the crazy miles now with a 17 mile run today. It’s hard for me to comprehend these distances! Yet, I keep reaching my goals and surprising even myself with my body’s ability to move for that distance and time. Run prep and run fueling First, I made sure that I had plenty of water with…
Traveling last week and over the weekend really put me behind in my personal pursuits, especially writing for this blog. It took everything I had just to get my runs in and get to work. I also had to feed myself and try to get my nutrition back on track after my traveling munchies. Returning to healthy eating is so hard after throwing caution to the wind and eating anything I felt like. Monday, Day…
Race Day! First and foremost, we made it to the race on time despite the one hour time difference. I’d gotten a great night’s sleep and woke up ready to run after two full days of sitting; first in the car on the way over and the day before just lounging around. Pre race prep Thankfully, we’d learned the day before that the travel trailer does not like my little travel toaster. I set off…
Technically, these two days are rest days before the Run Laughlin Half Marathon on Saturday. However, travel days are so fun, I just had to share. Leaving Southern California We got on the road with the travel trailer about an hour later than planned after grabbing some necessary coffee for the road. We had some excitement on the 215 freeway when the Lamborghini and Ferrari clubs decided to hit the road with the rest of…