END OF MONTH ONE BABY!!!

Month 1 in the bag.


















This month I logged in 58 miles, hiked for 5 hours, biked for +250 minutes, and used the stairclimber for 15min (why does that machine kick my ass??). I told Talia, my gym buddy and awesome friend, that they should power the lights at the gym with the watts the cardio machines produce at the gym. Green energy anybody?

Life is good. It's good to train for a reason. At the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society meeting they reminded us that we may go through a hard mile, but it's way easier than what the patients go through. Word. Hear ya loud and clear, coach. Moving along happily.

Nine miles is the long run next week. Becca and I (nervously) laugh...

Hit my first mental wall today

After doing my run tonight the training paper instructed me to hop on the bike for 25 minutes. Sure. No problem. Except my quads wouldn't work after 5 minutes. The resistance on the bike immediately went from 10 to 7... and so forth. Occasionally I'd look at the girl biking easily next to me and then increase the resistance back up only to feel weak two minutes later.

Freaked out to Cassie, the roomie today. Who reminded me: at least you made it through the workout. Too true. And tomorrow is a new (lighter) day. Thank God.

Weather Forecast for The Second Long Run ...

6am 9°F Feels Like -2°F

9am 13°F Feels Like 3°F

12pm 19°F Feels Like 10°F

3pm 21°F Feels Like 14°F

6pm 20°F Feels Like 12°F

9pm 20°F Feels Like 11°F

Day

Weather.com says that tomorrow, 1/17 when we run at 9 it's going to feel like 3F. Umm, is it too late to call Becca, my awesome training partner, and cry like a baby?? She says we should be thankful for 6 mile runs because it's only going to get longer from here. Soooo true. An hour in 3F can't be THAT bad, right? Last week we ran our 6 miles in 1:02 but I swear the timer on my watch is malfunctioning. Mentioned it to Becca who said "yea, but don't change it!" lol.

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http://pages.teamintraining.org/epa/philtri09/dpinder