Mallory Runs. A Lot.

A Tumblr about the day-to-day of my running life. I'm 25, living on the Maryland side of DC area. Currently training for my first marathon: Shamrock Marathon in Virginia Beach, March 2013 My regular tumblr is missemess.tumblr.com

[lukecastellan]

au meme: westeros’s celebs -aka asoiaf characters-  read mean tweets (ps: all tweets are real)

[awkwardsituationist]

novice buddhist monks. photos: 1. mahabodhi temple in bodh gaya, india by rajesh kumar singh; 2. thimpu, bhutan by roberto schmidt; 3. tibet by brian sokol; 4. mandalay, myanmar by bonnie stewart; 5. yangon, myanmar by damir sagolj; 6-7. bago, myanmar by paula bronstein

[animalstalkinginallcaps]

OH SWEET BABY JESUS THERE’S A CENTIPEDE IN THE BATHROOM! OH! OHMYGOD! OHMYGOD IT’S HUGE! PAUL! PAUL COME KILL IT!

[preorder the book]

[ari-abroad]

Recording my story for tonight’s @npratc. #AriShapiroUnderCoats.

[malloryrunner]

This should be a new meme:

#AriShapiroUnderThings

[inthenameofmypanties]

[gracerocky]

[malloryrunner]

There’s a hint of Golightly bubbling up in her. She has a vampy tendency to refer to things as “fabulous” and people as “dahhhling.” Upon appraising a selection of challenging shoes for our photo shoot that day, she remarks blithely, “Me and heels are very good friends.” Later, she adds, “I’m always the person that’s just slightly overdressed,” before breaking into laughter. “Hopefully in a good way!” — Emilia Clarke for OUT Magazine

[iamnevertheone]

[malloryrunner]

Best. Part. of the movie. 

[pedantic-pontificating-bastards]

[gothiccharmschool]

RED PAAAAAAAANDAAAAAAS. Also, the bottom right GIF? I can neither confirm or deny that’s what the mock fights and bickering between the StuntHusband and I resemble. NO COMMENT. 

[buzzfeed]

Macklemore is Aaron Carter grown-up.

[malloryrunner]

Oh GOD--this changes things.

[malloryrunner]

Week 3, Long Run (a bit of a panicky ramble)

Long run may be a slight exaggeration--it was six miles. On a treadmill. Ugh. 

But sometimes you gotta do, what you gotta do, right? 

I kept it easy again, random inclines, around a 9 minute mile pace. It felt glacial but my  knees (yes, both are acting up slightly) felt like they could take it. It was fine this week but next week's long run? Eleven miles. Not sure if I can handle that yet.

Of course, I also had two customers yesterday tell me about how running ruined their knees and now they are lucky they can even ski. Terrifying.

A friend also emailed me today to tell me she wants to either run the marathon or spectate. Which is sooo awesome but also...what if I can't do it?!? I hate this. I hate not knowing from day to day if I can run. And not knowing if my stupid knee can handle eleven freakin' miles when my heart and  my lungs absolutely can. And I slowly feel it all slipping away.

Run: 6.25 miles, 55 minutes

Training Plan: 6 Miles

[malloryrunner]

Love a girl who runs and she will love you back the same way she loves running. You will ask her why she loves running and she’ll answer: Because I can. You will ask her why she loves you and she’ll reply: Because I do.

The Bull Runner » Blog Archive » Date a Girl Who Runs

It's cool, I'm a sap.

[malloryrunner]

Week 3, Friday Swim Session

Okay, yes, I'm back to saying I'm marathon training. Technically not a lie. Technically not 100% accurate either. Mostly since I'm not sure that I can follow all parts of my training plan given the Knee Situation. My knee definitely hurt last night and then this morning but feels a LOT better right now.

Last night I went to a big box sports store and bought myself a swim cap and some new goggles (which I have been typing as googles ALL.DAY.LONG.). It makes me an official swim type person, right? Okay, the cap is mostly for vanity. And the goggles (GOOGLES AGAIN) because my old ones did some severe damage to the skin around my eyes each time I took them off.

So, I felt both official and idiotic at the pool this morning. But still I swam.

Actual: 40ish minutes in the pool, about 30 25meter laps

Plan: 45 Minutes Crosstraining

[malloryrunner]

Mood: Cautiously optimistic.

The wildly inaccurate stats of my first run in a week are above. The treadmill told me I was running a 9:05 pace and went for 3.90 miles so I think that's more accurate than my Nike+ band, to be honest.

It felt...okay? I ran in the New Balance Minimuses and let me tell you, they will let you know when you are messing up. I felt each heelstrike, each time my knees went inwards, each change in footfall.

My knee hurt a bit but nothing unusual. Now it's my right hip flexor that's acting up! I CAN'T WIN.

Tomorrow, I head to the pool so that will give me some extra resting time. 

Training Plan: 3 Miles

Actual: 3.88 Miles

Time: 35 minutes

[liveliferelentlessly]

When you screw up, skip a workout, eat bad foods, or sleep in, it doesn’t make you a bad person. It makes you human. Welcome to the club. There’s like seven billion of us.

Nerd Fitness (via liveliferelentlessly)

Needed this.

(via hijkortney)

[malloryrunner]

Lookie what I got yesterday! I'm hoping one of these shoes will magically cure my knee when I run tomorrow morning. 

[malloryrunner]

on vacation

normal people: omg yes okay i have this week to just relax and not worry about working out

runners: omg yes my runs will be so beautiful here

[conchfritters-deactivated202012]

I am really starting to get excited.  5 days.