#chasingboston

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Morning miles and mimosas! . . How in the world did I get so lucky!? @naomi_gal is the greatest!!!! Surprising me with mimosas to celebrate my birthday on our Wednesday morning run! And @cecily_jacobson who is always there to lend a helping hand with anything, but specifically to help with @pretty_penny_puppy! . . I’m grateful every day for these ladies that get it. You get the big, scary goal. You get the self doubt when I’m feeling over trained {or overwhelmed}. You get the big picture and believe in on my wild dreams! So lucky and so grateful to call you friends!!! . . #chasingboston #mimosas #runchat #mrtt #running #goldenretriever #getonyourmarq @getonyourmarq #morningmiles #scarygoals #grateful #lucky (at Reston, Virginia)

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Another 6 miles in the books! We keep the miles easy and ended up descending each, unplanned, but perfect for a recovery weekend! . . @naomi_gal and I have been talking a lot about our goals - as you may have guessed - we’re {nervously} chasing that BQ! It’s so close, but so far away! Anything can happen during a marathon, even more can happen during a training cycle... but we’re putting it out there - BQ is the goal is October. 3:40 is the time to beat, but with Boston getting more popular, we’ve got to aim for something a little faster. That’s scary. It’s faster that we’ve ever run before for the distance... but so we’re our spring half PRs! . . Set the goal, make the plan, do the work, reevaluate as needed! And if you fail, fail fearlessly, get back up and keep going! . . #running #fearless #grateful #goals #chasingboston #bqorbust #failfearlessly #run

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Chasing Boston is right! 8:18 would do it... just need to tack on 20 more miles, NBD! 😂😂 . . I’m happy to have the nice weather back, but running in the heat is going to take some serious getting used to! Lucky that @naomi_gal was up for some event mile that we can follow up with some morning miles today in a mini Ragnar simulation! . . #runner #chasingboston @getonyourmarq #easyrun #intervalrunner #galloway

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Awwww my sisters made my day! What a wonderful early birthday present! #chasingboston #shinsplints #bestsistersever #yessistersiinstagramedthis #instaeverythibg

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Weekly food prep for marathon training. #carbsoncarbsoncarbs #healthycatbs #fuel #chasingboston

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Cake pops at work? So tempted...marathon training problems. #marathontraining #chasingboston #eatingclean

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Mmmmhhh must resist temptation. Red Velvet and Chocolate Covered Donuts look so good against the cubical wall. #chasingboston #eatingclean

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Week Two & Three: Sick but Consistent

Wow, maintaining a blog about marathon training is harder than the physical preparation!  Sorry, guys.  I’ll try to be better a routinely posting.   My writing might be falling behind but I guarantee I’ll keep posting pictures. #instagramaddict

Week two started off fantastic. The temperature increased to 15 degrees on Sunday, January 11th.  I ran 8 miles in the sun and no wind.  I was so excited by the Minnesota winter heat wave that I managed to maintain 7:57-minute per mile pace. My goal is to just finish the Boston Marathon but ideally I would like to run an 8-minute per mile pace.  By running marathon pace for my long runs I will increase my endurance and mental stamina for race day.

Then bam, Monday hit and my healthy body started to feel repercussions of the office plague.  Limited paid time off and being busy encourages my coworkers (myself included) to come to work sick.  Somehow, I started feeling nauseated by Tuesday, January 13th and continue to feel nauseous through Friday, January 16th.  I had a mini anxiety attack about being sick but forced myself to take two days off from training and a day off from work. I Slept, drank water and slept.

Sleeping did the trick!  I managed to finish week two with an 8 mile run on Saturday, January 17th.  However, I kind of wished I was still sick so I could play hooky and skip my half marathon training run the next day.

All that dreading for nothing, 13.1 miles flew by on Sunday, January 18th! 7:57 pace is my jam.  The rest of the week zoomed by and I followed my marathon-training plan perfectly.  I even forced myself to get out of bed at 5:30am on Thursday, January 22nd to strength train.  I finished off the week with a 10 mile run on Saturday, January 19th in 35-degree weather.  Numerous people were wearing shorts around the chain of lakes.

I assemble a short list that encompasses the best and worse of marathon training thus far:

The BEST (Give me some more!)

Eating clean = feeing great

Getting back into college shape

Eating tons and tons of healthy/complex carbs

Carbs on Carbs on Carbs

Boston Bragging Rights!

CARBS ON CARBS ON CARBS

Running w/friends = Paige

The WORST (Is the torture over yet?

No Baked Goods

Limited Social Life

No Cookies, Cakes & Ice Cream

Funky smells from excess protein

No Mac N’ Cheese

Bye, Bye Frozen Pizza

Feeling Tired.

Constant Desert Cravings

I pretty much miss unhealthy junk food and sleeping late into the Morning.  I hope to more after the marathon but to kick the junk food habit.  Maybe only treats a couple times a week and not in the office?  Any suggestions?