Accidental PR

Happy Thanksgiving you guys! I remembered to take a picture of the food right is everyone started eating. So I told everyone to stop touching your plates and put everything down so I could take a picture, LOL!

This morning was turkey trot and it was awesome!

I planned to go out slow and easy, and my TomTomkept showing around a 10:12 mile, which is slow and easy for me. I planned to run the whole thing so I needed to go slow. Then, with like a mile to go, I REALLY slowed for a sec and saw that my watch made no change. At which point I realized I was on AVERAGE pace, not current!!! I was running REALLY fast for me!

I PR'd the trot with 31:17. I'd love to break 30:00 consistently some day, but I'm happy with what I'm doing in training!

How did you celebrate Turkey Day?

Marathon Training

It's happening, folks! Something I never DREAMED I'd do.

I signed up for the Cowtown. Like, the FULL MARATHON.

26.2 miles.

So here's the answers to the 3 most common questions on this topic:

Yes, I am crazy

Yes, I know how far 26.2 miles is. And if I ran from my house that far, I'd get to the courthouse in Denton before I stop.

No, I'm no nervous. Because you know what? It's mental, y'all. At least it is if you've trained and for long distances before. And while a Half is not as far as a full (duh), it's still far enough to know that past the first hour, you just keep putting one foot in front of the other. That's all you can do!

A great metaphor for life and for running.

So follow along with me! Want to see how an average working mom handles the time and stress of training? Here we go!