I just finished my first Marine Corps Marathon training run!
Minus that hour I spent refusing to get out of bed this morning after staying up too late last night at another Junior League meeting, I was excited all day to run. I even really wanted to sneak out at lunch, but that’s not really an option for me. But good lord did I want to go as my coworker and I went to pick up lunch. If I hadn’t been wearing 5-inch wedges and a skirt, she might have had to restrain me.
I’m pretty sure I was rocking the world’s first pre-run high today. I printed out my training plan. My creepy coworker who sits next to me and reads my blog aloud (Hi Izzy!) and I talked marathon for a while–she’s doing NYC, and it’s her first! Marathon was seriously on the brain.
I brought clothes to work so that there was no way I’d change my mind once I got home. I changed clothes and pretty much skipped out of work. These days I mostly run in the mornings (which is shocking to me, too), and any time I run at night, my lower back is SERIOUSLY tight when I start after spending all day sitting at a desk. I usually just suck in engage my core and stretch my arms up and it goes away, but it’s an annoying way to start. I ran east to the East River from my office and realized that E. 29th/30th is not the best spot to get onto the East River path, and I ended up running through Bellevue. Oops.
Per my plan, I was supposed to do 4 miles at an “easy” pace. The plan identified “easy” as 10:04. I had my phone in my Spibelt and pulled it out a few times to check my distance, but mostly ran by what felt easy at the time, and I was pleasantly surprised to see that I was keeping right around a 9:00 mile…even if I wasn’t supposed to.
I was definitely in a bit of a funk a little earlier this spring, but with lots and lots of endorphins from marathon training and my exciting new Junior League responsibilities, I’m pretty sure all that’s turning around.
Let the games begin.
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Believe it or not, I’ve been having this feeling almost daily. Shockin, I know, but I actually enjoy running after work!
Ash Bear recently posted..NYCM 2012 Marathon Training Week #2
I was just sitting around sort of dreading getting up to run 400s on the treadmill tomorrow morning and was considering procrastinating till after work, but this just got me kind of excited for it, and now I’m motivated to get up and run (and placated myself by saying I’ll do the 2-mile warmup outside before hopping on the ‘mill…long, slow miles on it make me want to die a little inside). Thanks!
Liz @ An Interesting Year recently posted..Clutter-Buster
Woohoo. MCM! I am actually kind of sad though. I really hurt my lower back and tried to do my first training run yesterday, but couldn’t make it. Every step brought tears to my eyes. However, I am resting up so I can kick some MCM butt next week and you are totally motivating me:)
Abby @ BackAtSquareZero recently posted..The Time I Chickened Out
Yippee for beginning training!!! I bet you were excited!! That first run is so exciting!!
May the odds be ever in your favour
Cathryn @ My Heart’s Content recently posted..Kind-of-Crumble
Is it possible to only burn 190 calories for 4 miles in 35 minutes?
alyssa recently posted..June 15, 2008
You’re right, I think that’s off. I’ve read that running usually burns ~100 calories per mile.
Is that an Iphone app you are using? It does splits? Thats really nice. What is it called?
Monica recently posted..T minus 10 days and counting to TRI DAY!
yup! I’m waiting for a new Garmin strap so using my phone. It’s Runkeeper.
@Theodora: I like this app. Thanks for posting about it.
@Theodora:
Thanks!
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Haha that’s too funny, I work at Bellevue! Wish I had seen you running through the lobby. It is a great location to take lunch break runs
Ada recently posted..Red Hook Lobster Pound
@Ada: I got SO confused when I got by Bellevue. I ended up having to run back to 1st and then back.
HOORAY for running by feel! I much prefer that to sticking to a given pace. I think your body knows what it needs to do and is pretty good at self-regulation.
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Pre-run high is totally a thing! That was me yesterday, I damn near ran over my boss trying to get out of my building so I can go for a run lol.
I think I’m going to run the East River on Saturday morning, can’t wait! They really fixed it up nicely. Back in the day it was a major dump.
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Oh also, what app do you use on your phone? Map my run?
Christina recently posted..Sunday’s Eat Clean + Get Lean
@Christina: That one is RunKeeper.
Please send some of that motivation my way! Every training run I have had so far for NYC has been awful!
So glad to hear you’re out of that funk and looking forward to training again! And glad you had a great first run!
Jess recently posted..MCM Base Building
Whoo-hoo! Congrats on the 2 training runs.
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Sounds like you’re off to a great start-keep it up girl!
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