If you’ve read my blog anytime in the last 3 months you know I’m training for a half marathon and pretty much hating every step of it.
Regardless of this dislike, I am committed and will push on for two more weeks.
One big hurdle in getting to race day is over for one of my sisters and me.
On Thanksgiving we ran 9 miles. Definitely an accomplishment for us.
We ran 4 miles before a 5 mile Turkey Day run.
I use run loosely for myself but Kelly truly rocked it on the run.
7 AM before our run, about fifty degrees outside, apparently Kelly had some dribble issues that morning
Since we were running on Thanksgiving morning I felt I had a built in dangling carrot.
Mile one, I was running for turkey.
Mile two, I was running for stuffing.
Mile three, I was running for gravy.
Mile four, I was running for mashed potatoes.
And mile five, I was running for PIE!
My strategy worked for awhile but around mile four (really mile eight for us) is quite working. Right along with my Ipod. Now, I could hear my huffing and puffing along with everyone who was passing me by. Instead of mashed potatoes and pie I thought about pain and more pain.
Despite my negativity, I finished the race. I might add that I finished immediately ahead of a woman pushing a triple stroller containing two year old triplets. Some would be ashamed of that fact but I’m focusing on the AHEAD OF A WOMAN part.
It took me just under one hour and two minutes to complete the race while Kelly finished right at one hour. What can I say, her entire five miles were devoted to wine.
Well, I love that we actually did 4 miles before a 5 mile race. Amazing in my book. I also love the fact that I haven’t lost 1 pound doing this running, not a single one. Must be because i’m concentrating on wine while I’m running and then indulging 🙂 One more long pre-race run to go. 10 miles will be much harder by myself.
It’s not the wine, it’s all the MUSCLE you’re building!! Congrats to you both – great job!
Great job.
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Way to go sisters!!! Any motivation is good motivation in my book – be it food or drink! You all will have to pick me up off the ground at mile 10 because the longest run I’ve done is 5 miles so far 🙁 But I’m going to do a long run tomorrow morning…will report back on how that goes……