RunCLE- training update- high fives and glitter

Anyone who knows my family knows that we don't really hold back when it comes to excitement! We reaaaaally like to celebrate accomplishments! Anything that has exclamation points, boas, glitter, or musical cards... We are ALL IN!

At the heart of this zest for celebration is my mom! She has been know to show up at your door for your birthday/ anniversary/ big day with a party hat on a kazoo in her mouth and will throw confetti glitter at you when you open the door! She is the only one I know that carries glitter in her purse just in case of a celebration! (Not kidding)  

This race is no exception. Mom has been my number one backer since the day I mentioned that this was my spring goal. No detail was too small she since she is a runner, she gets it. The real bummer is that she can't run anymore. She hurt her back quite badly and it causes so much pain that's it's unbearable for her to run anymore. I know that if it wasn't for this injury she would be out there training with Lynanne and me, probably smoking us! 

Yesterday was my last 20 mile run before the race and Lynanne planned to do the first 10 with me since she runs her marathon in Pittsburgh this Sunday! We started our run at my parents house and we made our way back there about 10 miles in. When we arrived mom had drinks and snacks all ready! But even more she had a her noisemaker and glitter to surprise Lynanne for her final big run before race day! It was a great sendoff into race week!  

Marilyn loves her glitter!!!

After Lynanne (and the glitter) left, I started my last 10 miles.  I started too fast and got in my first 5 rather fast. Mom met me with water and some words of encouragement for my last 5. At about 18 is where I hit my wall and couldn't will myself to run much more.  I did a lot more walking than usual and wasn't feeling all that positive about how I'll be adding another 6.2 to this in 2 weeks and then I looked up and saw my mom sitting in a lawn chair waiting for me to cross the finish line of the driveway! She had her noisemaker and kazoo and flowers and it was JUST what the dr ordered! The driveway was filled with awesome encouragement it made me cry tears of joy. It was the best way In the world to end the final long run before the race. 

My mom is the best!!! If you see her at the race, give her a high 5!

With this kind of support I could seriously run for president one day, JK- I really don't get into politics much! But, man am I lucky!

Here is what the rest of the week looked like.I am very happy to report that I finally made it to my TBT class on Thursday! I sure was sore Friday from it, its been well over a month since I made it to class, so I think once a week until the race is plenty.

Last week:

Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
3mi		5.5mi	TBT	2mi	20mi

Did you guys have your last long run this weekend? Did you do anything to celebrate?  Can you believe how close we are getting?

Wishing you all have some amazing support for this race, because you are all awesome!!!!

Here is to a very restful few weeks ahead!  Taper time ;)

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RunCLE- training update- 20 mile club!

I joined a new club. 

AWWWWW YEAH!!!!!!!!!!! 

You read that right!  20 miles baby!

This training thing is crazy!  I'm so glad I'm doing it!!!! But, I'm also looking forward to the days that if I want to “just run” 5 or 6 miles on a weekend, I will be happy with that.  I cannot seem to get past the fact that this is actually happening in 3 weeks! Oh Em Gee! So excited and I even have my outfit picked out (I think) and have been running in it so have no surprises in the way of uncomfortable or chafing clothing on the big day.

I have been laying off  the cross training at this point because work has been insane and when I get to the gym, it’s more important for me to get logging the miles, even if they aren’t many at a time or slower than I would like to see. The long runs are still the focus of the weekend and I am still doing the whole run 3 minutes and walk 1 minute.  

Since I have been a terrible blogger lately, but I am making up for it in pictures and gifs!

Here is what the last 2 weeks looked like for me.

Mon	Tues	Wed	Thurs	Fri	Sat	Sun
3 miles		6 miles		4 miles	20 miles
	2 miles		5 miles		Boys party	6 miles

Yeah, are you impressed??  I know I don’t get out there every day, but the days that I do, I really make an effort to make the most of it and make every second count. Right, Rose?  Titanic reference?  Anyone??  Ok- I'm lame

There were some serious highlights of the last two weeks!

First of all, I finally got to meet all the other ambassadors!  It was so cool! I felt like I was seriously meeting celebrities since I just know them through cyberspace. It was way fun and inspiring to be in a group of so many accomplished runners! I had to pinch myself! 

  

Next, Lynanne and I hit the 20 mile club! 

20 miles was pretty intense, I'm not going to lie, but I didn’t feel like I was going to die as much as I thought I might! Our time was longer than I thought, but I know once I get around the race people I can really pick up the pace. Its insane to be trained up to 20 miles!  IN SANE to me!  But awesome too! I’ll be doing another 20 this weekend and I will be sure to being more Gu Chomps and have some more water breaks scheduled in (aka- my mom driving around handing me water bottles). And then taper baby!!!

What 20 miles looks like

We were on the home stretch at this point, at about mile 17.

 

How is your training coming?  Are you getting to the long runs now? Do you have your outfit picked out yet?

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