Marathon Training Day 22

Date: January 29th, 2018

Mental Status:#mylife #mylifestyle

Training Download 3 miles/cross-train

Today’s she-nan-igans Running is officially part of my lifestyle. I used to just run away from things, but now I face them and chose running as a hobby! I get why people say running really is a way of life. It’s not just an hour in the morning. It’s my lifestyle and I finally realize it.

Running is a part of my every day because I power up properly ad use the proper gear to help support my workouts. I only wear heals if I have a meeting, want to go in and play “Boss Lady” otherwise I wear my sneakers.

I prepare my gear for the next run and remoisturize daily. I know what foods upset my stomach during the run and I steer clear of them. Long runs mean I eat more carbs in preparation and races mean that I avoid fiber for a day or two leading up to the race. I make sure that I get in drink/meal that is full of carbs/proteins and that I eat it within 30 minutes of walking in the door. Food is a big part of everyone’s day to day lifestyle and our running definitely influences the food choices we make.

*I spend too much money on activewear. My closet has a 3:1 ratio of activewear to normal clothing.

*I think we all just make it work into our days. When I was teaching and had other jobs after school ended, I made it a priority to run at 5 in the morning because that was my only time. I am amazed by so many of you that make running a part of your day even though you have a bajillion things going on. Running just happens during a certain time of day most days of the week for a lot of us.

*I pay a lot more attention to my sleep being a runner than if I wasn’t I think. I go to bed earlier the night before a hard run, I take the time to really recover because injuries are the worst and recovery is just as important as the training.

*I pretty much follow two groups of people on social media—> 1. My family/friends. 2. Random people on IG that I most likely have never met in my life that run, inspire and educate me to train hard and smart.

*We plan out schedules and races, we organize our gear and ways to make all of the training happen. We read about it, we think about ways to improve and how to get through the hard parts. We dream, hope and visualize where we want to go with our running and we remember all of the hard/great/easy/frustrating/emotional runs along the way. We travel to races or we search our areas for new routes to take. It’s a wonderful ride that running takes us on. I love that you and me can connect over the internet over so many of these different parts of our running lifestyles.

Question: What’s your favorite brand of running gear?