Tag Archives: sickness

So, marathon training … continues to be delayed. I used yourtrainingcalendar.com to set up a marathon training schedule based on Hal Higdon’s plan, and according to the 18-week schedule … I have another 3 weeks before it starts. (18 weeks = 3.5 months = middle of June start) Thank god. I’m still sick. It’s miserable. […]

I feel about as awesome as I look

I feel about as awesome as I look: I made a new “get better soon” smoothie: 1 6oz chobani (I picked strawberry, since they are full of vitamin c) 2oz diet v8 splash (berry medley) 1/2 banana 2 strawberries small handful of blueberries 3 ice cubes Which washed down a multivitamin, some ibuprofen, and some NON […]

On injury

One thing I’ve noticed as a beginner to running is that runners are very, almost zealously so, afraid of overextending themselves to the point of injury. At track club tonight, I overheard a few people saying things like, “don’t run it too hard! you don’t want to do more damage!” or “I’m going to run […]

It’s been awhile since I blogged. Sorry about that. I have mostly good things to report. Starting last Saturday, I had not been feeling well. It started after my seven-mile run. Tony and I made dinner (salmon, yum!) and settled down to watch The Girl who Played with Fire. Which was, by the way, an […]