Less Than Satisfactory...

So last week got off to a great start! However, my stuffiness has only gotten worse… On Friday I felt pretty nauseous and I still couldn’t breathe through my nose, but I helped run a stake dance that night and of COURSE I went all out on the dance floor! …in spurts, with more songs sat out by the end than danced. I learned my lesson on Saturday when I woke up feeling like I got hit by a bus. I didn’t end up running my six-miler. Am I confident that I can run six miles? Yeah. Am I worried that I missed this first longer distance in my training? Slightly… But it is what it is, and I’m pretty sure I didn’t just doom myself. I’m still all in for this marathon, and am determined to not miss any more days. I’m forgetting about it and moving on!

So Saturday was a sick day, which actually turned out kinda nice. I’m dog sitting my brother’s dog while his family is out of town (she’s a rescue dog and has lots of insecurities), so I spent the day at his house watching movies, reading Harry Potter, making sure the dog didn’t pee in the house, and planning out how this week is going to go. I’m usually running around most days of the week from one thing to the next, so it was actually kind of nice to take a real day off. Sunday came and I didn’t feel much better, in fact, I felt worse. There was pressure in my head, and everything up there was pretty sensitive. Ugh. However, I woke up yesterday feeling a lot better (nose still malfunctioning, but it’s whatever), so I went on a little jaunt to get my legs moving, and then today I'll shoot for 3 and get back on schedule. Small snag, but I guess it's good that it's early on and I can adjust easily, right? :)

Today’s Run

·         Distance: 3 Miles

·         Course: Indoor track. Flat.

Leyyyyyyygo!

Life?

Life is good. :)

OOOOOOOOH OOOOH! SHUT UP AND DANCE WITH ME!

K I just fixed my last post because the table I inserted containing my training schedule was messed up... so if you were dying to look at it, you may now see the whole thing. :)

ANYWAY.

3 miles down! Easy peasy lemon squeezy. :) Felt good! It was GORGEOUS outside. Perfect for a run! Fun story: I wanted to stretch afterward on some grass across from my complex, so I was walking there when these two guys in a car stopped me. They're looking for a place to live so they just asked me questions about my apartment complex, but at the end they were like, "Are you staying another year?" to which I responded, "Yeah, probably."

It's not a cool story unless we pretend they were completely smitten by my sweat and flushed face.

Anyway, they asked my name, said goodbye, and drove off. But because I sometimes find joy in making nothing seem like a big deal, I recognized this opportunity presented to me to escalate this situation just a smidge. So I Snap Chatted this out to some of the peeps (I actually used to hate Snap Chat, but it's kinda the thing with some of my ward friends at the moment, so it's whatever):

haha. :)

Now I get to do this again tomorrow! Which means that I have to go to bed, but I wanted to fill you all in on my first day! STILL HAVE SOME RUNNER'S HIGH LEFT IN ME. I know that not everyone experiences this feeling, but I do, and I sometimes think that I get RH enough to compensate for those that don't!

Life?

ahhhhhhhh :)

Life is good. :)

...cause 99 mph is how fast that I like to go! :)

GUYSSSSS MARATHON TRAINING OFFICIALLY STARTS TODAY!!

K so I haven’t technically started yet, but I’m excited because I run my first little jaunt later today!!!

Here's my training schedule:

Dark Blue: BYU Men’s Volleyball Home Games

Border: Muh Birthday

(you can ignore that stuff, it was just for my info, but long story short, it was pretty complicated to take off and being honest here, I didn't want to go through the trouble.)

I’m following Hal Higdon’s Novice 1 marathon training program, but I’ve moved stuff just a smidge to fit my needs (such as running my long distance days on Saturdays as opposed to Sundays as my race is on a Saturday, and other small tweaks like such as, the Iraq).

SO. Here’s where we’re at:

Distance: Three miles today. Definitely doable.

Status: I’m getting over a cold-ish whatever thing, but it’s not bad. I just can’t breathe through my nose. Smallest possible cough. Hopefully going an easy 3 miles won’t prolong my stuffiness, because I was done with the leaky faucet nose as soon as it started. Other than that, no injuries to report, so I’m good to go!

Course: Flat for today.

I’ll probably still write about it after I run it but I’m just so excited that stuff’s getting real!!!

K I’m sometimes a music runner, sometimes not. But I’m pretty freakin pumped right now and today is going to be a music day to kick this all off! :)

Song of the Day: Shut Up and Dance (Walk the Moon)

Life?
Life is good. :)

the brother. ...and lizard.