Today I had to drive up to the cities for another training session. I made the most of my trip. A quick stop by Caribou coffee for my caramel skim latte to keep me company on the drive up.
Add a fiber one bar = instant, yummy breakfast.
Thankfully, I had a good lunch break so I was able to meet up with my Mom and Dad for lunch. We went to their new favorite place, Panda Express.
I love their honey walnut shrimp. Scott doesn’t like seafood, to I try not to get that when we go out together because we often share each others meals and I feel bad if he can’t have any of mine, but I eat his! But, with my parent’s, they like seafood and don’t do as much sharing!
I got honey walnut shrimp, orange chicken and noodles.
After lunch, I drove back to Mankato. I had the afternoon off of work, Abby thought that maybe it was time to play. . .
I watched the Celebrity Apprentice – WOW – this is going to be a crazy season.
Then, I headed out for my long run of the week. I was originally going to save it until tomorrow, because Scott and I took Friday off of work for his birthday! But, after the running sickness I had last week, I didn’t want to possibly ruin his day!
The run went pretty well, did 13 miles. My left sock was rubbing on the ball of my foot so I ended up with a huge blister! The weather was good, 30 degrees and just a slight wind.
I was tired when I was done. And after I showered up, the running sickness returned. I felt awful all night long!
Finally at about 9:30 pm (3 hours after the end of my run), I tried some ginger ale and soup.
Then, I went to bed, because I was super tired.
After these last two long runs and feeling awful afterwards. . . I can’t help but think maybe I am not in ‘marathon training shape.’ I am not sure if I have the miles under my belt to increase my mileage and do these long runs. I am just about 2 months away from the Green Bay Marathon, and I just don’t know if I have enough time. It is a really hard decision, but it’s something that I will have to strongly consider, maybe the Green Bay marathon isn’t for me this year.
Do you have any suggestions?
Sorry to hear about your running sickness. You may have to watch what you fuel yourself with before a long run. Caitlin on Healthy Tipping Point talks a lot about pre-run fueling on her blog.
Thanks for the suggestion. . . you are right, it prob has a lot to do with what I am eating before the run!
You’ve already done the GB marathon — so I say, channel all your efforts into preparing for the Mackinac Bridge Run on Labor Day! http://www.michiganfitness.org/bridgerun.html
hmm intersting idea. . . although then I would have to go to Michigan.
Yes, but remember how much Abby likes the beaches up there!
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