aches, pains and nerves

30. October 2013 · 2 comments · Categories: music, running · Tags: ,

Holy freakout!

Yesterday afternoon I went out for a li’l 2.5 mile run.

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I cannot believe the aches and pains that I felt EVERYWHERE! I’m sure it’s mental and just nerves as we’re just days out from the NYC Marathon. First it was my upper quad/groin pain that actually left me altering my gait. (it’s been a mild pain on and off since June but rarely presents itself on anything less than 10 miles.) Then, my metatarsal bone under my middle toe on my left foot started to hurt. Um, really? That hasn’t bothered me since 1999! My left arm is really sore too. I think I lifted a heavy box over the weekend that tweaked it. I wanted this run to feel like the last 2.5 miles of the marathon in my mind. I even started at 3:30pm so I’d be done right around the time I’d be finishing. So I guess it makes sense that i’d be so full of aches and pains 23.7 miles into a marathon right? LOL!

Luckily I had evening plans to distract me. I went to see my friend’s band The Infinite Staircase play at the Starland Ballroom in New Jersey. What a great night! I’ve told you guys about his band and his amazing music before. I’m putting ALL the songs on my playlist for the marathon. Go take a listen to their new album No Amends.

I’ll be posting some details of how to track me for the NYC Marathon later in the week. I have no more running planned until Sunday unless I feel like taking an easy run the day before. We’ll see. Hopefully I don’t have too much “small stuff” to deal with.

 

Question: How do you deal with nerves? Any favorite music you want to share?

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23. October 2013 · 1 comment · Categories: music, running, Uncategorized · Tags: , , , ,

I was just taking a quick peek at the miles and races I’ve logged in so far this year…

I’ve logged over 1,100 miles (between running and walking)
I’ve completed one 5k, three 10ks, ten half marathons and one full marathon

check!

check!

I still have one full marathon and one half marathon yet to complete and I’ll probably close up the year with about 1,300 miles. Sheesh! That’s a whole lotta running. Definitely more than last year although I can’t find my little scrap of paper with last years tally.

And this is my 75th blog post! OK enough statistics.

I had another snoozefest yesterday morning so i did my run on the dreadmill (I am not a fan of indoor running) at the gym during my lunch break. I went with a nice short 3 miles but kept the intensity high and broke into quite the sweat.

3 mile dreadmill sweat

3 mile dreadmill sweat

That’s the key to tapering. I listened to my friend new album No Amends from his band The Infinite Staircase !

No Amends!

No Amends!

It had 7 songs totaling just over 27 minutes. I had to listen to one song twice since I ran 29 minutes but that’s ok. I picked the title track to repeat. It’s my fave! Knowing a lot about what was on his mind when he wrote these songs really inspires me when I run! I’ll definitely have all the songs woven into my playlist for the NYC Marathon. Speaking of….look what came in the mail yesterday…

Doodle photobomb again!

Doodle photobomb again!

We’re down to 11 days! I had a dream last night that they ran out of water during the marathon and I had to pop into a deli in the Bronx and they couldn’t break a $10 bill so I had to wait for someone else to buy something. Then I ran over the wrong bridge…needless to say I woke up before crossing the finish line. It was not fun. I’m glad it was just a dream. Nerves I suppose.

Off to enjoy my penultimate day of being in my 30s. I love the word penultimate. Speaking of birthday….I’m hoping someone gets me a plumber. My sink is broke!

sink

Question: Do you log your mileage and races? Do you have a favorite unique word?

 

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