In the meantime I signed up for another half marathon. It's not until November, so I have plenty of time to stall. But, I sat down over the weekend to put together a training schedule. Of course, first things first, I have to actually start running again, -- which is going to be difficult to say the least! Being I have so much time until the half, I decided to take it easy and start with just 30 minutes of run/walking (3 min running/1 minute walking) this week. I'm also committed to getting to my spin class every single Saturday and hopefully one on Wednesday too! To help me make sure I don't overindulge with the extra exercise (why yes, I would like a 500 calorie piece of pizza being I just burned 100 on my jog -- check out this article for more on this and other sabotaging behaviors!) I am also back to using My Fitness Pal to track my food.
I've also been searching for some inspiration. I know, I know, you would think that say, a Marvel Avengers Half Marathon in and of itself would be inspiration, -- or at least maybe Black Widow's figure (which I would need implants to achieve), but alas, no. I've already read Born to Run and Eat and Run and watched every running documentary available on Netflix and Amazon Prime. So, I think my next book is going to be Ultra Marathon Man. I mean me running 13 miles is pretty much the same as him running 50+ right?
Finally, I am planning to try to think like an athlete! This article is full of some awesome tips. I printed it out to re-read. Although, the truth is I currently do not think that way. I think more like this.
So until I complete my journey from the latter to the former, the following accurately depicts the conversation in my head that happens before every single run!
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