I used some of that time yesterday to take myself to the doctor's office. I visited my family physician for a physical to ensure that I'm not going to keel over at the marathon next month. It was your standard heart-lung-health screening and it turns out, I'm healthy. No surprise there.
Another not surprise: I did not win my August DietBet Challenge. In fact, I was fortune to lose just a pound during the month, because I have the appetite of a teenage athlete at this point. After the marathon, I hope to get it under control and lose some weight gained during this training cycle.

What is a surprise is my monthly mileage total. August isn't quite through yet, but I've already logged more than 130 miles while running! Incredible to think that two years ago, I couldn't do any of this. Hilarious that I can run the distance to Madison, Wisconsin, in a month and not lose weight, but oh well.
I have been going the distance running wise. After my last long run on Sunday, Tim picked me up a two-liter of Diet Pepsi to celebrate. Caffeine is the key to my heart and it was the sweetest gesture I could ask for.
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In case you haven't heard, me, some friends and a bunch of other Chicago Running Bloggers have acquired a vacation home in Lake Geneva for the weekend of Zooma. Chicago Bloggers Do Zooma will take place Oct. 19-21 and it shall be epic. We're already planning meals to ensure we don't have an empty wine bottle disaster. That simply would not be acceptable!
This week's motto: The hay is in the barn (meaning the training is over and you've already stored all the benefit from it that you're going to get. Relax and reap your rewards).
3 comments:
AHH! We are going to have so much fun at ZOOMA! Where do you plan to do your hill training for the race? I can take you to some nice hills in Lake County if you want. Or we could go do the course together :)
And I bet if you want to lose weight you can after you are done marathon training. It's easier for me when I am not, anyway!
I need lots of help with this whole hill thing. We'll have to get together for a little training experiment.
Ahh I'm jealous of your upcoming ZOOMA adventures!! Lake Geneva is a great place for a mini getaway, I'm sure you'll all have an incredible time!
I actually gained a bit of weight while training for my half marathon. I think it takes time to figure out hunger queues when piling on that mileage, and I still have a lot to learn!
-Irina
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