9 miles!

My friend Nicole and I ran 9 miles this morning!  I am so glad we ran together because she keeps me motivated (she is faster than me so I have to work hard to stay with her) and because I probably would have stayed in bed.  Overall we did awesome!!!  My mile pace was like 10.5 min miles which isn't so bad for a long run.  Its weird to think that on the program I am using to train, 9 miles will eventually become a medium run.  I hope I can do it, sometimes I think this marathon quest is too big for me but I'm going to keep going.  My goal is to finish.  The girl I babysat yesterday asked me if I was trying to win the marathon, I laughed and said no, that's not why you run a marathon unless your a very top elite athlete.  My goal is to finish for myself and to say I did it.

my cool water belt

Eating before longs run has been an issue for me but today it really wasn't.  I left my apartment at 7am and drove to where we were meeting.  So at like 6:45 I had a granola bar, an energy gel, and 12oz of gatorade and I was fine.  I used my cool new water belt on the run so I at some gummy energy chomp things half way through and I had gatorade and water ready whenever I needed it on the run.  So I guess my plan of waking early to eat a whole meal wasn't a great plan.  We'll see, I think it all depends on the heat and whether.  My new fuel belt was awesome though, good investment.  Nicole had one too so we looked hardcore (or dorky depending on how you look at it) together.

not my tank top but i needed a picture

On Wednesday I had to drive the boy I babysit to golf camp and kill 3 hours while he was there.  Well, I went to the outlet mall!!!  I basically spent most of my money I made babysitting there but I guess thats how life works.  I love how they have a reebok, nike, adidas, and under armour outlet store there.  I went to all of them but Under Armour had so much I liked.  I've never really worn Under Armour products but after my run yesterday and today, I am in love with their heat gear clothes (and underwear).  I had on a cute matching outfit today (mostly pink).  My clothes weren't drenched in sweat like normal.  However, with my fun sunburn my arms looked weird in the tank top but whatever.  I don't have to drive him back there for like 3 weeks so I'm hoping they have new stuff when I go back.

I'm glad I got my 20 miles in this week!  Now off to pack for Chicago.

Back in the groove

I did my 3 mile run today!  Yay!  I could definitely feel that I had lost some of the endurance I'd built up though.  But it was less than 10min miles so I was happy.

Tomorrow will either be a 4 or 5 mile run depending on how I feel.

Calcium Rich Foods



Dark Leafy Greens



I saw a nutritionist today.  Not sure if it was a waste of time or not.  She was more concerned with iron and calcium so she wrote me a list of calcium rich foods and a list of leafy green vegetables.  I honestly just wanted to know for my height and weight how many calories do I need to eat to run well and maintain my current weight (I'm under orders not to lose any weight while training).  But I guess I never really came out and asked that.  She said I wasn't eating enough for my activity but chose to focus on calcium and iron.  I was once diagnosed with osteopenia but I reversed that in college and in March I was vitamin D deficient.  For the vit D issue I was put on prescription doses of vit D and had my levels checked today.  Hopefully they are better.  And while I've never been anemic, I guess she was concerned about iron and energy.  I thought I would get advice like "eat more carbs", "eat more protein", "add calories here", "stop eating this junkfood", etc.  Instead I got the usual, "eat dairy" "add iron".  I agreed to see her again in July.  I wanted to email her some more questions but her email on my insurance's website isn't working so thats annoying.  O well.  I went out and bought brocolli, celery, raisins, yogurt, and string cheese.  Those items were all on my follow up sheet.  Anyways, I guess it was helpful but when I left I was very thankful I don't pay for much under my health insurance plan, nutrition is free.



I hope to get a good run in tomorrow.  Wednesday is rest. Run on Thursday and Friday.  I'm going to Chicago for the weekend but I should be able to get in walking or my relatives have an elliptical machine.