Top three things about this running week...
3. Cupcakes: We had a bake sale today that I organized as my group fundraiser, one of my TNT mentoring duties. 5 sellers, 2 hours, 1 grocery store. We sold out in record time and had a blast. Bake sales are much more fun with other people when it's not 90 degrees out.
2. My Garmin: I recently purchased (well, my parents' generous Christmas giving purchased) a Garmin 205 GPS Watch + Heart Rate Monitor. I've had it a little over a week and it has completely changed the way I run. I keep a more continuous pace because it says it right on the watch! I push myself the right amount to keep my heart rate in the fat burning zone. And I know exactly how far I've run, taking the guess work out of meeting my training schedule. And And AND it saves your location and then transfers all your data to the internet and you have a PERFECT MAP OF YOUR COURSE AND ALL YOUR SPLITS AND YOUR PACE AND EVERYTHING RIGHT THERE!!! See you later, map my run and your glitchy clicking and advertisements that chase me around the screen!
1. Perspective: I was re-reading last year's post-race blog, and amazed that I felt so accomplished after only 13 miles. I talked about my legs creaking and my knees hurting at miles 7, 8, and 9, yet today I took a 12-mile jaunt through the woods. Now, it wasn't super fast and I wasn't completely ache free, but my perception of what a LONG run is has completely changed. One year ago I thought Julie was CRAZY to train for a full marathon. I thought 13.1 miles was the longest I would ever run. I thought I had reached my peak. But that's the thing about endurance training. You can't ever reach your peak! You can always run just a little bit farther, a little bit faster, or up a little bit bigger hill. It's all a mental game and if you push yourself, you can get there. Last year my first 12-mile run was the second longest training run of the season. This year, it's not even half way to my goal. What a difference a year makes...
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