Hi Friends š
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Jason is actually publishing this post for me ā I am away at our Sister-in-Lawās house for the rest of the weekend. I know there is a way to set up an auto-publish in WordPress but I was short on time, so I showed Jason where the powerful Publish button is and asked him to do it for me.
Yesterday I ran 12 miles ā and I was so nervous about how it would go. But it went great! I started off my morning with a good breakfast:
I think it is Denny’s or Perkins that has a breakfast called the Tremendous Twelve (2 eggs, 2 slices of toast, 2 slices of bacon, 2 sausages, 2 pancakes = 12!). Yes the only connection between the title of this post and the content of this post is the fact that the #12 appears in both. Moving on…
IĀ chose to have aĀ bagel with peanut butter and chia seeds on top and a sliced apple. This is my go-to breakfast before longer runs. It fills me up without weighing me down. I waited about 30 minutes and then I ran out the door!
Yes that means I ran outside ā no more treadmill for the long runs. I just couldnāt bear the thought. And it was pretty nice out! At about 9am (when I started my run) it was maybe 25 degrees? But the sun was shining so I felt pretty good.
I was also bundled up with a jacket, long sleeve Under Armor shirt (love that shirt so much!), capris (from Target!), gloves and hat. I also had my fuel belt:
I keep tissues, chapstick and sport beans in the pouch, water in one bottle and Gatorade in the other. It took me a while to get used to having it on me, but now it doesnāt bother me at all. During my run I drank everything and the sport beans give me an extra boost when I need it. I love those!
I ran on some trails near our house ā and I knew I was running 12 total miles because I entered it all into Map My Run before I left:
This is a great tool for me. I donāt have a Garmin or anything to keep track of the distance I am running, so I have to figure it out beforehand. Map My Run is easy to use and it is free! Plus you can search for mapped runs in your area — I have never used any of these though.Ā I think there is a subscription service (where you can save runs, etc) but I donāt know if that is free or not. So I figured out how far I needed to run so that I was 6 miles away from home, then I turned around and came back.
12 miles took me about 2 hours, which is on track for how I have been running so far. I was just happy to be done! The hardest part was the last two miles ā I knew how close I was to home and yet I still felt so far away!
I came home and iced my knees (just in case!), foam-rolled and then made myself some FOOD!
I made two over-easy eggs (my favorite), with a slice of toast. I also had a smoothie: 1 cup almond milk, ½ banana, 1 TBSP peanut butter, 1 TBSP chia seeds, 1 scoop whey protein powder, ice
Delicious! After showering I took a little snooze and I felt incredible for the rest of the day!
Have a great day!
~Holly