Last week I mentioned a marathon lottery I entered. I GOT IN!
YAY! Now I just need to get serious about
getting my butt back in shape. No biggie right, LOL oh boy do I have my work
cut out for me, but I can’t think of any better work to do!
As many of you know, I am an after the fact blogger, so I
will share where and when after the race. But I will say it's a fall marathon.
On a side note: A friend email me last week curious why I
was an after the fact blogger. I don’t think I have mentioned my reason why,
for over 4 years. So I’ll share it in case anyone else is curious.
Truth is, when I first started blogging back in 2011 I read a
gal’s blog about risks and safety precautions for bloggers. One of her tips was
to become an after the fact blogger. So I adopted the behavior for myself and
haven’t second guessed it since. While at times I would love to share upcoming
things. When you’re a single gal like me, it’s just safer to not let the world
know where you’re gonna be until after.
Back to the running front, depending on how training goes
during the summer, I’ve also got 4 other marathons on my radar for this fall
and early winter. But I am not going to enter any others until last minute if
things are going good and I decide I can train my body well enough to do them.
THE DREADED EVENING RUN SWITCH
Due to a new job, I’ve begun my switch over to evening runs.
Ughhhh I hate it!!!
I’ve been a morning runner for gosh let’s just say many years
and I’ve loved it! I dislike having any food at all in my stomach when I run
and running in the evenings now poses a little problem with that.
So, I have two options; I can get up at 5am and run before I
go into work. Or I can skip lunch, or eat a very small lunch at 10am and hope
it gets out of my system before my 6pm run, then eat a late dinner. I don’t really
like either option. But right now it’s too dark at 5am to even think about it,
so for now guess it’s going to mean early lunches.
In case you’re
wondering, I prefer distance running and all training on an empty stomach. It
teaches my body to burn stored fuels and give me an edge come marathon time! For
those of you who train same as me, you know exactly what I mean and the
increased benefits from it and why I am not interested after so many years to
switching back.
ADJUSTING TO WORK PLACE SITTING
Granted long periods of standing for me through the past three
years, have been the absolute worst on my body and caused me so many problems. I’ve
learned I need a little of both, and not one thing for too long.
My new job has a bit more sitting than I thought it would.
It’s been seriously hard on my back and murder on my tailbone. So I attempt to
take frequent breaks. My tailbone feels permanently bruised this week.
My sister who also broke hers a while back swears that 100
squats a day strengthens the buttocks and helps her to be able to sit for more
than an hour at a time. So I am going to give this a try, at this point I am
willing to try anything, LOL (In case you
didn’t read my blog a few years back, I broke my tailbone in a skydiving
landing accident, and it’s never been the same since. That said I would not
take back that awesome plane jump for anything!)
On the plus side, 100 squats a day, could do wonders for my
dairy aire, so it’s one of those maybe a double bonus things. Ha ha.
WEEKENDS OFFLINE, GONNA KEEP IT UP!
I’ve decided even though I am going to be doing fewer
weddings each month now. I am going to continue with my very little to none on
the Friday-Sunday blogging. I adopted that behavior about a year ago. I think
having a balance of how much online time I have in my life is important. So it’s
a practice I am going to keep continuing with.
IF YOU WERE WONDERING
WORK INJURY HEALING UPDATES
A few mention they were wondering where I
was with the work injury and my back issues. So in case you were wondering,
here is an update.
My tendon injuries I got 3 years ago from a work injury and
then prolonged by originally visiting a Dr. who put me into the wrong brace and
gave incorrect medical advice. Well I still have them. The swelling is a bit
better these days.
I can tell there is a lot of bursitis in it, and as long as
I don’t rest too much I can keep that at bay. Also long as I don’t stand for
long periods I can keep the tendon issue at bay. Occasionally I will be found
sleeping at night with my med boot on to correct a little damage. However, I
have a good system for it and I haven’t had a major flare up in a couple of
months and I consider this a good sign.
On the plus side, running has never bothered either of these
things much, so I see absolutely no reason right now to prolong my comeback to
marathons!
