Two weeks between Iowa & Indy marathons, re-focused on nutrition. I’m marathoning more often but no longer training three disciplines concurrently [Ironman], so no good reason why I can’t pick up my pace.
Started a food journal to better understand intake & track good fuel days. Adding turkey to salad & eating lamb in race weeks for protein pick-up. Upping my spinach & kale usage – for increased iron. Rotisserie chicken makes me feel ick. Bread & white rice are not food friends. I feel mentally down the following day, which leads to inconsistent training.
When the body feels blah, best to take a day off. When the mind feels blah (poor nutrition), it’s a wasted training day (also spills over into work – less productive).
Learning to listen to my body. Been running consistently without injury since October 2013 – wanna keep that streak alive thru 2016 (50 state marathon goal).
*BIG NEWS* 26 marathons scheduled in 2015 (2 races are lotteries – fingers crossed)
- 11/01/14 Monumental Marathon IN
- 11/16/14 Rock N Roll Las Vegas NV
- 11/23/14 Route 66 Marathon OK
- 12/06/14 Rehoboth Beach Marathon DE
- 01/10/15 Mississippi Blues Marathon MS
- 01/25/15 Miami Marathon FL
- 02/14/15 Myrtle Beach Marathon SC
- 02/22/15 Hyannis Marathon MA
- 03/01/15 Little Rock Marathon AR
- 03/14/15 Montgomery Marathon AL
- 03/29/15 Ocean Drive Marathon NJ
- 04/12/15 Go St Louis Marathon MO
- 04/18/15 Garmin Oz Marathon KS
- 04/25/15 Kentucky Derby Festival KY
- 05/02/15 Wisconsin Marathon WI
- 05/09/15 Fargo Marathon ND
- 05/24/15 Vermont City Marathon VT
- 06/07/15 Casper Marathon WY
- 06/13/15 Rock N Roll Seattle WA
- 06/27/15 Charlevoix Marathon MI
- 07/26/15 San Francisco Marathon CA
- 09/20/15 Morgantown Marathon WV
- 09/26/15 Adams County Marathon OH (Amish Marathon)
- 10/03/15 New Hampshire Marathon NH
- 10/10/15 Hartford Marathon CT
- 10/17/15 Baltimore Marathon MD
- 10/25/15 Marine Corps Marathon VA (Lottery)
- 11/01/15 New York City Marathon NY (Lottery)
- 11/22/15 Philadelphia Marathon PA
- 12/05/15 St. Jude’s Memphis Marathon TN
Gonna be a busy year – Go Big or Go Home. Would leave only 7 states remaining for 2016. ALSO, secretly have 2 big international adventures, one in 2015, one in 2016 — good to have dreams, better to make them happen 🙂
Planes, trains & automobiles…off to Indy for marathon #14.
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