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 offWhen 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.

Welcome to Indianapolis!

Welcome to Indianapolis!

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