30 miles and some foot love
Comments (27) Warning: There may be A LOT of posts in the “Health + Fitness” category this week. Yeah. Oops. I just gotta get a few things out of my mind. On to the post…
I ran 30 miles last week! It was my highest mileage week ever:
- Tuesday: 4 mile run outside with Steven
- Wednesday: 4 miles on treadmill at work (plus 30 mins of “hill intervals” on the elliptical)
- Thursday: 5 miles on the treadmill (and 30 Day Shred Level 1*)
- Friday: 4 mile run outside with Steven
- Saturday: 3 mile run outside with Steven – done in 25:46 min!
- Sunday: 10 miles on the frickin’ treadmill
I was talking to my mom on Wednesday and she asked what Steven and I plan to do after the half marathon. Well, quit running, of course! Just kidding. Unless we have some adverse side effect to the half marathon, our goal is to complete a full marathon in 2009. So I imagine, after a bit of downtime, we will pick a full marathon to sign up for and find a training program. We will probably do a local one for our first. Seems like registration is still open for the 2009 Chicago Marathon on October 11th, so that is a feasible option.
My mom used to be really into running, so I was telling her – I think my body is made to run. It just feels so natural and right to me. Most days, I don’t even struggle with it. So I really hope I continue to feel this way after our half marathon, and can pursue longer distances.
After my long run yesterday, I decided I deserved a little pampering, so I finally used the Bath & Body Works True Blue Spa Suddenly Sauna for Feet and Shea It Isn’t So Shea Butter Foot Cream that my blogger sister, Gina, sent me for Christmas. Yeah. I was saving them for a special occasion. I figured 10 miles was special enough.
You put water in the booties and it activates some heat elements. While the booties are “heating up,” you put the foot cream on, then slip the booties on when they are ready. It took awhile for the booties to heat up, but once they did, it felt great. I think my feet deserved that extra attention. Thanks Gina! I am excited to use the other two pairs. Now, if only I could figure out how to get rid of my feet “stinky-ness”…
Other running news: We finally signed up for the Walt Disney World Half Marathon on January 9! I am super excited. Our friends and their parents are going to be there, as well as a few other bloggers. Let me know if you’re going!
*Dammit, did I really only Shred ONE day this week? I need to work on that. Arg.
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