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<\/a><\/p>\nEvery time I visualize crossing that finish line in a Boston qualifying time, I tear up.\u00a0 It would be a dream come true, something I never thought in a million years I could accomplish.\u00a0 I also never thought I would be capable of running a half marathon in the 1:40’s or a 5k in 20:20, and I did. \u00a0 Me? A fast runner? Nah, I just run for fun.\u00a0 Just goes to show what our bodies are capable of\u00a0 when we push out of our comfort zone.\u00a0 ANYTHING is possible.<\/p>\n
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I have been spending almost every Saturday at the Waterfall Glen Trail, my legs feel dead almost always and my appetite is that of a 300 pound man.\u00a0 Yup, I am deep into marathon training.\u00a0 Almost 7 weeks down and roughly 9 more to go.\u00a0 Seems like I still have a long way, but I know these next two months are going to fly and it makes me nervous.\u00a0 I still have many kinks to figure out and work to do to get to where I need to be.\u00a0 But I know I can do this. My current workout schedule is as follow: Mondays:\u00a0 AM Crossfit Tuesdays:\u00a0 AM 6-8 miles\/ PM Crossfit Wednesdays:\u00a0 AM Crossfit\/PM 5-7 mile Track workout Thursdays:\u00a0 AM 6-8 miles Friday: AM Crossfit Saturday:\u00a0 Long run Sunday: Off or hot yoga For my Tuesday\/Thursday run I do not keep a set pace but I do for my track workouts and long runs. \u00a0 My long runs are not exactly where I need to be just yet, but I am still feeling pretty good.\u00a0 My biggest thing is I am still consistent with my crossfit workouts, even if it means my legs are dead for a long run.\u00a0 This might make for tough training runs, but when I am prepping for a race day and have a rest week beforehand, it makes my legs feel superhuman and light because I am so used to running when they are heavy. \u00a0 The slowest average pace I have kept on a long run is 8:30 and the fastest average pace has been 7:30.\u00a0 So for race day, I need to be somewhere in the middle of that.\u00a0 Boston qualifying pace is an 8:15 average, but I am aiming for 745\/8 to be safe. My biggest concern right now is how long it takes me to settle into my pace. My running style is a little odd, I\u00a0 like to start off pretty slow (about 2 minutes slower than race pace) and then work my way up.\u00a0 While this has worked for me in the past, I am just nervous that I am going to lose too much time on the front end of my marathon getting myself “warmed up”.\u00a0 So, we shall see. \u00a0 I have a half marathon coming up in a few weeks and then a 20 mile race in September, so these will be two big trials to work all this out and see where I am. Every time I visualize crossing that finish line in a Boston qualifying time, I tear up.\u00a0 It would be a dream come true, something I never thought in a million years I could accomplish.\u00a0 I also never thought I would be capable of running a half marathon in the 1:40’s or a 5k in 20:20, and I did. \u00a0 Me? A fast runner? Nah, I just run for fun.\u00a0 Just goes to show what our bodies are capable of\u00a0 when we push out of our comfort zone.\u00a0 ANYTHING is possible. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=825"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":831,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/825\/revisions\/831"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.blessedinthemess.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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