brrr, it's cold in here...

Nothing like a marathon nightmare to get me off my lazy butt and training again. After putting off training for like, oh a week (eek!), I had a nightmare that I overslept, got to the marathon really late, and then they told me I could still compete if I ran REALLY FAST.

Yeah. I already can't run REALLY FAST.

And then I started to cry. Then I woke up, realized it was 6am, and told myself "this is a sign from God, go out and run woman!"

So I did. And I forgot how much it peps you up in the morning. I set out to just run based on the time I had before I needed to get home, shower, and head to work. I Mapquested the distance when I got home, and I did a bit over 4.22 miles. I say a bit over because Mapquest had me running on Lakeshore drive, which is a big no no, so I was actually running on the Lakeshore path, so I had a bit more distance, but anyways, it was very nice (Note to the people I ordered my iPod+Nike snapcase from, SEND ME MY DAMN PRODUCT! NOW! ok, thanks).

One downside? Chicago fall weather is upon us. So basically IT WAS FREEZING. And I've never really ran in the cold. The last time it was cold out my lazy butt wouldn't have walked a simple little mile. So I put a thin long sleeve shirt under my t-shirt, wore my longer running spandex legging things, strapped on the fannypack and headed out. It was really cold at first, but my body warmed up to it, so it wasn't too horrible.

So yay for back into the groove of things! I'm really starting to get nervous about the marathon, so I'm going all out training wise this last week or so before I taper off, and I'm really watching what I eat until the marathon has passed. No red meat, no booze, no fried stuff. I had baked tilapia and steamed green beans for lunch today. If I'm eating this sort of food, you know I mean business :)

Well, hope everyone who is training is doing well, and anyone training the cold like me is keeping warm!

Lisa