STATUS REPORT: Month 2
Mileage for month the second: 71 miles (114K… ahh, we really should use the metric system)
Feet: Intact. Mostly. (Blisters are simultaneously fascinating and disgusting. Google Image Search of blisters is always just disgusting.)
Knees: Yes.
STATUS REPORT: PHASE I (5K/10K TRAINING)
Start Date: 05 January 2013
End Date: 02 March 2013
Duration: Eight weeks
Total Mileage: 127 miles (204K)
Longest Run: 8 miles (except it was closer to 9... it was an accident)
Greatest Achievements:
- Found a nickel within the first minute of my first run outside (second run of training); has accompanied me on every run since, but, strangely, has still not lost any weight (it doesn’t make any cents…)
- Was not viciously attacked by a herd of deer that I mistook for incredibly realistic-looking lawn ornaments (they were standing really still, okay?)
- Can run the required distances without needing to stop and walk for a bit AND
- Can run while carrying on a conversation/swearing at the cars that get too close or are driving too fast/praying for assistance to anything that will listen
- Fashioned a brilliant post-run recovery system with ice packs, towels, and shoelaces
- Registered for my first half-marathon and my first marathon (Bank of America Chicago Marathon)
- Got permission from Random Acts to run in the Chicago Marathon on their behalf
Structural Integrity:…Scanning… PASS
Sanity: …Scanning…
Training Status: COMPLETE
#PHASE ONE#5K/10K TRAINING#FINAL#STATUS CHECK #ICE IS YOUR FRIEND#MOVIN' ON UP #TO #PHASE TWO #CHICAGO MARATHON #RUNNING FOR CHARITY #RANDOM ACTS
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