About a year and a half ago, I started this blog to discuss and share ideas on running and nutrition. I wanted a way to stay aware of how both of these things reflected in my own training habits. I didn’t do a great job of keeping up with it, so I’m going to give it a second run.
Currently, I am training for the Houston Marathon, which will be held Jan. 30, 2011. It will be my first full marathon experience after having completed two half marathons, a 12k leg on a relay race, 10k race and more 5ks than I can remember in the last year. It’s been a long transition for me going from an active short distance runner in high school to an on-again off-again runner throughout college to a consistent distance runner post-college. As much as my body loves the thrill of a quick sprint down the last 100m of a track at a 6 minute/mile pace, there is nothing more rewarding than finishing a long run on a beautiful, cool Saturday morning with your run buddies and chowing down on a much-deserved breakfast taco.
So now, I’m dedicating myself to posting more regularly with updates on my training and nutrition. The boyfriend and I have decided to eat more like vegetarians (I’m calling it faux vegetarianism). I’ll eat some meat occasionally mostly because I don’t really want to cut it out completely. We’ll just be having more meatless days. I’ll post recipes and ideas that I pick up along the way.
These next few months should be a fun ride. I’m excited about running my first full marathon and braving the cool Houston temperatures in January.
Training is always an exciting time! …Thank you for sharing!