Running

Wooohooo! I beat my personal record for most miles logged (consecutively) on a treadmill. TWENTY MILES. Woah. Thankfully I had the ~~super small~~ gym to myself most of the time & control of the TV remote (hallelujah!). I broke my run into segments since my treadmill couldn’t run non-stop like me 😉 Kidding, kind of… the machine only runs for 90 minutes at a time. The breaks were great, though. It forced me to break up the 20 mile run into nicer, easy to handle segments rather than thinking of it as ONE LONG RUN. It was also a nice chance for me to refill my water bottle. At one point, the treadmill started to smell a little funny…kind of like it was being over-worked. Then I looked at the bottom of my brand new Brooks after my run… Whoops.

burnin’ rubber with my brand new Brooks!

Anyway, after my run I celebrated with a quick lunch followed by a light nap. The awesome & supportive hubs then treated me to a nice dinner of pasta, sausage, and veggies. 🙂 Considering how relaxing this afternoon & evening was, it makes me want to run 20 miles every day. Ok not really.

“who’s that giiiirrrll?” “it’s Jess.”

Like those obnoxiously hot pink socks? Yep, bought those pups today at Fleet Feet. I’ve never done compression socks but after reading multiple posts on Monica‘s blog, I decided to give it a whirl. They feel great, no complaints ~~yet~~, but I’ll let you know if I think they actually do anything. Besides look great, that is. 😉 Alright, it’s time for me to get back to my laying-on-the-couch-doing-nothing phase. Tomorrow morning, I’m making a recipe from Gina’s cookbook:

slow cooker enchilada

Questions for you:

– Love compression socks? Hate ’em?

– What’s the longest distance you’ve gone on a treadmill?

Hey there!

I don’t know about you guys, but the further I get along in marathon training, the less motivated I generally get. Spending hours of my weekend preparing, running, and then recovering from my training starts to take a toll. For past races I’ve always followed my training schedule to a t. There was no such things of shortening runs; I always made myself run the full distance (i.e., 18 mile run) on the scheduled date. This time around I’m being a bit more flexible. Do you guys ever do that? This past weekend, it wasn’t possible to get in an 18 mile run, so I split it into two chunks. I ran 5.5 miles one day, and 12.5 miles the next. It’s definitely not my preference (I don’t feel as well prepared) but sometimes life gets in the way.

Like sometimes I have to go to Bulls games for work:

And, when I’m really lucky, I get to go with clients & bring one of my friends. This has only happened once (thank goodness I have a photo to prove it)!

Other times, I have long car trips. Or meetings. The usual. So when I can sneak in a run, I sneak in a run. And then I celebrate with doughnuts from Glazed & Infused. Have you locals had their doughnuts before?! If you haven’t, you NEED to. They’re incredible. As someone who does not like red velvet cake, or cream cheese frosting…but is (ironically) absolutely obsessed with their red velvet cake doughnuts…you need to take my word on it. They’re incredible: