running: the dawn

Two weeks til the marathon.  Equally exciting, I leave for California on Wednesday!  I can’t believe that the time has come.  It’s go time!

This was technically my first week of taper, kicked off by the Rockford Marathon

This week’s miles:

Sunday–26.2; yay for NOT last place!
Monday–Jazzercise
Tuesday–rest
Wednesday–6.3 miles with 5×600 meter intervals
Thursday–Jazzercise
Friday–4.5; easy run

Total miles: 37

I still have one “mid-distance” run on the schedule before I feel like the hard work is behind me.  And I suppose I’m going to do a couple speed workouts.

This weekend, I’m once again in Chicago.  I decided to take off work on Friday so that I could actually come into town a day early and enjoy the city.  I got to go to a different Jazzercise class last night.  I LOVE going to Jazzercise while I travel.  There’s something so great about finding kindred spirits whilst away from home.  Jazzer-ladies are always so nice and welcoming.  Always feels like a home away from home.  Then, today, Mr. Dawn wanted to take me to a running store that he found while exploring the neighborhood.  It was a Fleet Feet!  He got fitted for a pair of shoes and then even though I’m not in the market for new shoes just yet, I got analyzed again.  I love talking with the “professionals” about shoe fit, gait analysis, and shoe structure.  I started asking if the blisters I’ve been getting could be related to my shoes.  After about 45 minutes of measuring and trying on different kinds of shoes the wonderful shoe-expert made the suggestion that the blisters could be because the toe box on my beloved Mizunos could be a little too spacious for my feet.  Hence the extra movement and blisters.  She made some suggestions about what my next pair of shoes should be.

I did not leave the store empty handed, I got a Sweaty-Band.  LOVE LOVE LOVE.  Seriously.  I have bangs that I’ve been trying to grow out for almost a year now and usually have to use all kinds of bobby pins and/or hats to keep the tendrils from getting loose and sticking to my face.  Not today!  After we got back from the store I decided it was time to get my last run in for the week and see if my new purchase was really all I’ve heard.  It truly is!  Not too tight, so there was no headband-induced headache.  Did not slip out of place so there was no wrestling with it.  When I got home my hair looked identical to the way it looked when I left.  Which is a minor miracle.  I got a thin orange one with little white polka dots on it.  I’m thinking that I will now build my marathon outfit around this accessory.

15 days to go!!!!!!!!