race prep with Nava Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/race-prep-with-nava/ style + fitness Mon, 10 Jul 2017 20:44:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Going The Distance https://fiftytwothursdays.us/fitness/going-the-distance/ https://fiftytwothursdays.us/fitness/going-the-distance/#respond Thu, 15 Jun 2017 14:59:06 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=16100 Going The Distance… I am not a runner. I may love most forms of exercise, but long distance running is something that I just can’t wrap my head around. It’s not the endurance that bothers me; it’s the mental game. Before I started training for this 10-mile race, I think the farthest I had ever made it was like 5 miles. Why would anyone ever want to run farther than that? Isn’t that why we have cars? You are probably asking yourself, “well, if you hate running, then why did you sign up to run a 10-mile race?” And while I dislike running, I also hate turning down a challenge even more. When Nava Health and Vitality Center approached me a few months back to try their NavaRace package, while I prepped for the Baltimore 10-Miler, and blog about the entire journey, I thought that it would be awesome to treat my body to some extra care because lord knows I beat it up with the amount of lifting and CrossFit that I do. I also knew 10 miles would be a challenge for me, and that is one of the reasons I decided to go through with this. I […]

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