training for a 10 mile race Archives - fiftytwothursdays https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/tag/training-for-a-10-mile-race/ style + fitness Sat, 24 Jun 2017 20:07:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Making A Run For It https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/fitness/making-a-run-for-it/ https://www.fiftytwothursdays.us/fitness/making-a-run-for-it/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2017 15:32:01 +0000 http://fiftytwothursdays.us/?p=15678 It’s no secret that I love things that get me sweaty. That includes working out, hot foods and steamy weather. But one thing that might surprise you is that I despise long distance running, even though the sweat-equity is super high on this one. I would rather lift weights, sprint, row, jump rope, pretty much would rather do anything other than go on a long distance run. So when I signed up for the Baltimore 10 miler, my husband thought I had lost my mind. While the verdict is still out on that one, I am still lacing up my running shoes and training for my first long distance race ever. While I do feel very physically fit and my body is ready for almost anything, I don’t think my mind is quite there yet. It’s the mental game that really intimidates me about long distance running. How do you keep yourself moving for 10 miles without breaking to walk? What do you think about? I feel like I will be bored after mile 1! Help! So along with training my brain for this race, I am also training my body by increasing my runs each week, adding more track work into […]

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