Marathon Training Begins

I hope you all had a wonderful Monday and a smooth return after the weekend. In case you missed it, I had a BLAST this weekend with some of my best college friends.

College Reunion Weekend Begins

Holy Hills

Four Girls, Two Husbands, and a Truck

Workout

I started my training plan off with a great, sweaty run outside! This morning’s run was fast and fun! In fact, it’s the fastest run I’ve had in over a year.

4.2 miles

9.23 pace

My path was a straight shot up Lexington Avenue which meant that it was a gradual hill through the Murray Hill area but otherwise flat.

Today kicked off my training for the 2010 NYC ING Marathon on November 7th. In case you’re a new reader, I gained automatic entry for this year’s marathon by completing the NYRR’s 9+1 option. This means that during the 2009 year I ran 9 qualifying races ranging in distance from 1 mile to half marathon and I volunteered during one race.

Thanks to Bobbi I have a great training plan that will help me with my three marathon goals:

1) Safely complete my 1st marathon

2) Finish in under 5 hours

3) Not burn out on running and remain injury free during the training

This morning’s breakfast was a delicious repeat of last week’s juicy bowl of goodness.

Nectarine, Flax Seeds, Fage 0%, and Weight Watchers vanilla oats. Yum!

Today is starting off on a good note and I can only hope it continues! I’m looking forward to my 2nd Bar Method SoHo class tonight with an old friend from Philadelphia who recently moved to the NYC area.

Have a great day!!