Okay - 2nd week of training is underway! Did 5 miles last night and will do another 4 tonight. After tonight, due to the aforementioned Estate Sale, I won't run again until Sunday. So, this will probably be my last post until Sunday as well.
Today's Lesson is #8; Stay Healthy! In this case, I'm not talking about avoiding injury, although that is obviously important. My point here is that you are investing SO much time and energy into preparing for your marathon, that you cannot afford to get sick - i.e a cold or flu. When I trained for my first marathon, this concerned me quite a bit (as in almost obsessed!); particularly the deeper I got into the training cycle. If you get to the part of your training regime where you are scheduled for fairly long Sunday runs, but you can't do those due to being sick, it can be very hard to recover the schedule before race day.
Obviously getting sick is not totally in our control, if its going to happen, there isn't a whole lot we can do about it. But, you can avoid situations with lots of people, practice good hygiene (washing your hands frequently), get plenty of rest, etc. What a shame it would be to devote this much time and effort into training, only to get sick and blow it!
The "Song of the Blog" today is Cherry Bomb by John Mellencamp; definitely need this on your MP3 player!
Sunday will be my first run of any significant distance, the weather calls for rain all weekend, hopefully I can get it in!
All for now...
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