Comments on: Last Week’s Workouts and ANOTHER Half Marathon! http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/ Losing weight, one mile at a time Tue, 05 May 2026 09:15:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.2 By: Jennifer L. Nelson http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-465 Jennifer L. Nelson Mon, 06 May 2013 13:44:35 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-465 It’s insane, really. I still can’t even believe I’m doing this! haha

]]> By: Jennifer L. Nelson http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-464 Jennifer L. Nelson Mon, 06 May 2013 13:43:45 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-464 Hi Stephanie — thanks so much for reading, glad we connected! That’s good to hear re: the foot pain — not that your husband has it, of course, just to know that it IS manageable and not something super scary like a stress fracture!

Congrats on your first two half marathons, and signing up for your first full! That’s awesome! I’m going to be training for the Dopey Challenge in Disney World (running pretty much all of the races that weekend, including the full marathon!), so it looks like we both have our work cut out for us. Looking forward to following your training! :)

]]> By: Stephanie@nowiun.com http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-463 Stephanie@nowiun.com Mon, 06 May 2013 04:36:02 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-463 I just read about those challenges in RW!

]]> By: Stephanie@nowiun.com http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-462 Stephanie@nowiun.com Mon, 06 May 2013 04:35:30 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-462 I just found your blog!
My husband has had some foot pain and they told him the SAME THING! I’m glad the “diagnosis” helped you!
I’m newer to the whole running thing (since November I have run my first and second ever Half Marathons and my first Marathon) so I just do what the running plans tell me to do. ;)

]]> By: Jennifer L. Nelson http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-461 Jennifer L. Nelson Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:17:55 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-461 Haha, oh, believe me…the irony is not lost on me! I was downright terrified to register for a 5K, no joke! I still can’t believe that this is my life…or that I managed to become SO addicted to running in such a short period of time. I am absolutely loving every minute of it, though! :-D

Thanks for the tips! I’m considering my “Runapalooza” race a training run for this next one. I know it’s unlikely I’ll be able to shave a whole lot of time off my race in just two weeks (especially since I wasn’t even planning/training for the NJ Half!), so I’m just doing it for fun…and considering it another test run to see if what I’m doing is working (the last half taught me that I NEED to get serious about speedwork…I always seem to crash and burn in those last few miles, and couldn’t pick up my pace if I were being chased by a bear).

Dang, girl! That race looks SICK! You are going to ROCK it…a trail/obstacle race is definitely on my list of “someday” goals! Good luck, and you have to tell me how it went! LOVE the team name…LOL…sounds like a blast!

]]> By: Jennifer L. Nelson http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-460 Jennifer L. Nelson Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:07:47 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-460 Haha, aw, thanks, Jodi! I have a loooong way to go before I’m ready for Dopey, but it at least gave me a little bit of confidence that I’ll be able to survive Dumbo this summer! :-D

]]> By: Jennifer L. Nelson http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-459 Jennifer L. Nelson Tue, 30 Apr 2013 01:06:41 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-459 AWESOME, hope to see you! I will, of course, be wearing a sparkle skirt (you can’t miss me, even if you wanted to, haha)…I’ll keep an eye out for you, too! ;-D

]]> By: Jodi @ 13.1 Miles to Disney http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-458 Jodi @ 13.1 Miles to Disney Mon, 29 Apr 2013 22:56:24 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-458 Look at you with your multiple races in a weekend! You’re going to kick butt at Dopey!

]]> By: Amy @ Writing While Running http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-457 Amy @ Writing While Running Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:17:11 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-457 Oh! I was going to ask if you were going to this! I am going and NOT running for once but will be cheering on friends. I will definitely be looking to cheer you on. Wear a fancy skirt or something so I can recognize you :)

]]> By: Kelly H http://thefinalforty.com/last-weeks-workouts-and-another-half-marathon/#comment-456 Kelly H Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:26:26 +0000 http://thefinalforty.wordpress.com/?p=2040#comment-456 You posts lately are cracking me up – you went from a 5k runner who struggled (you admitted yourself you were struggling with running!) and now you’re all multiple race running on the weekends and it’s some serious miles girl!! Dang! So proud of you. You really got hit with the running bug HARD!

As for how I train the last week before a race, I’m not sure I have a good answer. I do a whole lot of freaking out is what I do. LOL! The weekend before I try to run exactly the number of miles i need to run at the race in optimal conditions. Basically, it’s a practice race. I wear the same everything I want to wear race day and think about my hydration and fuel too. Then in the days leading up to the race, I dial my mileage back quite a bit. Still run but do short runs. Focus on rest and eating well and that’s about it. Then the day before it’s zero alcohol and lots of carbs. Morning of it’s coffee and peanut butter toast.

I’m in slight freak-out mode as this is the race I’m doing this Sunday. The 10k.:

http://www.russianrivermudrun.com/

Take a look at the descriptions of the obstacles. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I did run it last year but it was the first year and I think they went a little easy. This year the descriptions seem scarier! I’m running with 5 girlfriends and we’ve been trail running for the past few months to get our miles up to 6.5 with hills. It will be great fun! Our team name is The Dirty MILFs. LOL!

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