Ace and I have taken a different approach to these not so original preparation methods. Since beginning to train for our half, we've eaten pizza at least seven times, ingested approximately three gallons of ice cream, and devoured an endless amount cookies, cheese its, and Dr. Pepper (this training schedule is available for those of you who are interested).
We burn calories and prepare to run by watching movies, playing Rock Band, and talking more than any two people I've ever met. Sometimes we feel guilty by all of the time we spend in this strict regimen, so we take a casual stroll around the river near our apartment.
These have all seemed like fabulous training methods...methods that seasoned marathoners would be in awe of....then, Ace and Jams realized that the half was less than six days away.
Now, one may hypothesize that Ace and Jams would fervently attempt to prepare for the half with six days to go. Now, if by fervently you mean watching movies, talking about walking, working, chatting on the computer, eating a lot, and scheduling a tentative walk for Wednesday...you would be correct.
This should lead to one exciting Sunday blog.... :)
(*P.S. This blog is dedicated to Maggi Rothwell (e.g., one of Jam's BFFs) who has endlessly harassed Jams for the last two weeks. Ace and Jams will henceforth attempt to blog on a more regular basis.)
WOO! i would have quit this said half by now. or hoped that they changed the challenge from running my brains out to eating, gossiping and playing rock band. i'll hope thats what's in store for you. :)
ReplyDeleteAlso, super pumped I finally have a mention. Bout time.
Tsk. Tsk.
ReplyDeleteOf course the eating part sounds like my preparation for my halves too.
But tsk..tsk. Just be sure you stretch good and long after because your muscles will yell at you if you don't.
You can do eeet!
I don't think this training regimen is that odd. I've seen it used all the time for distance running preparation - the pizzas, the ice cream, the cookies, Cheezits, the Dr. Pepper.
ReplyDeleteWait a sec...maybe that wasn't marathon training...Oh, my mistake, that was the "Man vs. Food" marathon on the Travel Channel.
Good luck this Saturday. Since your fingers will be the only part of your body that's not sore on Sunday the blog update is about all you'll be capable of.
Hahaha thank you SAMC Hurst and Sarah (we totally need a nickname for you...we'll get right on that). We will totally be stretching and will also be praying lots that it helps!
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