I mentioned already how excited I am to start running again, because I LOVE having a plan to follow. I'm a free-spirit kind of person raised in and living a laissez-faire style of life, so having a bit of consistency and structure in my life helps and reassures me in a way that nothing else does. THANK YOU to my marathon plan! Tracking progress makes me happy but it's kind of nerdy and boring sometimes...
So I started a few little side things to jazz up the whole process and make life more fun.
1. I bought a running scrapbook. It's actually just a giant floppy notebook that is sturdy enough at the binding that it will be able to handle all the 3D objects that I am going to cram in that sucker. You'd think that as I am working as an archivist assistant, I would have more respect for mementos and store them properly. NOPE. Gimme a glue stick and some double-sided tape, because when it comes to scrapbooking, I am 100% Dan Eldon, and 0% Mrs. Basil E Frankweiler.
When I was cleaning out my desk at home, I found my first medal, sadly I threw away a lot of my earlier 5K bibs, but from now on, it's memento scrapbook all the way!
2. I signed up for Athlinks, because it tracks ALL your races over time in one spot, which is awesome, and gives you stats and numbers and all those kinds of goodies.
Little things like this make me feel pepped up and excited to run.
3. Research!! I was looking up races to try... And ended up scoping out impossible things like the 6633 ultra... Which is either 120 or 350 miles, crossing the arctic circle (!!!!) how amazing is that? What a trip. I'd pick that over a high heat one though any day of the week. Even if I never attempt anything so extreme, it's fun to imagine the challenge :)
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