Marathon Training

December, 2014

I have taken my old blog down, however if you are interested in reading those posts, I'd be glad to email them to you.  I may end up just reposting them here.

So, what's new with me?  I am currently training to walk my first ever Marathon and then go on to do an UltraMarathon.

I have come to realize that I have now been a fitness walker for over 20 years and a Race Walker for 10 years!  I'll talk about that more in depth in a future post.

I have a new found love for walking.  That comes along with eating clean and the amount of energy I now have. 

I am planning on doing some long distance walking once Spring arrives.

Saturday 12/13/14

With the Rock n' Roll Arizona Marathon just 35 days away, I'm definitely getting nervous.  I'm hoping that with my big 20 mile walk tomorrow, I'll at least have a better idea of how I will feel during.

Tomorrow I will dress in the shorts and shirt I plan on wearing, as well as use Injinji Toe socks and new waist pack.

I'm also hoping to do some of it outside, but if not, I will do the entire 20 miles on my awesome treadmill.

Let me tell you a bit about this very cool treadmill that my wonderful hubby purchased for my birthday for me.  It's an iFit/Proform treadmill with a built in Android Tablet.  I can go on google and map anywhere I want to walk or use the pre loaded maps (street view if I choose) or beautiful video workouts.

I can go on Facebook or just surf the web.  But I never do...I walk too fast!  

Sunday 12/14/14

Fueled up with a Vega shake in the morning and promptly got on my treadmill.  The Vega meal shakes sustain me for about 7-8 miles before I feel hungry again. 

So I did 20 miles on my treadmill while watching Wolf of Wall Street and catching up on Mr. Selfridge.

I'm not sure how I ever lived without Injinji Toe socks.  I have two pair now and they are just the best!!!  Therlos are a close second.

Injinji Sport Original Weight Micro Coolmax Socks

Tonight, I slept for a couple of hours in the evening and stretched a lot.  

Monday 12/15/14

My wonderful hubby let me sleep in this morning.  I am a bit sore and tired, but again, I'm stretching a lot.

Thursday 12/18/14

I woke up today and decided that each year I will walk one mile for every year that I'm alive.  My hubby suggested I make it an event and raise some money to donate to animal causes.

Walked 6 miles today.

Sunday 12/21/14

We tried Raw a couple months back but were not prepared.  We had no ready recipes and so we fell off the wagon.    So this time around we plan on eating at least 2 raw meals a day.  

Monday 12/22/14

Well I slacked big time last week, but with all the running my daughter around and Xmas shopping, I was just very busy.  I didn't get my usual big walk in on Sunday so I did it today.  12 Miles!

Saturday 12/27/14

Decided to do my 20 miles today.  Last 20 mile walk until the marathon.  I fueled up again with the Vega shake, and had 2 Vega snack bars during the walk.

This 20 miles felt a bit easier than the last 20 miles I walked a couple of weeks ago.  I did this walk mostly on an incline, as well.

I realized today that I am back in a size 1.  I think I have been for a couple weeks, but since I'm not working right now, I usually spend my days and nights in yoga pants.  I just didn't notice.

Friday 12/9/15

Haven't been keeping up on my walks during the week as well as I should.   With the marathon just 8 days away, I'm a bit worried because I managed to strain my Hip Flexor.  So I'm resting...may try to do a few miles tonight but hopefully my 10 mile scheduled walk for Sunday will go okay.

Sunday 1/11/15

Last entry for this blog post.

Yesterday I walked 4 miles.  For the first 2 my hip was bugging me a bit, but then it stopped.  I've been stretching so I'm sure that helped along with some ibuprofen.  So, I got up this morning and did 10 miles.  Hip feels good!  Went ahead and finally registered for the Marathon.   I had been waiting to be sure no unforeseen circumstances stood in the way.

I took a quick picture of myself today in my running shorts and No-Meat Athlete T-Shirt that my hubby bought me for Xmas, and compared it to when I first started out on my journey.  Will take some better pics in the months to come.

I am now a healthy size 1!

On the left, when I first started out on my Gluten-Free Journey.  On the right, GF Plant Based Vegan.

Gone are the days of thinking Vegans cannot be healthy.  Yes, we get enough protein, calcium, iron, etc.  (please click link below to watch the video).  Colleen Patrick-Goudreau breaks it down for you.  

Colleen Patrick-Goudreau, Vegan Author and Speaker blows Hosts mind!

Last thing I'd like to mention, is that I do love questions.  Please send me any you may have.  Last night I had someone ask me if I had ever heard of too much spinach being the cause of Kidney Stones.

I did some digging, because I had not heard that.  I found the general concensus is that: 

"Those with kidney disorders, gout, rheumatoid arthritis, or certain forms of vulvodynia are typically advised to avoid foods high in oxalic acid. For a normal healthy person developing kidney stones from a high volume of oxalic acid in foods is very unlikely." -Claire Georgiou, Reboot Naturopath, B.HSc ND

And let me clarify that the reason I got this question is because a person she knew was on a Green Monster diet/cleanse.  Something else I had not heard of that I had to look up.


Quote above taken from:
 Oxalates & Kidney Stones – What You Should Know

STAY TUNED---MY NEXT BLOG POST WILL BE ABOUT OUR TRIP TO AZ & MY MARATHON EXPERIENCE!  

I'm off to Arizona!