St. George Marathon...2 Weeks Away

11 Things to Love about Training for a Marathon:
1. The feeling you get after you run farther than you ever have before.
2. Your legs get more toned.
3. After you run more than 13 miles on a Saturday, you feel like you can eat anything you want.
4. On the long runs, you burn more than 2,000 calories.
5. Experiencing new beautiful areas you haven't seen before.
6. Getting tan and hair bleached from being in the sun.
7. Your metabolism speeds up.
8. You get to check something off your bucket list
9. Realizing my body can do things I never thought it could
10. Being able to mope around the rest of the day Saturday after doing a longer run.
11. Training for it with Jason.


11 Things To Hate about Training for a Marathon
1. On VERY long runs, your legs cramp up so bad, it is all you can think about
2. Having to hobble around the rest of Saturday and Sunday after a really long run
3. The mind games you play while you run....only 3 more miles....half way there....30 more steps, etc...
4. Running so much that it is the first time I have ever been sick of running in my life.
5. Sweat....Chaffage.....dry salt particles on the face and body.
6. How ornery I am before a run or during a run
7. What lots of energy gummies do to my system if I eat too many
8. Doing my weekday runs at night, after week, when that is the last thing I want to do
9. Getting really nervous for my long runs, and for the marathon
10. Feeling like Jason has to wait for me all the time.... (I am slower than he is)
11. Having to ice anything that hurts afterwards....I hate ice...it is not fun!


(This is us running in the winter...but it was the only pic I could find)

I will tell you how it turns out. It has been a very great experience so far, and we run it in 2 weeks. Wish us luck!