Boston Marathon training – Week 6

Two of the cities in the four city 10-miler

As of today, there are 98 days until the marathon! I know, that’s not quite as catchy as being able to say “100 days until the marathon!”, but that milestone has already passed…and I only knew about it because Coach Jorge posted it to the team Facebook page on Friday.

Sapporo and soju for the table

Anyway, what a difference a week makes…from 3 degrees last weekend to a balmy 50-something degree day yesterday. I dubbed yesterday’s long run the Four City Kara and Claire 10-miler. My friend Claire planned a route that took us through Watertown, Waltham, Belmont, and Cambridge. I will admit that sometimes I had no idea where I was…actually…most of the time. It was a little wet out, but I’m super glad we finished before the real rain (and thunder and lightning) started. 

I must confess that my pre-long run meal on Friday night involved Korean bbq, Sapporo, and shots (yes that’s plural) of soju. It was delicious and totally worth it, but also part of the reason I decided to skip the 8 AM team run (yet again)! The other reasons were of course getting to run with Claire and enjoying a post-run adult “haute” chocolate and lunch at Not Your Average Joe’s.

Korean bbq

On a slightly more nutritious note, I’ve been experimenting with mid-run snacks. I’m not a fan of GU, and my stomach’s not a fan of a lot of the other energy products on the market. Lately I’ve been putting together a combination of M&M’s, dried cranberries, and the honey stinger chew things and so far so good. I think I need to add something salty, probably goldfish or pretzels…or perhaps pretzel goldfish! Perhaps I should market this as Kara’s running trail mix. On a side note, if you’re a GU fan, Claire gave two thumbs up to the salted caramel GU flavor yesterday.

23 miles

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Anonymous Anonymous (super curious about this one – anyone want to step forward?)
Daniella Argueta
Daniel Bahcheli
Suzanne and Fred Battenfeld
Mickee Brocato
Etienne Ratte-Delorme
Jill Kurtz
Andy Soares
Ellen Farren

Goals for next week
Take my long run out (way out) of Boston!

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