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Summer Running...Lessons Learned

Ten weeks out until the City of Oaks marathon in Raleigh and I got in a long run/walk this afternoon in the midst off of all the Back to School craziness. My husband fixed up the jogging stroller and I took my youngest out on a run/walk of five miles in the sunshine and 80 degree temps. During our hour-long run, I learned a few things.

Jeremiah was OUT by the end of the first mile.

• Running shorts are not meant for everyone. Girls with thick thighs are better off sticking to their trusted running capris. See = chafing.
• Pushing a thirty-pound kid in a stroller for any distance is much harder than running alone. Props to the mother runners who do this on a regular basis.
• Sticking to a training plan is essential. And yet life (at least in my case) doesn't seem to go as planned and, as a result, you may find yourself realizing that there may be more walking than running originally planned, BUT you are going to run as much as you can and you are going to finish. 
• Finding your WHY is important but taking that WHY along for the run helps push through the hardest miles. Having my li'l man with me today helped me push for five instead of giving up at two.

This weekend is our last before we head back to school.  The boys have their first day tomorrow and I begin pre-service training and the exhausting exciting task of setting up my classroom. Time to start getting in my runs first thing in the mornings or before bed.  There's a lot coming up and much to think about, so I'll need those runs.

A long and sweaty five, but a full five!

What lessons do you learn while running? Do you make important decisions mid-run or is it a time of meditation?