NYC Marathon - Running towards THE race together

 Yes, I know this only works if you refer to dates in the American way… we are 11.5 weeks away from 11/5, or Nov 5th, or NYC Marathon day!!! Lots of information received from Delphine who continued her training during holidays, ignoring all the canine dangers… she runs faster than those dogs 😅 Interesting that at the same time as you were looking for hydratation vests I was picking shorts with many pockets: for hydratation as well as gels and keys and credit card and phone, to run prepared for anything. I was initially looking for a running belt, but the same company producing the belts convinced me that I might as well add a short to the belt, cunning. So here it is: I ran several distances with it last week and that worked, not running faster but I can pay for my coffee at the end of the run. Last week was also when we had to select several options for the marathon, including transportation to the start line 🤩 it’s becoming real! It was great to see we both had the same options...

 En vacances avec les loulous, j'arrive à maintenir les 4 séances et à faire les 51 km prévus. C'est super de courir en vacances, des lieux qu'on ne connaît pas, de nouveaux paysages mais aussi....seule, peur de se perdre, de faire de mauvaises rencontres...pour ma part surtout peur de tomber sur des chiens...mais je passe outre tout ça, pas le choix faut faire les séances ! Je me sens un peu seule, je me perd un peu en forêt, je tombe sur 2/3 chiens pas tenus en laisse mais je suis contente, j'y arrive.  C'est ça aussi le running mais ça en vaut le coup.

 Allez repos ok, on se remotive et on s'y remet...4 séances et 49 km cette semaine. Test de ma nouvelle veste, au top, plein de poches, et pas trop lourde. Elle donne un peu chaud mais la météo n'est pas terrible donc ça va.  J'enchaîne un fractionné, des répétitions et les km, sans peiner et sans douleurs. Sortie longue de 16 km, exactement comme toi Aurélia, en même temps, notre programme est un peu près synchro pour l'instant 🙂 Ma montre est toujours contente, pas un seul entrainement improductif pour le moment...l'année dernière ce n'était pas le cas...étrange. 

 Bon, 1ère semaine des vacances, la fatigue de la période fiscale au travail et du début de la prépa se fait ressentir.  On a commencé la préparation assez tôt, du coup, je me permet une semaine de repos...que 20 km en 2 sorties au lieu des 50 de prévu...mais avec de bons dénivelés...pour me préparer à la fin sur central Park 🙂  Reprise plus sérieuse la semaine prochaine, promis. J'ai acheté des équipements pour les prochaines sorties longues qui arrivent, veste pour emmener de quoi boire et manger, et des gels énergétiques pour tester avant le jour J...hâte de tester tout ça.

Week 6 was busy… I did host my cousin, Laura, her husband and 3 kids (5, 7, 9) and was supposed to be on holidays but had to work most of the days, and nights, in the end… and then I had to continue with the training! Don’t worry, all was completed, with several perks: - Nerina came with me running ´track workout’ one morning. We ran a few miles together and then she focused on recovery. - I ran my long run - only 10 miles - in NYC! I took pleasure running along the streets of Lower East and Brooklyn, on the Brooklyn bridge by myself for the sun rise and on the Williamsburg bridge with so many memories. After the run I realized I had run along mile 10 of THE marathon, so it was good training 😅 - the Friday run starts to increase, it went up to 7 miles this week, but it’s ok as my plan is exactly the same than Yvette’s so we just start earlier together, and it’s not yet dark in the mornings. More miles ahead in week 7, need to sleep more and drink more water, I did drop in the last 2 w...

This week the long run was 14 miles, and I remembered the first time I had to run more than a half marathon’s distance, for my first training: I was discussing with my dad to tell him the distance was impressive and I hoped I could make it! This time round I was still impressed, but I knew I could make it 😀. Still, I was glad for the company: we started on Saturday at 5.30am with Yvette, and joined the RAP (Run Around Princeton) group at 7 to continue with them. You don’t see the miles when you chat with friends, and we don’t always talk about running, believe me! As I was thinking about why I’m so grateful for RAP, I wanted to share the top 10 reasons you should join a running group:  10 top reasons to join a group run, from my experience: 1. You will get plenty of new friends, who are crazy enough to wake up at 5am to run with you. 2. You will receive lots of advice to improve on your run and all logistics around the run: food and fueling, shoes, clothes, … to the sunglasses! 3....

 Allez motivée pour enchaîner les séances et le travail !! Le programme se corse en plus...50 km à faire. La course aussi au travail, du coup séances à 5h30. Il ne fait pas chaud cette semaine, je ne souffre pas de la chaleur. Cette semaine séance escalier...bien réussie la progression est belle...photo à l'appui 😁 Aurélia je t'envoie les photos des crèmes...là on va en avoir besoin.  Ma montre est toujours contente, statut pic vo2 à 53 et estimation 3h45...on est bien on est bien 🙂