HerbNRun

Yea you read that right! I am a warrior! No, I am not a warrior princess. I am a Fitness Warrior! I am so excited to join the Sports Backers, Keep It Moving initiative by becoming a member of the 4th class of Fitness Warriors! What is a Sports Backers? During the past 25 years, Sports Backers, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, has developed programs and events that are designed to inspire people from all corners of our community to live actively.  We achieve this work by focusing on a network of collaborative partnerships with other organizations, businesses, local governments and faith based institutions.  In order to have transformational change, we realize we can’t do it all alone, but rather we work to build a movement of change in our community to make active living the easy choice.                                                                                     --Sports Backers Website I have run several of their races and have always loved what the brand, S

5 months. 78 runs totaling  484.18 miles. All this lead to one day, November 11, 2017. Richmond’s 40 th  Anniversary of the Richmond Marathon and my debut as a marathoner.  I was filled with excitement and nerves. I had trained for months for this day in the heat so the weather report advising that Richmond would be experiencing a freeze had me shook to my core.  Let’s flash back real quick. EXPO Friday afternoon my husband and I took the drive to the expo at the Author Ashe Center . I met with my running buddy Tiffany and we headed to get our numbers. This was both of our first marathons so we asked a bunch questions about gear and what we should wear, grabbed some hand warmers and a new head band and headed for the exit. Friday night was a fun fashion show where I tried on a number of running outfits trying to figure out what made the most sense. I have ran in weather this cold but never a marathon, never anything over 13.1 miles and the last thing I wanted was to add

They say that marathon training is not just a training of the body;  It's a deep training of the mind. This weeks training has truly helped  to open up and expand my mind. I am blooming as a runner but more so as a human being. Monday: July 3rd  So it's the day before the holiday and like many Americans I too am tied to my desk.. yay! I am thankful for my job and thankful for the day off tomorrow so not too much whining over here!  This day became a defaulted rest day. After all the miles I did yesterday at MTT followed by 10 hours at work and then  going home and grilled for 8. Tuesday:  It's the holiday.  What does that mean.. go running dah lol!  It was sooooooo humid out which makes for a slow run. The hardest part of the run was the uncontrollable burning sensation between my thighs. It is HIGHLY suggested that when putting on your glide you do not rush. It will leave streaks in which your thighs may slap together causing chaffing..this is not fun

I made it to week 2! Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!?!? Do a dance and make it a good one!!!After all it is cardio!  Here's what week two looked like for me on the road to becoming Richmond Ready! Monday: Still no information from my coaches so after my workout I emailed Sports Backers just to make sure I did the registration correctly.   My plan for today was to do as I was told but I wasn't told yet I went back to good old Hal Higdon's Novice Marathon training and it called for strength and stretch. The latter was much needed after the 7miler on Sunday. Normally it would have been a lunch break workout but I waited until I was off so I could do it with my husband.    The Workout: Nike+ Train App: Trunks and Branches      Warm- Up:   60 Sec Inchworm 10 sec Push- Ups 40 sec Body weight Squat 40 sec Push- Ups 40 sec hip lifts 30 sec Push- Ups 30 crab reaches Total Body Strength:3 sets of 30 seconds of each of the following workouts: Yoga