Marathon Training: Facts and Figures

Marathon Training Fact: I am hungry. ALL. THE. TIME. I know, I know. People warned me about this. I read all the other bloggers say this. But, OMG. I was not at all prepared for the unwavering hunger. And, it's getting worse every week. Every day. I can't even imagine how it'll be as it gets closer.

Marathon Training Figure: 140.
Number of miles I ran in June. It's a personal distance record for a month. I know I'll beat that every month from here to the marathon, but it's kinda fun to watch it.

Marathon Training Fact: You're SUPPOSED to stretch after running. Also a fact-- I pretty much never do. Training fail, I know.

Marathon Training Figure: 6.
Number of weeks I've been officially training for the marathon. I'm just wrapping up my sixth week. 

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Not really sure what this has to do with anything... but, it says marathon training and I am a dummy, so it made sense.



Marathon Training Fact: Marathon training has brainwashed me and now takes up about 80% of my thoughts. If I could, I'd talk about marathon training all day. I now would rather buy a Runner's World than an US Weekly. WTF has happened to me?!?! I don't even know who I am anymore.

Marathon Training Figure: 2882.
The approximate number of calories I'll burn during the marathon. That's about 14 1/2 pieces of cheese pizza. I'm not sure if that's depressing or awesome.

 Marathon Training Fact: Sometimes, I need a phrase to repeat to myself over and over when I run for motivation. Usually it's "Come on, Meagan. It doesn't matter how fast you go... just don't stop."

Marathon Training Figure: 6.
The number of different types of peanut butter I have in my pantry. Hey, nut butters are GREAT fuel for runners, right??

Marathon Training Fact: Body Glide is not a luxury. It is a necessity.

Marathon Training Figure: 153.1 & 179.3
The first number is the number of miles my plan says I should have run since I started training. The second number is the actual number of miles I've run since I started training. So, math majors, that means I've run EXACTLY 26.2 miles more than my plan has called for. Coincidence?? Weird, right?!?! And, I didn't realize that until I started writing this and actually did the math. Crazy.


And, on that magical marathon figure, I'll wrap this up. Ok-- 1 more figure:

91

days til I run the Chicago Marathon.