Phobias, YMX, Rodents and of course MMT

It's a proverbial carrot dangling out there.  One day the forecast is mid 60s, the next in the 80s and today it reads, Partly sunny and very warm.  I'm not liking the one word, VERY.  However I know tomorrow it may again change and shift to something much more favorable for a thermophobic like me.

 

 Being a YMX Ambassador has it's perks.  Aside from being able to wear amazingly colorful, beautiful clothing while I run and having endless conversation starters with other runners, I also have perks like this:

Interested in seeing all these styles?  Click HERE.

 

This amazing delivery arrived yesterday!  So I did want any loyal YMX runner with a 100 miler a mere 8 days away would do... 

 

I tried out as many pieces at once as I could!  I will have a full review on everything after the 100.  What better test for gear than to be using it for potentially 36 hours straight?!  But after one run I can say I am in love with the skirt.  The only reason I even knew it was on was feeling it occasionally brush my leg as I ran.  And the racer back tank, well I kept getting stared at and I was sure that it was because I had walked out the door naked.  Okay it might have had something to do with all the color and patterns I was wearing at one time.  First impressions on these pieces is a big thumbs up.  Today I'll try something else to see what will make the race day cut.

My clay version of Ratatouille

 

Taper crazies are real.  It's the mental state you find yourself in while you are forced to reduce the time you spend each day working out.  We all know it's needed to finish the preparation before a race.  It's a fact that after months of hard effort those lighter days help up during our event, both physically and mentally but that doesn't mean we don't all struggle with how to fill that time without going a little batty.  Or in my case ratty.

 

 

Of course I am still running and working out - it's Happy day 1097
aka Happy Three Year Streak-aversary to me!
I did make cupcakes for the teachers at S'ghetti girls school but since I'm on a protein only eating plan for a while I doubt I'll be celebrating with one.  I'm saving my celebrations for after the 100.  No matter what happens I will have cause to celebrate.  3 years completed, another adventure had, many friends made and memories created are, alone, enough reason to celebrate. 

But before the party I'll be running that little race and you will probably want to follow along.  You will be able to use the Live Tracking HERE

I'm bib #35  You won't have to wait to see how things are going.  So get your party hats and tune in May 18th - 19th.  Blow up my Facebook page with encouragement or tell me to get my a## moving and tweet your cheers like crazy.  I'm been using the hashtag #mmtyouaresomine  and #MMT100 I'm @ShellyCable if you want to follow me. 

 

A way of life

Today is day #613 of the running streak.  It's become so automatic to run every day that I often forget to check and see where I am as far as what day it is or how many miles I have run.  But a couple days ago I check to see how the numbers were looking and I realized that I was about 40 miles from hitting

5000 miles.

I don't know what you did tonight but after the first mile of my run tonight I had run 5000 miles without taking a day off.  I finished my run at 5010 miles.  That had a nice ring to it.  For a brief moment I thought it was pretty amazing, then I remembered all those runners who have streaks that have lasted decades HERE.  Runners who really live the running lifestyle. 

It was a great way to spend some of my evening.  The kids cheered for me as I "crossed" the 5000 mile mark and then they quickly got bored of watching me run in one place.  After this long my thoughts are a little different than they used to be.  Now my thoughts jump to things like wondering when I'll hit 6000. 

Crazy how a little habit becomes a way of life.

Life is Good

Life is Good.

I'm a celebrity.  I'll be signing autographs and working on my autobiography.

Montgomery County Road Runners Club

I got this in the mail. 

Yeah, I'm a member of USRSA.

It helps to know that I am not the only one who does this slightly insane amazing thing every single day.

Although currently there a quite a few others who are joining me via Tall Mom through the month of December for a 30 day challenge.

Did you join the challenge?  How are you making that daily run fit in?

My husband did not freak out when I told him about Massanutten Mountain Trails 100.  It may have helped that he had just gotten back from trading in his ATV for a upgraded model unexpectedly AND is taking a trip to the west coast without me to hang with his friends.

Timing IS everything.

Three Things Thursday ~ The 'Weather' Edition

LBM might be following in Daddy's footsteps.  Not the running around in his underwear and rubber boots part although men do seem to like to sit around in their underwear.  But last night as LBM was heavily engrossed in using his little "knife" aka piece of wood to trim all the dandelions growing in and around the driveway, I could figure out whether that shows he will be like Daddy and get a horticultural degree or be a tree hugger like Mommy.

Day # 353 ~ 6.5 p.m. miles

I don't let the weather stand in my way of getting outside last night.  I had looked into the face of that storm and I was not afraid!  The forecast called for severe thunderstorms, strong winds and damaging hail to start around 7 p.m.  I was a window and grabbed my shoes.  I finished my 6.5 loop and was glad I had risked getting out.  Not a threatening cloud in the sky...until later.

Did you know there is a USRSA (The United States Running Streak Association)?  It is a National organization full of other insane dedicated runners who have been running every day for at least one year, some of them have registered streaks of over 40 years.  I suddenly don't seem so extreme, do I? 

Whether or not I continue my daily running streak after completing my 365 days is yet to be seen but I hope that I have shown others that a commitment to purposefully moving your body every day is something every person can do.  Whether your a full-time working mom or a busy over-burdened dad or a young person who thinks they always have tomorrow to care about their health today is the day to start the habit of good health.