{"id":4491,"date":"2017-03-06T18:34:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:34:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4491"},"modified":"2017-03-06T18:34:17","modified_gmt":"2017-03-07T00:34:17","slug":"this-n-that-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=4491","title":{"rendered":"This n’ That"},"content":{"rendered":"

I had a busy weekend. \u00a0Keeping busy is better than being bored, right?<\/p>\n

To be honest, I had been looking forward to this past weekend for quite a while. \u00a0I was to be a volunteer at the MS50 Trail Run on Saturday. \u00a0This would be my first time volunteering at this race. \u00a0Normally, you would find me on the trails running this event. \u00a0Seeing how close it is to the London Marathon, I thought it would be smart to sit out running it and volunteer instead. \u00a0It would about kill me off to completely miss my favorite Mississippi Ultra!<\/p>\n

Friday MFH (My Favorite Husband) helped me pack up the car and I headed south towards, Laurel, Mississippi. \u00a0Seeing as I had to swing through Jackson, Mississippi, on my way to Laurel, my usual 2.5 hour drive took close to 6 hours. YAY?<\/p>\n

I arrived in Laurel with just enough time to dump my stuff off at the hotel and head over to work at packet pickup. I had a great time seeing a lot of running friends at packet pickup.<\/p>\n

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After packet pickup, I headed back to my hotel and crashed for just a few hours of “sleep.”<\/p>\n

After about 3 hours sleep, I was in the car driving to the trails to work for the day at the S\/F (start\/finish) aid station. This was the site for runners drop bags and letting people grab what they needed as they started the next loop. \u00a0It was also the place where discouraged runners had a tough time heading out again, so I would be silly (not hard for me) and kick them back out on the trails.<\/p>\n

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It was a picture perfect day for running! \u00a0These runners couldn’t have asked for a better day to run. \u00a0It was 38* at gun time and I don’t think it got about 70* during the day. \u00a0For a #coldweathersissy like myself, it was a pretty rough morning. \u00a0I was following rays of sunshine all around the aid station in vain attempts to stay warm.<\/p>\n

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I knew it was going to be a chilly day so I had bundled up. \u00a0I had on a long sleeve tech shirt, a super warm hoodie from the UK and a sweet jacket that said, MS50 Volunteer.<\/p>\n

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It was probably around 1:00pm before I stopped shivering. \u00a0Told you, I’m a #coldweather sissy!!! \u00a0At one point, I was really wishing I had packed my fuzzy blanket.<\/p>\n

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See, the sweet part about traveling solo is you can set the hotel room temperature to whatever your little heart desires!<\/p>\n

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I really did keep the hotel room at 79* \u00a0It. Was. Wonderful!!!<\/p>\n

An exciting part about \u00a0this weekend was getting to meet a fellow #IRun4Ultra Ambassador at the race. \u00a0As luck would have it, we had actually parked right next to each other. \u00a0#SmallWorld \u00a0After the race, we met up for a selfie. \u00a0He ran an amazing 50M!<\/p>\n

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It was a terrific weekend!<\/p>\n

Sunday morning, I packed up the car and drove north towards home. \u00a0It was great to get back home to MFH and of course Paxton, too. \u00a0\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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I’m going to have to work on my packing skills before MFH and I leave for the London Marathon next month! I’m guessing TSA would frown on my packing techniques? LOL!!!<\/p>\n

This morning, it felt great to get out and grab a few miles. \u00a0I mean it felt really(!) great! \u00a0My coach had scheduled me for descending ladders.<\/p>\n

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These are a tough workout but they are my favorite speed workout. \u00a0I don’t know if it is because of the difference in distance and pace? \u00a0Who knows. I just love them!!! \u00a0The 20mph winds we were having all day today made this regularly challenging workout a CHALLENGING workout! I decided to pretend I was a kite.<\/p>\n

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That seemed to help. Who knows why. \u00a0I think at least half of what we do as runners ends up being mind games. \u00a0What do you think?<\/p>\n

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Regardless of what we do to get the miles and hit the splits, it was a terrific training run! #LondonMarathonTraining #LaceLocker<\/p>\n

Tomorrow’s a rest day. \u00a0Wednesday is my long run of the week. \u00a0I’m hoping for a terrific run on Wednesday! Only 47 days until I toe the line at the London Marathon! \u00a0Time to get my tail in gear!!!<\/p>\n

April 1, I’ll be volunteering at the Columbus Pilgrimage Half Marathon. \u00a0I’m pretty excited about this, too! \u00a0This is a great little half marathon in my home town. \u00a0It’s fun to give back to the sport that has given so much to me.<\/p>\n

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